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Besides carbon, which other element shows catenation (though to a much lesser extent and with less stability)?

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✓ Answer: A Silicon
Silicon forms compounds with hydrogen having chains of up to seven or eight atoms, but these compounds are far more reactive and less stable than carbon compounds.
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