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How do carbon and silicon differ with regard to the types of orbital available for hybridization?​
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How do carbon and silicon differ with regard to the types of orbital available for hybridization?​

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Thus Si has 3d orbitals in addition to 3s and 3p orbitals available for bonding in its outer level, to form up to 6 hybrid orbitals, whereas carbon atom has only 2s and 2p orbitals available in its outer level to form 4 hybrid orbitals.
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