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Group IV elements include carbon, silicon, germanium, tin, and lead. Properties vary across the group but include metallic character increasing down the group and stability of the +4 oxidation state decreasing due to the inert pair effect. Carbon forms covalent networks while the other elements exhibit properties ranging from semiconductivity to metallicity. Tetrachlorides of the elements are covalent and hydrolyze except for carbon tetrachloride. Dioxides range from molecular to giant structures and in aci
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- Samson Amos
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- EN