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Grade 12Inorganic Chemistry

size of CH4 or of SIH4 which is larger and why
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Profile image of suvidhi mehta
8 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Ravleen Kaur
8 Years ago

Hello Student,

The size of SiH4 is larger because the size of orbital (3p) involved in bonding is larger.

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