Which of the following is/are tetravalent?

catenation

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Nitrogen

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Oxygen

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Silicon

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Solution

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Silicon

Silicon and Carbon are tetravalent, as they have four electrons in the outermost shell.

Nitrogen is trivalent and oxygen is divalent.

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