Tom Says : Among 16^th group elements tendency of catenation is maximum for sulphur.
Jerry Says : S-S bond is stronger than O-O bond.

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The more the element-element bond strength, the more is the catenation power of the element. Down the group, the catenation property decreases because of decrease in the bond strength of element-element

In group-16, the catenation property of elements decreases from sulfur. Sulfur has the highest catenation property and can form S₈. The bond strength of S-S is more than O-O because O has a very small size, so there is electronic repulsion between O-O which is responsible for decreasing the bond strength of O-O.

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