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Group	14
Period
2	6 C
3	14 Si
4	32 Ge
5	50 Sn
6	82 Pb
7	114 Uuq

The carbon group is group 14 (IUPAC style) in the periodic table. In schools, it is often known as group 4.

Each element in this group has 4 electrons in its outer energy level. In most cases, the elements share their electrons. The tendency to lose electrons increases as the size of the atom increases, as it does with increasing atomic number. Carbon alone forms negative ions, in the form of carbide (C4-) ions. Silicon and germanium, both metalloids, each can form +4 ions.

The group consists of carbon (C), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), lead (Pb), and ununquadium (Uuq).

Explanation of above periodic table slice:

Nonmetals	Metalloids	Poor metals	atomic number in black are solids	solid borders are primordial elements (older than the Earth)	dotted borders are radioactive, synthetic elements

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