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It is simply called the carbon family. There is no fancy name for that column like halogens. It is called the name of the first element of that column.
Group 14 is known as carbon family as the first element in the group is carbon.
The first element in the periodic table of Mendeleev is hydrogen, not carbon.
'Carbon(C) is the 'head of the carbon family'. It is Group 4. The next two elements in Group 4 are Silicon, & Germanium. Carbon is the basis of life, because all organic matter be it vegetative or animative contain carbon. 'The element carbon has the ability to Catenate; that is to form long chains from which other non-metallic elements can combine.
Diamonds are a very hard, pure form of the element Carbon (C). This is the same element that makes graphite (in pencils) and coal (for fires). A Carbon atom has 6 electrons in 2 shells with 4 electrons in the outer shell. Carbon is the first element in the Group 14(4) - Carbon family group of elements.
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Carbon is the first in the group.
No. It is hydrogen.
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