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Grade 12Engineering Entrance Exams

The actinoids exhibit more number of oxidation states in general than the lanthanoids. This is because ?

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12 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Saurabh Koranglekar
6 Years ago
As the distance between the nucleus and 5f orbitals (actinides) is more than the distance between the nucleus and 4f orbitals (lanthanides) hence the hold of nucleus on valence electron decreases in actinides. For this reason the actinoides exhibit more number of oxidation states in general.
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6 Years ago
As the distance between the nucleus and 5f orbitals (actinides) is more than the distance between the nucleus and 4f orbitals (lanthanides) hence the hold of nucleus on valence electron decreases in actinides. For this reason the actinoides exhibit more number of oxidation states in general

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