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Grade 9Physical Chemistry

Actinoid contraction is greater from element to element than lanthanoid contraction. Why

Profile image of rishav kumar
12 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Sumit Majumdar
12 Years ago
Dear student,
This is because of poor shielding of 5f electrons in actinoids than by the 4f electrons in lanthanoid.
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Sumit
Profile image of lmao
7 Years ago
In actinoid, 5f orbital haas a poorer shielding effect than 4f in lanthnoid.
therefore contraction is more in actinoid than lanthanoid