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  4. The lanthanide contraction is responsible for the fact that:

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Q. The lanthanide contraction is responsible for the fact that:

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Solution:

Lanthanide contraction, cancels almost exacdy the normal size increase on descending a group of transition elements, thus Nb and Ta and, Zr and Hf have same covalent and ionic radii.