Due to lanthanoid contraction which of the following properties is not expected to be similar in the same vertical columns of second and third row transition elements?

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Due to lanthanoid contraction which of the following properties is not expected to be similar in the same vertical columns of second and third row transition elements? (A) Atomic radii (B) Ionisation energies (C) Magnetic moments (D) Lattice energies

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Magnetic moments depend upon the number of unpaired electrons.

Q. Due to lanthanoid contraction which of the following properties is not expected to be similar in the same vertical columns of second and third row transition elements?

Atomic radii

Ionisation energies

Magnetic moments

Lattice energies

Magnetic moments depend upon the number of unpaired electrons.