Lanthanide contraction is due to increase in

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Lanthanide contraction is due to increase in (A) shielding by 4f electrons (B) atomic number (C) effective nuclear charge (D) size of 4f orbitals

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Lanthanide contraction is due to increase in atomic number. "The steady decrease in atomic and ionic size of lanthanide elements with increasing atomic number is called lanthanide contraction".

Q. Lanthanide contraction is due to increase in

shielding by 4f electrons

atomic number

effective nuclear charge

size of 4f orbitals

Lanthanide contraction is due to increase in atomic number. "The steady decrease in atomic and ionic size of lanthanide elements with increasing atomic number is called lanthanide contraction".