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How will you account for the following?(a) Actinoids exhibit more number of oxidation states than lanthanoides. (b) Atomic radii of second and third transition series elements are almost identical.

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(a) As in actinoids the outer electrons are less firmly held, they are easily available for bonding. 

(b) due to lanthanoid contraction.



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