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The chemistry of the actionid elements is not so smooth as that of the lanthaoids. Justify this statements by giving some example from the oxidation state of these elements. |
Answer» Lanthanoids show limited number of oxidation state, viz., `+2, +3, ` and `+4` ( out of which `+3` is most common.) This is because of large energy gap between 4f and 5 d subshells. The dominant oxidation state of actinoids is also `+3` but they show a number of ther oidation states also, e.g., uranium `(Z = 92)` and plutonium `( Z= 94)` , show `+ 3, + 4, + 5 ` and `+6` , nuptunium `(Z = 94)` shows `+ 3, +4 , +5` and `+7` etc. This is due to small energy difference between 5f , 6d and 7s subshells of the actinoids. | |