Which is the correct order of atomic sizes?
Which is the correct order of atomic sizes?
(a) Ce > Sn > Yb > Lu
(b) Sn > Ce > Lu > Yb
(c) Lu > Yb > Sn > Ce
(d) Sn > Yb > Ce > Lu.
(At. Nos. : Ce = 58, Sn = 50, Yb = 70 and Lu = 71)
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(a) :- Generally as we move from left to right in a period, there is regular decrease in atomic radii and in a group as the atomic number increases the atomic radii also increases. Thus the atomic radius of Sn should be less than lanthanides. La > Sn. But due to lanthanide contraction, in case of lanthanides there is a continuous decrease in size with increase in atomic number. Hence the atomic radius follow the given trend :
Ce > Sn > Yb > Lu.
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