Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2014

  • question_answer
    Due to lanthanide contraction

    A) Fe, Co, Ni have equal size

    B) Zr and Hf have equal size

    C) all y-block ions have equal size

    D) all isoelectronic ions have equal size

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    The lanthanide contraction cancels almost exactly the normal size increase on descending a group of transition elements. Thus, Zr and Hf have equal size.


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