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Answer by ab initio in silico for Relativistic effects and lanthanide...
Only orbitals with l=0 (s orbitals) have radial components that are non-zero at the nucleus:s-shells, including and inparticular the 6s shell, are much more sensitive to the relativistic effects...
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The lanthanide contraction is caused by two effectsThe 4f orbitals are very diffuse and therefore result in poor screening of the electrons further out, those in the n=5 and n=6 orbitalsrelativistic...
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So I understand than the lanthanide contraction is due to poor shielding of the 4f electrons which decreases the radius. However, if Im not mistaken the relativistic effects lead to a contraction of...
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