Class 12th Chemistry 2017 Set2 Delhi Board Paper Solution

Question 25

Chemistry of actinoids is complicated as compared to lanthanoids. Give two reasons

Answer

Chemistry of actinoid is complicated as compared to the lanthanoids.The two reasons are :

(i) Actinoid are radioactive due to that, chemistry of actinoid is complicated.

(ii) 5-f orbital present in actinoids is more exposed to the outer environment while 4-f orbital present in lanthanoide are deeply buried.

(ii) Lanthanoids show limited number of oxidation states as +2,+3 and + 4 (out of which + 3 is most common). This is due to the large energy gap between 4f and 5d subshells. The dominant oxidation state of actinoids is also + 3 but they show a number of other oxidation states also like uranium (Z = 92)  and plutonium (Z = 94)  show +3,+4,+5 and +6, neptunium shows +3,+4,+5 and +7. This is due to small energy difference between 5 6 f d , and 7s subshells.

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