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Going across the lanthanide period, there is a break in the decreasing trend of metallic radius with ytterbium due to screening of its 6s? electrons by the fully-filled 4f orbitals. * True O False

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Going across the lanthanide period,
there is a break in the decreasing
trend of metallic radius with
ytterbium due to screening of its 6s²
electrons by the fully-filled 4f
orbitals. *
True
O False

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