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Ananya Shree

Class 12th
Chemistry
2 years ago

Explain why europium (II) is more stable thanCe (II)?

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

The effective nuclear charge increases as we travel from left to right, causing lanthanide contraction. The dominance of the inert pair effect increases. Eu (II)Eu (II) is more stable than Ce (II)Ce (II)due to its lower oxidation property.

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