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Lanthanides Electronic Configuration

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why s orbital has maximum shielding effect?

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Actually, s -orbitals are spherical and symmetrical in shape and also for a given quantum level or shell, the s-orbitals are closest to the nucleus. the two reasons make it stronger to restrict other electrons and so sheilds the nucleus which gets a maximum shielding effect to the nucleus.

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