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Oxidation States of Actinides

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The members of Actinoid series exhibit larger number of oxidation states as compared to lanthanoid elements.

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Actinides exhibit larger oxidation states than lanthanides, because of the very small energy gap between 5f, 6d and 7s subshells. Thus, the outermost electrons get easily excited to the higher energy levels, giving variable oxidation states.

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