Thread: lanthanide contraction across the period.... help
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Old January 4th, 2010, 17:47
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The lanthanide contraction is amazing and the shielding explanation is fascinating.

Without the lanthanide contraction gold would be reactive (and probably worthless) and really dense elements like osmium would have normal densities.
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