Explain the following: Zirconium and hafnium exhibit similar properties.
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Due to lanthanoid contraction in f block, sizes of zirconium and Hafnium becomes quite similar.
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Zr and Hf exhibit similar propertiesdue to lanthanoid contraction. Electrons present in f subshell didn't do good shielding due to which with the increasing atomic number or increasing effective nuclear charge size gets constricted and size of Halfenium and Zirconium becomes almost equal.
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