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Give reasons for the following.

Increase in atomic number does not change atomic radii among the transition elements.

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With increase in atomic number in transition series, the nuclear charge increases which tends to decrease the size but addition of electron in d-subshell increases the screening effect. Therefore, the increased nuclear charge is partly balanced and hence, the atomic radii does not change much.
d-and f-Block Elements

From ISC 2025 Practice Chemistry, question 54(b).