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Ga is below Al in the periodic table, but atomic radius of Ga is less than Al. It is because of

A

Lanthanoid contraction

B

Greater screeing effect

C

Inert pair effect

D

None of these

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B
The atomic radius of Ga is slightly less than that of Al because in going from Al to Ga, the electrons have already occupied 3d sub shell in Ga. The screening effect of these intervening electrons being poor and has less influence to decreases the effective nuclear charge, therefore the electrons in Ga experience more forces of attraction towards nucleus to result in lower size of Ga than Al.
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