Identify the factor responsible for the greater range of oxidation states in actinoids.
- Aactinoid contraction
- Bradioactive nature of actinoids
- C$5f$, $6d$ and $7s$ levels having comparable energies
- D$4f$ and $5d$ levels being close in energies
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