The reason for the greater range of oxidation states in actinoids is attributed to:
- Aactinoid contraction
- B$5f$,$6d$ and $7s$ levels having comparable energies
- C$4f$ and $5d$ levels being close in energies
- Dthe radioactive nature of actinoids.
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