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CHAPTER 21 TRANSITION METALS AND COORDINATION CHEMISTRY Questions 5. The lanthanide elements are located just before the 5d transition metals. The lanthanide contraction is the steady decrease in the atomic radii of the lanthanide elements when going from left to right across the periodic table. As a result of the lanthanide contraction, the sizes of the 4d and 5d elements are very similar. This leads to a greater similarity in the chemistry of the 4d and 5d elements in a given vertical group. 6.