Lanthanide contraction occurs because
- A$f-$ orbital electrons are easily lost
- B$f-$ orbital are incompletely filled
- C$f-$ orbital do not come out on the surface of atom and are buried inside
- D$f-$ orbital electrons are poor shielders of nuclear charge
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