Metal-metal bonding is more frequent in $4d$ or $5d$ series than in $3d$ series due to

  • A
    their greater enthalpies of atomisation
  • B
    the large size of the orbitals which participates in the metal-metal bond formation
  • C
    their ability to involve both $ns$ and $(n - 1)d$ electrons in the bond formation
  • D
    the comparable size of $4d$ and $5d$ series elements

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