In spite of the fact that Zr has a place with 4d and Hf has a place with 5d progress series yet it is very hard to isolate them. Why?
In spite of the fact that Zr has a place with 4d and Hf has a place with 5d progress series yet it is very hard to isolate them. Why?

Solution:

Because of the lanthanoid compression helpless f, orbital safeguarding prompts an expansion in powerful atomic charge, which lessens the size of Hf. So the nuclear radii of both Zr and Hf are comparative which implies they have comparative physical and compound properties and subsequently division becomes troublesome.