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Work out the no of unpaired electrons in the ground state La3+,ce2+

Work out the no of unpaired electrons in the ground state La3+,ce2+

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Yash Patari
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2 years ago
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Explanation: Ions which contain all paired electrons arediamagneticwhile those containing unpaired electrons are paramagnetic . Among the lanthanides , La3+ [4f 0] & Lu3+ [4f 14] are diamagnetic. All trivalent lanthanide ions are paramagnetic due to unpaired electrons.

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