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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

Why are there fourteen element in the lanthanoid series???

Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years ago
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The lanthaniods have 14 elements in them because it comes under the 4f orbital and 4f can have 7 orbitals, each containing 2 e- . so it has 7*2=14 elements.

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