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KCET · Chemistry · d and f Block Elements

Which of the following statements related to lanthanoids is incorrect?

  1. A Lanthanoids are silvery white soft metals.
  2. B Samarium shows +2 oxidation state.
  3. C \(\mathrm{Ce}^{+4}\) solutions are widely used as oxidising agents in titrimetric analysis.
  4. D Colour of lanthanoid ion in solution is due to \(d-d\) transition.
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(D) Colour of lanthanoid ion in solution is due to \(d-d\) transition.

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The incorrect statement regarding
lanthanoids is given in option (d). Its correct form is colour of Lanthanoid ion is solution is due to \(f\) \(f\) transition.