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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · d and f Block Elements

The most basic hydroxide among the following is

  1. A CeOH4
  2. B CeOH3
  3. C LuOH3
  4. D GdOH3
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(B) CeOH3

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Basicity is a measure of the ease at which an atom will lose electron. For the lanthanides, the basicity decreases as the atomic number increases. The order of the basicity for the lanthanides…