Lanthanoid which is well known to exhibit $+ 4$ oxidation state is:

Cerium

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Promethium

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Europium

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Ytterbium

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Solution

The correct option is A Cerium
Cerium is well known to exhibit $+ 4$ oxidation state because after loosing 4 electrons it attains stable noble gas configuration.

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A member of the lanthanoid series which is well known to exhibit +4 oxidation state is:

+ 2

+ 4

+ 2

+ 4

M n O_{4}^{-} + 8 H^{+} + 5 e^{-} \to

{M n}^{3 +}

{C r}^{3 +}

M n = 25, C r = 24

What are the different oxidation states exhibited by lanthanoids?

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