Inner Transition (f-Block) Elements: Lanthanoids and Actinoids

Chemistry · Chapter 8 · Inorganic Chemistry (Units 4-5: d- and f-Block Elements, Coordination Compounds)

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1. Part 1: The lanthanoids and the lanthanoid contraction15 slides
2. Part 2: Reactivity of lanthanoids, and the actinoids15 slides
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Lanthanoids: electronic configuration, atomic and ionic radii, oxidation states, colour, complex and alloy formation
Lanthanoid contraction and its consequences
Chemical reactivity of lanthanoids with oxygen, hydrogen, halogens, sulphur, nitrogen, carbon and water
Actinoids: oxidation states and comparison with lanthanoids