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lanthanide
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lan·tha·nide (lnth-nd)
n.
Any of the chemically related elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71. Also called rare earth, rare-earth element.


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Rare earth elements--largely the lanthanide series at the bottom of the periodic table--show up in only minute concentrations in living creatures.
c] plateaus appear to follow a trend anticipated from the dependence of the ionic radius on the number of f electrons as R progresses across the lanthanide series.
REs refer to the Lanthanide series of elements (Ce, La, Pr and Nd).
 
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