JEE CHEMISTRY MCQ: d & f- BLOCK ELEMENTS

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The behaviour of samarium (Z=62) is very much
like europium (Z=63). Since both elements:

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Correct option: A

exhibit +2 and +3 oxidation states

Option A (exhibit +2 and +3 oxidation states) is correct because both Samarium and Europium readily exhibit +2 and +3 oxidation states due to their electronic configurations and stability of half-filled/fully-filled f-orbitals.

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Eu, Cm, Er, Tb, Yb and Lu Statement-I:

{Sm}^{3+}

{Dy}^{3+}

have same colour (yellow).

Statement-II: Both ions are having same number of unpaired electrons. The most common oxidation state of Lanthanoid
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also form other oxidation state? A mixture of

\mathrm{Ti}{\mathrm{O}_2}

and

\mathrm{BaS}{\mathrm{O}_4}

is called