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A series of elements in the periodic-table, generally considered to range in proton number from cerium (58) to lutetium (71) inclusive. The lanthanoids all have two outer s-electrons (a 6s2 configuration), follow lanthanum, and are classified together because an increasing proton number corresponds to increase in number of 4f electrons. In fact, the 4f and 5d levels are close in energy and the filling is not smooth

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