Ans: Lanthanides are the elements of the periodic table that start from Lanthanum (57) to Lutetium (71). The following are the properties of the Lanthanides:-
- They are soft metals and can be easily cut by a knife
- They are lustre and have a silvery appearance.
- They also have a capacity to reduce coordination numbers across series
- Have very small crystal field effects
- Little or very less dependency on Ligands