alleryStart learning →Lanthanoids were called rare earth elements because
Athey are missing from earth
Bthey were hard to separate
Cthey are only found as gases
Dthey are all radioactive
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. they were hard to separate
They are fairly abundant but have similar chemical properties, so economic extraction in pure form was difficult.
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