Subject: Inorganic Chemistry · Chapter: Lanthanides and Actinides · Topic: Lanthanide And Actinide – General · Exam: GATE 2005-2021 · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium
The separation of trivalent lanthanide ions, $\mathrm{Lu}^{3+}, \mathrm{Yb}^{3+}, \mathrm{Dy}^{3+}, \mathrm{Eu}^{3+}$ can be effectively done by a cation exchange resion using ammonia o - hydroxy isobutyrate as the eluent. The order n which the ions willl be separated is