Despite the similarities in the chemical reactivity of

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Despite the similarities in the chemical reactivity of elements in the lanthanide series, their abundances in Earths crust vary by two orders of magnitude. This graph shows the relative abundance as a function of atomic number. How do you explain the sawtooth variation across the series?

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