Shell: f-block . .. .. .. . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. La .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ac .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr The f-block consists of elements in the Lanthanides and Actinides families. The valence electrons of these elements are in the f-shell. This shell holds at most 14 electrons, and has an azimuthal quantum number of 3. The "f" stands for "fundamental". 57 La Lanthanum 58 Ce Cerium 59 Pr Praseodymium 60 Nd Neodymium 61 Pm Promethium 62 Sm Samarium 63 Eu Europium 64 Gd Gadolinium 65 Tb Terbium 66 Dy Dysprosium 67 Ho Holmium 68 Er Erbium 69 Tm Thulium 70 Yb Ytterbium 71 Lu Lutetium 89 Ac Actinium 90 Th Thorium 91 Pa Protactinium 92 U Uranium 93 Np Neptunium 94 Pu Plutonium 95 Am Americium 96 Cm Curium 97 Bk Berkelium 98 Cf Californium 99 Es Einsteinium 100 Fm Fermium 101 Md Mendelevium 102 No Nobelium 103 Lr Lawrencium