PART ONE THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND HYDROGEN Atomic structure and the periodic table Introduction to bonding The ionic bond The covalent bond The metalic bond General properties of the elements Coordination compounds Hydrogen and the hydrides
PART TWO THE s-BLOCK ELEMENTS Group 1 - the alkali metals The chlor-alkali industry Group 2 - the alkaline earth elements
PART THREE THE p-BLOCK ELEMENTS The group 13 elements The group 14 elements The group 15 elements Group 16 - the chalcogens Group 17 - the halogens Group 18 - the noble gases
PART FOUR THE d-BLOCK ELEMENTS An introduction to the transition elements Group 3 - the scandium group Group 4 - the titanium group Group 5 - the vanadium group Group 6 - the chromium group Group 7 - the manganese group Group 8 - the iron group Group 9 - the cobalt group Group 10 - the nuckel group Group 11 - the copper group: coinage metals Group 12 - the zinc group
PART FIVE THE f-BLOCK ELEMENTS The lanthanide series The actinides
PART SIX OTHER TOPICS The atomic nucleus Spectra
The New edition of this classic book has been thoroughly revised, but remains faithful to the principles that have established it as a favourite among teachers and students around the world. It provides a concise and relevant treatment of inorganic chemistry and is written with such clarity that it is undoubtedly among the easiest to read of its competitors. The book is organized into six 'Parts': theoretical concepts and hydrogen; the s-block; the p-block; the d-block; the f-block' and other topics (the nucleus and spectra). To make sections easy to find, the text is divided into large number of chapters and includes a comprehensive index, a detailed table of components and around 600 references classified according to complexity.
An important aspect of this book is its concentration on commercial exploitation of inorganic chemicals, something noticeably missing among other texts at this level. In this new edition that strength has been built on and brought up to date. Interest in environmental chemistry has continued to escalate since the last edition and this is reflected in increased coverage of the inorganic aspects of the subject. Every chapter in the book has been revised and updated and it now follows the IUPAC recommendation that the main groups and the transition metals be numbered from 1 to 18. The guiding principle of the numerous changes to this new volume has been to ensure that treatment of material is always simple, straightforward and relevant. The result is a book which can be used with confidence by those who require a thorough grounding in inorganic chemistry and its importance to the modern world.