Inorganic chemistry (3^rd Ed.)

A market leading textbook offering a fresh and engaging approach to the teaching of modern inorganic chemistry while giving a clear, well-balanced introduction to the key principles of the subject. The full-colour text design with three dimensional illustrations brings the subject to life. Throughout the book students are able to reinforce their learning with the use of worked examples and self-study exercises. Numerous applications and topic boxes also relate the chemistry to everyday life.

Chapter 1: Some basic concepts. Chapter 2: Basic concepts: Molecules. Chapter: 3 Nuclear properties. Chapter 4: An introduction to molecular symmetry. Chapter 5: Bonding in polyatomic molecules. Chapter 6: Structures and energetics of metallic and ionic solids. Chapter 7: Acids, bases and ions in aqueous solution. Chapter 8: Reducation and oxidation. Chapter 9: Non-aqueous media. Chapter 10: Hydrogen. Chapter 11: Group 1: the alkali metals. Chapter 12: The group 2 metals. Chapter 13: The group 13 elements. Chapter 14: The group 14 elements. Chapter 15: The group 15 elements Chapter 16: The group 16 elements Chapter 17: The group 17 elements. Chapter 18: The group 18 elements. Chapter 19: Organometallic compounds of s- and p- block elements. Chapter 20: d-block chemistry: general considerations. Chapter 21: d-block metal chemistry: coordination complexes. Chapter 22: d-block chemistry: the first row metals. Chapter 23: d-block metal chemistry: the second and third row metals. Chapter 24: Organometallic compounds of d-block elements. Chapter 25: The f-block metals: lanthanoids and actinoids. Chapter 26: d-block metal complexes: reaction mechanisms. Chapter 27: Catalysis and some industrial processes. Chapter 28: Some aspects of solid state chemistry. Chapter 29: The trace metals of life. Appendices. Answers to non-descriptive problems. Index.