Inorganic Chemistry

From the fundamentals to the frontiers of research, this classic text offers an introduction to inorganic chemistry no other book can match. The new edition is most modern and most student-friendly yet, covering both the theoretical and descriptive aspects of inorganic chemistry in presentation that includes helpful new study tools and, as always, a captivating focus on experimental methods, industrial applications, and cutting-edge topics.

Part 1 Foundations
1. Atomic structure
2. Molecular structure and bonding
3. The structures of simple solids
4. Acids and bases
5. Oxidation and reduction
6. Molecular symmetry
7. An introduction to coordination compounds
8. Physical techniques in inorganic chemistry

Part 2 The Elements and their Compounds
9. Periodic trends
10. Hydrogen
11. The Group 1 elements
12. The Group 2 elements
13. The Group 13 elements
14. The Group 14 elements
15. The Group 15 elements
16. The Group 16 elements
17. The Group 17 elements
18. The Group 18 elements
19. The d- block elements
20. d-Metal complexes: electronic structure and properties
21. Coordination chemistry: reactions of complexes
22. d-Metal organometallic chemistry
23. The f-block metals

Part 3 Frontiers
24. Materials chemistry and nanomaterials
26. Catalysis
27. Biological inorganic chemistry
28. Inorganic chemistry in medicine

Resource section 1: Selected ionic radii
Resource section 2: Electronic properties of the elements
Resource section 3: Standard potentials
Resource section 4: Character tables
Resource section 5: Symmetry-adapted orbitals
Resource section 6: TanabeSugano diagrams

Answers to exercises
Formula index
Subject index