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Title:
Inorganic chemistry
Personal Author:
Housecroft, Catherine E.
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Harlow, England : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005
ISBN:
9780130399137
Subject Term:
Chemistry, Inorganic
Added Author:
Sharpe, Alan G.

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Summary

Summary

An inorganic chemistry textbook which gives a clear, well-balanced introduction to the key principles of the subject. Students are able to relate the chemistry they learn to everyday life through numerous applications and topic boxes.


Author Notes

Catherine E. Housecroft is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She is the author of a number of textbooks and has extensive teaching experience in the UK, Switzerland, South Africa and the USA. Alan G. Sharpe is a Fellow of Jesus College, University of Cambridge, UK and has had many years of experience teaching Inorganic Chemistry to undergraduates


Table of Contents

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