Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry

GEOFF RAYNER-CANHAM, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Canada TINA OVERTON, University of Hull, UK

The Electronic Structure of the Atom: A Review An Overview of the Periodic Table Covalent Bonding Metallic Bonding Ionic Bonding Inorganic Thermodynamics Acids and Bases Oxidation and Reduction Periodic Patterns Hydrogen The Group 1 Elements: The Alkali Metals The Group 2 Elements: The Alkaline Earth Metals The Group 13 Elements The Group 14 Elements The Group 15 Elements The Group 16 Elements The Group 17 Elements: The Halogens The Group 18 Elements: The Noble Gases Transition Metal Complexes Properties of the 3d Transition Metals The Group 12 Elements Organometallic Chemistry The Rare Earth and Actinoid Elements - web Appendices