Introduction to Modern Inorganic Chemistry, 6th edition

Mackay, R.A.; Henderson, W.

INTRODUCTION; Inorganic Chemistry and the Discovery of the Elements; Development; Recent Advances; Inorganic Nomenclature; Approach to Inorganic Chemistry and Further Reading; Problems; THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND THE PROPERTIES OF ATOMS; Introduction; Theory of the Electronic Structure of Hydrogen; Many-electron Atoms; Shapes of Atomic Orbitals; Further Properties of the Elements; ; COVALENT MOLECULES; DIATOMICS; General Background; Diatomic Molecules; ; POLYATOMIC COVALENT MOLECULES; Introduction; The Shapes of Molecules and Ions Containing p Bonds Only; The Shapes of Species Containing p Bonds; General Approaches to Bonding in Polyatomic Species; Bonding in Polyatomics; The Two-centre Bond Approach; Two-centred Orbitals; Hybridisation; Delocalized, or Multi-centred, s Orbitals; p Bonding in Polyatomic Molecules; An Example of the Approach Using Delocalized Bonding Throughout; Extension to Other Molecules; Problems; ; THE SOLID STATE; Simple Ionic Crystals; The Formation of Ionic Compounds; The Born-Haber Cycle; The Lattice Energy; The Endothermic Terms in the Formation of an Ionic Solid; Bonding Which is not Purely Ionic; Metallic Bonding; Complex Ions; The Crystal Structures of Covalent Compounds; Defect Structures and Nonstoichiometric Solids; Problems; ; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; Aqueous Solutions; Solubility; Acids and Bases; Oxidation and Reduction; Nonaqueous Solvents; Solubility and Solvent Interaction in Nonaqueous Solvents; Acid-base Behaviour in Nonaqueous Solvents; General Uses of Nonaqueous Solvents; Liquid Ammonia; Anhydrous Acetic Acid; 'Superacid' Media; Bromine Trifluoride; Supercritical Fluids; Problems; ; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; Separation Methods;