BASIC INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

• Main Authors: Cotton, F. Albert 1930- Frank Albert (Author), Gaus, Paul L (Author), Wilkinson, Geoffrey 1921- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC 1995
• Edition: THIRD EDITION
• Subjects: Chemistry, Inorganic
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• Physical Description: xii, 838 pages illustrations 26 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 0471505323; 9780471505327

Explains the basics of inorganic chemistry with a primary emphasis on facts; then uses the student's growing factual knowledge as a foundation for discussing the important principles of periodicity in structure, bonding and reactivity. New to this updated edition: improved treatment of atomic orbitals and properties such as electronegativity, novel approaches to the depiction of ionic structures, nomenclature for transition metal compounds, quantitative approaches to acid-base chemistry, Wade's rules for boranes and carboranes, the chemistry of major new classes of substances including fullerenes and silenes plus a chapter on the inorganic solid state.