Catherine Housecroft, Catherine E. Housecroft is Professor in Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Basel, Switzerland
Alan G. Sharpe, University of Cambridge

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 1136 pp

ISBN-10:	0131755536
ISBN-13:	9780131755536

Our Price: £44.99
Status: Instock
Published: 12 Nov 2007

A market leading textbook offering a fresh and engaging approach to the teaching of modern inorganic chemistry while giving a clear, well-balanced introduction to the key principles of the subject.

The full-colour text design with three dimensional illustrations brings the subject to life.  Throughout the book students are able to reinforce their learning with the use of worked examples and self-study exercises.  Numerous applications and topic boxes also relate the chemistry to everyday life.

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Basic concepts: atoms

2 Basic concepts: molecules

3 Nuclear properties

4 An introduction to molecular symmetry

5 Bonding in polyatomic molecules

6 Structures and energetics of metallic and ionic solids

7 Acids, bases and ions in aqueous solution

8 Reduction and oxidation

9 Non-aqueous media

10 Hydrogen

11 Group 1: the alkali metals

12 The group 2 metals

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 Organometallic compounds of s- and p- block elements

20 d-Block chemistry: general considerations

21 d-Block metal chemistry: coordination complexes

22 d-Block chemistry: the first row metals

23 d-Block metal chemistry: the second and third row metals

24 Organometallic compunds of d-block elements

25 The f-block metals: lanthanoids and actinoids

26 d-Block metal complexes: reaction mechanisms

27 Catalysis and some industrial processes

28 Some aspects of solid state chemistry

29 The trace metals of life 

Appendices

Answers to non-descriptive problems

Index

• Special selected topics chapters are included covering inorganic kinetics and mechanism, catalysis, solid state chemistry and bioinorganic chemistry

• Topic boxes are used extensively throughout to relate the chemistry described to everyday life, the chemical industry, environmental issues and legislation, and bioinorganic chemistry

• Principles and descriptive chemistry are covered in separate chapters, allowing students to study theory first and then relate theory to descriptive chemistry – enhanced further by the use of self-study exercises

• Worked examples take students through each calculation or exercise step-by-step, followed by related self-study exercises which reinforce student learning.  End-of-chapter material also includes Overview Problems

• End-of-chapter checklists provide excellent revision aids, with further reading suggestions – from topical articles to recent literature papers – to encourage students to explore topics in more depth

• Definition boxes help to develop subject knowledge and skills, reinforced by extensive problems at the end of each chapter

• The Companion Website which accompanies the text features Multiple Choice Questions (including additional questions for this edition), rotatable 3D molecular structures, web links for further research, PowerPoint figures and Tables for Lecturers and a Short Guide for Lecturers written by Catherine E. Housecroft

• A Solutions Manual is available separately with detailed solutions to all end-of-chapter problems

• Full colour text design enhances the presentation of molecular structures and 3D images   

·        The coverage of ‘basic concepts’ has been split into 2 chapters (Chapters 1 and 2)

·         Updated coverage of recent advances in basic inorganic chemistry

·        improved coverage of the use group theory in infrared spectroscopy (Chapter 4), of charge transfer bands and UV-VIS spectroscopy (Chapter 21), of term symbols and microstates (Chapter 21), and of magnetism (Chapter 21)

·        new sections on superacids (Chapter 9) and carbon nanotubes (Chapter 28)

·        Many new self-study exercises have been added to the descriptive chemistry chapters

·        New Experimental Techniques boxes

·        Updated Applications and Resources, environmental and biological boxes.  In selected boxes, photographs have been included for the first time