Structural Inorganic Chemistry

by Wells, Alexander Frank

• ISBN13: 9780199657636
• ISBN10: 0199657637
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The fifth edition of this widely acclaimed work has been reissued as part of the Oxford Classic Texts series. The book includes a clear exposition of general topics concerning the structures of solids, and a systematic description of the structural chemistry of elements and their compounds. The book is divided into two parts. Part I deals with a number of general topics, including the properties of polyhedra, the nature and symmetry of repeating patterns, and the ways in which spheres, of the same or different sizes, can be packed together. In Part II the structural chemistry of the elements is described systematically, arranged according to the groups of the Periodic Table.

Table of Contents

Part 1
1. Introduction
2. Symmetry
3. Polyhedra and nets
4. Sphere packings
5. Tetrahedral and octahedral structures
6. Some simple AXn structures
7. Bonds in molecules and crystals
Part 2
8. Hydrogen: the noble gases
9. The halogens - simple halides
10. Complex, oxy-, and hydroxy-halides
11. Oxygen
12. Binary metal oxides
13. Complex oxides
14. Metal hydroxides, oxyhydroxides, and hydroxy-salts
15. Water and hydrates
16. Sulphur, selenium, and tellurium
17. Metal sulphides and oxysulphides
18. Nitrogen
19. Phosphorus
20. Arsenic, antimony, and bismuth
21. Carbon
22. Metal cyanides, carbides, carbonyls, and alkyls
23. Silicon
24. Boron
25. Copper, silver, and gold
26. The elements of subgroups IIB, IIIB, and IVB
27. Group VIII and other transition metals
28. The lanthanides and actinides
29. Metals and alloys
Formula index
Subject index