Shriver and Atkins Inorganic Chemistry: Inorganic Chemistry

by Atkins, Peter; Overton, Tina; Rourke, Jon; Weller, Mark; Armstrong, Fraser

• ISBN13: 9780199264636
• ISBN10: 0199264635
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-26
• Publisher: OUP

Summary

Inorganic chemistry stands alongside physical and organic chemistry as one of three central pillars of an undergraduate chemistry course. Shriver and Atkins' Inorganic Chemistry fourth edition reaffirms the position of this text at the heart of any student's chemistry education, offering more stimulation, more insights, and more support to help students grasp the fundamentals of this subject than ever before. Peter Atkins has been joined for the fourth edition by a new author team who have drawn upon their excellence in teaching and research to completely revise the book. The authors have increased the accessibility of the text by expanding explanations, using a less formal writing style, and assuming a lower level of mathematical and chemical knowledge, yet have taken care not to sacrifice the depth and rigour of previous editions. They have gone on to extend coverage of the chemistry of theelements, to provide an extensive framework on which students can build their understanding of the subject.The new edition mirrors its predecessors by seeking to inspire students. New 'Frontiers' chapters - including those on materials science, nanotechnology, biological inorganic chemistry and environmental chemistry - open up to the student topics at the forefront of contemporary research, while examples throughout, showing the relevance of inorganic chemistry to real-life situations, encourage students to engage fully with the subject.All these exciting new features and innovations are presented within a new full colour text design, to stimulate and engage students still further.Online Resource Centre:The companion web site contains 3D rotating molecular models, illustrations from the book in electronic format, web links, and additional questions. A solutions manual is available free to adopters.

Table of Contents

Atomic structure	p. 3
Molecular structure and bonding	p. 35
The structures of simple solids	p. 71
Acids and bases	p. 111
Oxidation and reduction	p. 141
Physical techniques in inorganic chemistry	p. 169
Molecular symmetry	p. 196
An introduction to coordination compounds	p. 219
Hydrogen	p. 239
The group 1 elements	p. 258
The group 2 elements	p. 273
The group 13 elements	p. 287
The group 14 elements	p. 317
The group 15 elements	p. 347
The group 16 elements	p. 376
The group 17 elements	p. 400
The group 18 elements	p. 425
The d-block metals	p. 433
d-Metal complexes : electronic structure and spectra	p. 459
Coordination chemistry : reactions of complexes	p. 491
d-Metal organometallic chemistry	p. 525
The f-block metals	p. 572
Solid-state and materials chemistry	p. 588
Nanomaterials, nanoscience, and nanotechnology	p. 643
Catalysis	p. 680
Biological inorganic chemistry	p. 711
Resource section 1 : selected ionic radii in pm	p. 769
Resource section 2 : electronic properties of the elements	p. 771
Resource section 3 : standard potentials	p. 773
Resource section 4 : character tables	p. 786
Resource Section 5 : symmetry-adapted orbitals	p. 791
Resource section 6 : Tanabe-Sugano diagrams	p. 795
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