Basic Inorganic Chemistry(English, Hardcover, Cotton F. Albert)

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Basic Inorganic Chemistry(English, Hardcover, Cotton F. Albert) is written by Cotton F. Albert and published by John Wiley & Sons Inc. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0471505323 (ISBN 10) and 9780471505327 (ISBN 13).

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.