Basic Inorganic Chemistry

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Basic Inorganic Chemistry is written by Frank Albert Cotton and published by John Wiley & Son Limited. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0471599743 (ISBN 10) and 9780471599746 (ISBN 13).

Explains the basics of inorganic chemistry with a primary emphasis on facts; then uses the student2s 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, Wade2s 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.