Essential Trends in Inorganic Chemistry / Edition 1

by D. M. P. Mingos

Overview

The growth of inorganic chemistry during the last fifty years has made it almost impossible for the student to assimilate all the factual information available. This book is designed tohelp the student begin to tackle this task by showing exactly how a chemist uses the Periodic Table to organize and process this mass of information. After opening with a clear description of the quantum mechanical basis on the Periodic Table, the author goes on to illustrate how a modern inorganic chemist uses the Periodic Table to interpret a wide range of chemical phenomena. Rather than giving the descriptive properties he illustrates how the variations are interpreted. Thus he describes vertical trends, horizontal and diagonal trends, and then isoelectronic relationships. The latter provides a basis for developing bonding models which account for the structures and reactivities for molecules. Finally he describes the horizontal and vertical relationships associated with the transition metals, the lanthanides, and the actinides. The basic methodology developed in Essential Trends in Inorganic Chemistry will enable the student to apply these basic principles to other problems and to assimilate more detailed accounts of modern inorganic chemistry in a structured way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198501084
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/23/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

1. The Quantum Mechanical Basis of the Periodic Table. 2. Vertical Trends. 3. Horizontal and Diagonal Trends. 4. Isoelectronic and Iso-Stoichiometric Relationships. 5. Transition Metals (d-block elements), Lanthanides and Actinides (f-block elements).