索书号：O6/G798 (2) (MIT)
Chemistry of the Elements
Contents
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Chapter 1: Origin of the Elements. Isotopes and Atomic Weights
Chapter 2: Chemical Periodicity and the Periodic Table
Chapter 3: Hydrogen
Chapter 4: Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium and Francium
Chapter 5: Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium and Radium
Chapter 6: Boron
Chapter 7: Aluminium, Gallium, Indium and Thallium
Chapter 8: Carbon
Chapter 9: Silicon
Chapter 10: Germanium, Tin and Lead
Chapter 11: Nitrogen
Chapter 12: Phosphorus
Chapter 13: Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth
Chapter 14: Oxygen
Chapter 15: Sulfur
Chapter 16: Selenium, Tellurium and Polonium
Chapter 17: The Halogens: Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine and Astatine
Chapter 18: The Noble Gases: Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon and Radon
Chapter 19: Coordination and Oraganometallic Compounds
Chapter 20: Scandium, Yttrium, Lanthanum and Actinium
Chapter 21: Titanium, Zirconium and Hafnium
Chapter 22: Vanadium, Niobium and Tantalum
Chapter 23: Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten
Chapter 24: Manganese, Technetium and Rhenium
Chapter 25: Iron, Ruthenium and Osmium
Chapter 26: Cobalt, Rhodium and Iridium
Chapter 27: Nickel, Palladium and Platinum
Chapter 28: Copper, Silver and Gold
Chapter 29: Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury
Chapter 30: The Lanthanide Elements (Z=58-71)
Chapter 31: The Actinide and Transactinide Elements (Z=90-112)
Appendix 1: Atomic Orbitals
Appendix 2: Symmetry Elements, Symmetry Operations and Point Groups
Appendix 3: Some Non-SI Units
Appendix 4: Abundance of Elements in Crustal Rocks
Appendix 5: Effective Ionic Radii
Appendix 6: Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Appendix 7: Nobel Prize for Physics
Index
Abstract
When this innovative textbook first appeared in 1984 it rapidly became a great success throughout the world and has already been translated into several European and Asian languages. Now the authors have completely revised and updated the text, including more than 2000 new literature references to work published since the first edition. No page has been left unaltered but the novel features which proved so attractive have been retained. The book presents a balanced, coherent and comprehensive account of the chemistry of the elements for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. This crucial central area of chemistry is full of ingenious experiments, intriguing compounds and exciting new discoveries. The authors specifically avoid the term ‘inorganic chemistry’ since this evokes an outmoded view of chemistry which is no longer appropriate in the final decade of the 20thcentury.