Basic Inorganic Chemistry
Cotton, F Albert / Wilkinson, Geoffrey / Gaus, Paul L
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, qu...