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Chemistry of the elements

Presents an account of the chemistry of the elements for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. This book covers the inorganic chemistry of the elements, and also analytical, theoretical, industrial, organometallic, bio-inorganic and other cognate areas of chemistry. It discusses it within the context of an underlying theoretical framework.
Print Book, English, 2006, ©1997
Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2006, ©1997
xxii, 1341 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780750633659, 0750633654
213025882
Origin of the elements, isotopes and atomic weights Chemical periodicity and the periodic table Hydrogen Lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium and francium Beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and radium Boron Aluminium, gallium, indium and thallium Carbon Silicon; Germanium, tin and lead Nitrogen Phosphorus Arsenic, antimony and bismuth Oxygen; Sulfur Selenium, tellurium and polonium The halogens: fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine The noble gases: helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon Coordination and organometallic compounds Scandium, yttrium, lanthanum and actinium Titanium, zirconium and hafnium Vanadium, niobium and tantalum Chromium, molybdenum and tungsten Manganese, technetium and rhenium Iron, ruthenium and osmium Cobalt, rhodium and iridium Nickel, palladium, and platinum Copper, silver and gold Zinc, cadmium and mercury The lanthanide elements The actinideand transactinide elements (Z=90-112)
Second edition 1997; reprinted with correctiopns 1998; reprinted 2001, 2002, 2003 (twice), 2005, 2006