Comparative Inorganic Chemistry

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface to first edition, Pages vii-viii
Preface to second edition, Pages ix-x
Preface to third edition, Pages xi-xii
A Note of Prefixes for SI Units, Page xiii
1 - The development of fundamental ideas in 19th century chemistry, Pages 1-11
2 - The properties of elements and the structure of their atoms, Pages 12-28
3 - The properties of elements and the electronic configuration of their atoms, Pages 29-49
4 - The electronic theory of valency and the periodic classification, Pages 50-68
5 - Bonding and the structures displayed by elements and their compounds, Pages 69-91
6 - Crystallization and the crystalline state, Pages 92-113
7 - Oxidation, reduction and electrochemical processes, Pages 114-132
8 - The principles governing the extraction of elements, Pages 133-141
9 - The extraction and uses of typical elements, Pages 142-158
10 - The extraction and uses of transition and associated metals, Pages 159-172
11 - Industrial alloys, Pages 173-182
12 - Commercial processes based on air, water, petroleum and coal, Pages 183-197
13 - The industrial production of sulphuric acid, Pages 198-203
14 - Chemicals from salt: the alkali industry, Pages 204-216
15 - Hydrogen, the hydrides and water, Pages 217-242
16 - Oxygen, oxides and peroxides, Pages 243-264
17 - Group I: the alkali metals, Pages 265-284
18 - Group II: the alkaline-earth metals, Pages 285-302
19 - Group III: the boron group, Pages 303-313
20 - Group IV: the carbon group, Pages 314-346
21 - Group V: the nitrogen group, Pages 347-387
22 - Group VI: sulphur, Pages 388-404
23 - Group VII: the halogens, Pages 405-443
24 - Period 4: transition and associated elements, Pages 444-486
25 - Period 5: silver, Pages 487-495
26 - Period 6: mercury, Pages 496-503
Examination questions, Pages 504-543
Answers to numerical and problem sections, Pages 544-545
Index, Pages 546-562