Concise Inorganic Chemistry

The new edition of this highly respected and well-known text has been thoroughly revised, while retaining its original aims: to provide a concise and relevant treatment of essential inorganic chemistry as a main or ancillary subject. The book is divided into six parts: theoretical concepts and hydrogen; the S-block; the P-block; the D-block; the F-block; and other topics. There is a detailed index and table of contents, as well as nearly 600 references classified according to complexity. For the new edition there is a greater concentration on the commercial exploitation of inorganic chemicals, including sections on photography, superconductors, transistors, photocopiers, radio-carbon dating and many other topics. Environmental issues, such as the continuing use of freons, the ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, acid rain and lead pollution are also discussed.