Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine derived contents note: Partial table of contents: -- First Principles. -- Some Preliminaries. -- Structure and Bonding in Molecules. -- The Chemistry of Selected Anions. -- Solvents, Solutions, Acids, and Bases. -- The Main Group Elements. -- Hydrogen. -- The Group IIA(2) Elements: Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, and Barium. -- The Group IIIB(13) Elements: Aluminum, Gallium, Indium, and Thallium. -- The Group IVB(14) Elements: Silicon, Germanium, Tin, and Lead. -- The Group VB(15) Elements: Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony, and Bismuth. -- The Group VIB(16) Elements: Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium, and Polonium. -- The Noble Gases. -- Transition Elements. -- Introduction to the Transition Elements: Ligand Field Theory. -- The Elements of the Second and Third Transition Series. -- The Actinide Elements. -- Some Special Topics. -- Organometallic Compounds. -- Bioinorganic Chemistry. -- Appendices. -- Glossary. -- Index.

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, quantitative approaches to acid-base chemistry, Wade's rules for boranes and carboranes, the chemistry of major new classes of substances including fullerenes and silenes plus a chapter on the inorganic solid state.