Basic Inorganic Chemistry

Basic Inorganic Chemistry by Wilkinson, Geoffrey. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780471505327.

Explains the basics of inorganic chemistry with a primary emphasis on facts; then uses the students 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, Wades 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.