Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Periodic Trends in Fundamental Properties of Atoms and Simple Ions.- Chapter 2: Monatomic Ions and their Acid-Base Reactivity.- Chapter 3: Polyatomic Ions: Their Structure and Acid-Base Properties.- Chapter 4: Ionic Compounds in the Solid State, in Minerals, and in Solution.- Chapter 5: Trends in Coordination Equilibria.- Chapter 6: Principles of Oxidation-Reduction Reactivity.- Chapter 7: Introduction to Transition Metal Complexes.- Chapter 8: Oxides and Silicates as Materials.- Chapter 9: The Underlying Reasons for Periodic Trends.- Chapter 10: Symmetry.- Chapter 11: Molecular Orbital Theory: A Bridge Between Foundational and Advanced Inorganic Chemistry.- Chapter 12: Elements as Molecules and Materials

About the Author

Gary Wulfsberg is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at Middle Tennessee State University. He received his B.S. degree at Iowa State University and his Ph. D. degree in Inorganic Chemistry under Robert C. West at University of Wisconsin-Madison. His postdoctoral work was at the Cornell University Program on Science, Technology, and Society, and the Technical University of Darmstadt. His research interests were in applications of Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance in Inorganic Chemistry, and in Chemical Education. Gary has served as chairman of the International Steering Committee for Nuclear Quadrupole Interactions, and he is the author of 40 publications and two previous University Science Books textbooks, Principles of Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry (1987, also translated into Italian) and Inorganic Chemistry (2000, also translated into French).

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