1st Edition

Inorganic Chemistry Concepts and Main Group of Elements

By PL Soni, Vandna Soni Copyright 2025
458 Pages
by CRC Press

458 Pages
by CRC Press

This book covers the concepts of Inorganic Chemistry. It deals with the structures, properties and reactions of inorganic compounds and details the periodicity in properties, types of structures and their reactivities. The subject matter of this book also discusses: Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle Failure of Electronic Theory  Electronic Configuration and Oxidation States Arsenic,... Read more

Unit I: Concepts in Inorganic Chemistry

0. Broad Division between Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry

1. Atomic Structure

2. Periodic Table and Periodic Properties (Periodicity)

3. Chemical Bonding

4. Covalent Bond or Non-ionic Bond

5. Recent Concepts of Acids and Bases

6. Aqueous and Non-aqueous Solvents

7. Oxidation and Reduction

Unit II: Hydrogen-Unique Elements

8. Hydrogen and Hydrides

Unit III: Main Group of Elements

9. Group I or Alkali Metals

10. Group II or Alkaline Earth Metals

11. Group 13 Elements or Boron Family of Elements

12. Group 14 Elements or Carbon Family of Elements

13. Group 15 Elements or Nitrogen Family of Elements

14. Group 16 Elements or Oxygen Family of Elements

15. Group 17 Elements or Halogen Family of Elements

16. Noble Gases or Zero Group Elements

Bibliography

Index

Biography

PL Soni; Former Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, ARSD College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Vandna Soni; Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India