Three-part Organization
Part 1: Foundations provides students with a review of chemistry, the basics of structure and bonding using both qualitative and quantitative explanations.
Part 2: Elements and their compounds marches through the periodic table and main group elements often referred to as descriptive chemistry.
Part 3: Frontiers features cutting-edge research. This is especially important for advanced courses in inorganic chemistry.
Student Friendly Pedagogy
Context boxes illustrate the diversity of inorganic chemistry applications to advanced materials, industrial processes, environmental chemistry, and everyday life.
Key points summarize the main take-home message of each section.
Further reading sections at the end of the chapter list sources for more information.
Resource sections provide an extensive data section and information relating to group theory and spectroscopy.
Emphasis on Problem Solving Skills
Worked Examples followed by
Self-tests provide practice with calculations and problems.
End-of-chapter Exercises have students practice balancing equations, predicting and drawing structures, and manipulating data
Tutorial Problems are more demanding, could have more than one right answer, and are often based on a research paper. These may be used for classroom discussion or an essay based assignment.
Molecular Modeling Problems on the book