Book description
Basic Concepts of Inorganic Chemistry is thoroughly revised and designed as a student text to meet the needs of the students preparing for various competitive examinations. Each concept and principle is unfolded systematically, reflecting the vast experience, command and authority of the author on the subject. The subject has been explained using basic principles that make things easy to understand and absorb both for beginners as well as advanced learners. Each chapter is followed by graded multiple choice questions (the core of the competitive exams) based on concepts, principles and applications, providing the student with necessary recapitulation and ensuring speed and accuracy.Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
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Chapter 1. Periodic Table and Periodicity of Properties
- Mendeleev’s periodic law
- Modern Periodic Table
- IUPAC table
- Periodic table and Aufbau principle
- Determination of group and period of an element
- Classification of elements
- Atomicity and elements of the periodic table
- Effective nuclear charge
- Atomic and ionic size
- Ionization energy
- Electron affinity
- Electronegativity
- Physical properties and the periodic table
- Artificial elements
- Some records of periodic table
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Chapter 2. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
- Different types of chemical bonds
- Summery of bond types
- Ionic bond
- Born — Haber cycle
- Cations of stable electron configuration
- Polarization and its effects
- Lattice energy
- General properties of ionic compounds
- Covalent bonding
- σ and π bonds
- Comparison of σ and π bond
- Electronegativity
- Coordinate covalent bond
- Electronegativity and Dipole moment
- Lewis structure (or Dot structure)
- Resonance structure
- Hybridization
- Resonance
- Resonance effect
- Resonance energy
- Bond length
- Bond energy
- VSEPR model
- Structure and shape
- Shape of Molecules
- Bond angle
- Odd electron molecules
- Molecular orbital model
- Shape and symmetry of molecular orbitals
- Formation of π bonds
- Diatomics of the first period elements
- Homonuclear Diatomics of Second Period Elements
- NO molecule
- CO molecule
- Hydrogen bond
- Van der Waals, forces
- Metallic bond
- Metal structures
- Electron gas model
- Band model
- Cohesive energy
- Chapter 3. Acids and Bases
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Chapter 4. Chemical Reaction
- Types of chemical reactions
- Hydrolysis
- Oxidation-reduction reactions
- Oxidation number
- Oxidizing agents
- Reducing agents
- Oxidizing and reducing agents
- Strength of oxidants and reductants
- Equivalent weights of oxidizing and reducing agents
- Balancing of redox reactions
- Oxidation number method
- Ion-electron method
- Some important half reactions
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Chapter 5. Transition Elements
- General properties
- Atomic and ionic radii
- Bonding in Transition metals and its effect on properties
- Electrode potential
- Oxidation states
- Paramagnetic nature of transition metal compounds
- Complex compound formation
- Colour of transition metal compounds
- The d — d transition
- Colour and charge transfer
- Hydrolysis of transition metal compounds
- Catalytic property
- Lanthanides and actinides
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Chapter 6. Coordination Chemistry
- Coordination number
- Types of ligands
- Chelates
- Conditions for complex formation
- Werner’s coordination theory
- Nomenclature
- Valence bond model for complexes
- Crystal field model of bonding
- Stability and CF model
- Magnetic properties and CF model
- Colour and CF model
- Isomerism in coordination compounds
- Geometrical isomerism
- Optical isomerism
- Preparations of complex compounds
- Stability of complex compound in a solution
- Applicability of complex compounds
- Organometallic compounds
- Preparation of organometallies
- Bonding in organometallic compounds
- Bonding in alkene complexes
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Chapter 7. Abundance and metallurgy
- Chemical elements in the Earth’s crust
- Cosmic abundance of elements
- Abundance in oceans
- Occurrence of metals
- Metallurgy
- Terms used in metallurgical process
- Concentration of ore
- Leaching
- Isolation of metal from concentrated ore
- Thermal (or chemical reduction)
- Auto reduction
- Electrolytic method of reduction
- Displacement of one metal by the other
- Purification of isolated metals
- Sodium
- Magnesium
- Calcium
- Aluminium
- Iron
- Ashoka Pillar at Delhi
- Pig iron
- Grey cast iron
- White cast iron
- Wrought iron
- Steel
- Special steel
- Conversion of iron into steel
- Steel from wrought iron
- Comparison Pig iron, Wrought and Steel
- Heat treatments of steel
- Chemically pure iron
- Brief chemistry of iron
- Corrosion of iron
- Important compounds of iron
- Copper
- Alloys of copper
- Brief chemistry of Cu
- Important compounds and complexes
- Zinc
- Brief chemistry of Zn
- Important compounds
- Mercury
- Brief chemistry of Hg
- Important compounds
- Tin
- Allotropic forms
- Chemical reaction
- Lead
- Physical properties
- Important compounds
- Chapter 8. Important Chemical Compounds
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Chapter 9. Hydrogen and Its Chemistry
- Position in the periodic table
- Isotopes of H
- Oxidation states and bonding
- Preparation of H2
- Uyeno’s reaction
- Bosch’s process
- Lane’s process
- Laboratory Preparation of H2
- Nascent Hydrogen
- Compounds of protium (H)
- Water
- Zeolite water
- Water clathrates
- Hard and soft water
- Temporary hardness
- Permanent hardness
- Inorganic exchangers
- Organic exchangers
- Bad effects of hard water
- Structure of water and ice
- Density of water and ice
- Density of water at 4°C
- Heavy water
- Chapter 10. Group — 1(IA) The alkali metals
- Chapter 11. Group — 2(IIA) [Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra]
- Chapter 12. Group — 11(IIB) Cu, Ag, Au
- Chapter 13. Group — 12(IIB) Zn, Cd, Hg
- Chapter 14. Group — 13 (IIIA) B, Al, Ga, In, Td
- Chapter 15. Group — 14(IVA) C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb
- Chapter 16. Group — 15(VA)N, P, As, Sb, Bi
- Chapter 17. Group-16(VIA) O, S, Se, Te, Po
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Chapter 18. Group — 17 (VIIIA) Halogens F, Cl, Br, I, and At
- Physical state
- Special properties of F
- Oxidation state and bonding
- Formation of X2
- Manufacture of Cl2
- Manufacture of Br2
- Manufacture of I2
- Reactions of X2
- Hydrogen halides
- HF
- HCl
- HBr
- Hl
- Halides
- Preparation of anhydrous halides
- Halogen oxides
- Oxo acids
- Acid Strength
- Oxidizing power
- CIO-n anions
- Halic acids
- Perhalic acids
- Interhalogen compounds
- Pseudohalogens and pseudohalides
- Chapter 19. Group — 18 The Noble Gases
- Chapter 20. Analytical Chemistry
- Chapter 21. Problems on Inorganic Reactions
- Additional Practice Questions
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Basic Concepts of Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2011
- Publisher(s): Pearson India
- ISBN: 9789332503205
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