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Instant Notes titles focus on core information and are designed to help undergraduate students come to grips with a subject quickly and easily.

Instant Notes in Inorganic Chemistry, Second Edition has been fully updated and new material has been added on recent developments in noble-gas chemistry and the synthesis, reactions and characterization of inorganic compounds. New chapters cover the classification of inorganic reaction types concentrating on those useful in synthesis; techniques used in characterizing compounds, including elemental analysis; spectroscopic methods (IR, NMR) and structure determination by X-ray crystallography; and the factors involved in choosing appropriate solvents for synthetic reactions.

The new edition continues to provide concise, comprehensive coverage of inorganic chemistry at an undergraduate level, offering easy access to all important areas of inorganic chemistry in a format which is ideal for learning and rapid revision. ... Read more

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The objective of this book is to develop a thinking approach to trace analysis by combining scattered information on techniques and materials used in trace analysis and by identifying the underlying principles behind the development of trace analysis procedures and their applications. Concentrates on inorganic trace analysis with an emphasis on the analysis of metals. ... Read more

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The reactivity and structural properties of first row transition metals and their compounds depend on the electronic configuration of the d electrons of the metal. The book, intended for students with one year of inorganic chemistry, describes the most significant structures, reactions, and other important properties of co-ordination, organometallic, and solid state compounds. ... Read more

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This book is a single volume treatment of the descriptiveinorganic and coordination chemistry of silver, gold and the sixplatinum metals - together with the organometallic chemistry ofsigma-bonded compounds in normal oxidation states. It providesinformation on `essential' binary compounds and complexes of theseelements, such as oxides, halides, aqua complexes, amines and tertiaryphosphine complexes, highlighting key areas of study. The referencelist, containing over 1600 entries, is intended to give key references(particularly to structures), both to the recent literature and torelevant older work. Literature coverage extends to Spring 1996. Aconcentrated source of information for chemists at graduate andresearch level, this volume is also suitable as a teaching resourcefor advanced undergraduates. ... Read more

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The use of CeO2-based materials in catalysis has attracted considerable attention in recent years, particularly in applications like environmental catalysis, where ceria has shown great potential. This book critically reviews the most recent advances in the field, with the focus on both fundamental and applied issues. The first few chapters cover structural and chemical properties of ceria and related materials, i.e. phase stability, reduction behaviour, synthesis, interaction with probe molecules (CO, O2, NO), and metal-support interaction - all presented from the viewpoint of catalytic applications. The use of computational techniques and ceria surfaces and films for model catalytic studies are also reviewed. The second part of the book provides a critical evaluation of the role of ceria in the most important catalytic processes: three-way catalysis, catalytic wet oxidation and fluid catalytic cracking. Other topics include oxidation-combustion catalysts, electrocatalysis and the use of cerium catalysts/additives in diesel soot abatement technology. ... Read more

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Electrochemistry can be an elegant and essential support to synthetic inorganic chemistry. However, it is often perceived as a difficult technique. This book aims to introduce inorganic chemists to electrochemical investigations in as straightforward a way as possible.

First, the reader is introduced to the theory of electron transfer processes, how they can be studied by various electrochemical techniques, and the practical procedures required. The book then goes on to look extensively, and with numerous illustrations, at the application of the techniques in the multiple fields of inorganic chemistry (including organometallics, coordination compounds, bioinorganics/biomimetics and materials science). Topics covered include: metallocenes; organometallic and coordination complexes; metal complexes of redox active ligands; metal-carbonyl clusters; superconductors; and proteins. Throughout, special attention is paid to the structural effects accompanying the electron transfer processes.

This unique book bridges the gap between undergraduate and research-level electrochemistry books, and will be welcomed as an introduction to electrochemical applications within inorganic chemistry. ... Read more

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This clear and concise book follows the atomic numbers to give a complete survey of the chemical elements. Starting with hydrogen, the author takes the reader on a tour of the periodic table, describing each element, its unique properties, occurences and uses, its role in current research, and how its electron configuration determines its chemical behavior. The author draws numerous comparisons between neighboring and analogous elements and points out important trends in d- and f-transition series. Complete with summaries, illustrations, and careful explanations of new concepts, this book gives students a friendly scientific introduction to chemistry. ... Read more

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This unique reference details current research on the formationand stabilities of metal complexes, chelates, macrocyclic complexes,andcryptates in aqueous solutions. Chapters thoroughly describe theprinciples of ligand design and their application to a wide varietyof metal ions. In addition, the text examines medicinal andbiochemical applications of metal complexes. This work will make aninvaluable supplementary text for advanced inorganic chemistrycourses. ... Read more

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Provides a description of the thermodynamic model, data treatment procedures and the thermodynamic constants for hydrous ferric oxide. Includes detailed coverage of the model and the parameter extraction procedure. ... Read more

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This work focuses on basic concepts and recent advances in the fields of biomaterials and tissue engineering. It covers a broad spectrum of biomaterials processing and structural characteristics including discussions of biocomposites, bioglasses and issues concerning biocompatibility and tissue engineering. The text also gives the necessary theoretical background as well as a wide range of practical applications. The level and style make it accessible not only to scientific and medical researchers but also to graduate students. ... Read more

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A rapidly expanding branch of science, solid-state chemistry grows in importance as scientists recognize its relevance to subjects as diverse as optoelectronics and heterogeneous catalysis.The first of two volumes, this book concentrates on methods for preparing solids and for studying structures and physical properties.Among the methods described here are diffraction and vibrational, electronic, and photoelectron spectroscopies.Bulk measurements such as conductivity, magnetic susceptibility, and calorimetry are also described, along with theoretical modeling of crystal structures. ... Read more

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High quality multi-author contribution
As any serious student who buys advanced science texts knows, edited books with many authors are almost always dismal. Cheetham & Day's book is a rare exception. If you seek a solid state chemistry text, you still can't find anything that is fully satisfactory. An authoritative book that has both the depth and breadth necessary to fill that role still doesn't exist, but this book is one of a couple that are worth buying in the meantime. ... Read more

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From boyhood in the coal-mining village of Coello, Illinois, to winning the Priestly Medal and becoming the president of the American Chemical Society, Professor Emeritus Fred Basolo of Northwestern University traces the intertwined development of his life, career, and the field of inorganic chemistry. With over a hundred photographs and dozens of structures and equations, From Coello to Inorganic Chemistry details the major innovations, travels, family life, and guests hosted while helping to build one of the world's leading inorganic chemistry departments from its humble beginnings at Northwestern University. Students and chemists with interests in bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis, nanoscience, new materials research, and organometallics can follow the emergence of inorganic chemistry as a rival to organic chemistry through the accomplishments of one of its most influential pioneers. ... Read more

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This invaluable book distils the research accomplishments of Professor Fred Basolo during the five decades when he served as a world leader in the modern renaissance of inorganic chemistry. Its primary focus is on the very important area of chemistry known as coordination chemistry.

Most of the elements in the periodic table are metals, and most of the chemistry of metals involves coordination chemistry. This is the case in the currently significant areas of research, including organometallic homogenous catalysis, biological reactions of metalloproteins, and even the solid state extended structures of new materials. In these systems, the metals are of primary importance because they are the sites of ligand substitution or redox reactions. In the solid materials, the coordination number of the metal and its stereochemistry are of major importance.

Some fifty years of research on transition metal complexes carried out in the laboratory of Professor Basolo at Northwestern University is recorded here as selected scientific publications. The book is divided into three different major research areas, each dealing with some aspect of coordination chemistry. In each case, introductory remarks are presented which indicate what prompted the research projects and what the major accomplishments were. Although the research was of the academic, curiosity-driven type, some aspects have proven to be useful to others involved in projects that were much more applied in nature. ... Read more

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This book illustrates our understanding of the natural world via findings of studies in geochemistry, biochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, environmental chemistry, and other areas, in the context of the general chemistry of the elements. It is divided into two parts: the first provides an account of the Earth - its physics and chemistry, its structure and dynamics - emphasizing the varied roles played by the elements in combination with one another. It demonstrates how elemental chemical behavior dictates both their own environmental significance and the nature of our environment. The second part considers the elements in alphabetical order, and provides a comprehensive reference resource in its own right. Fully cross-referenced, this book is clear, precise, and will have wide appeal as either a supplementary text to an undergraduate inorganic and environmental chemistry course, as well as an essential resource for all those interested in the scientific study of the environment. ... Read more

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This volume presents an authoritative guide to the extraction,isolation and analysis of sterols from fungi, algae, plants, marineorganisms and animals. Beginning with an explanation of nomenclatureand biosynthesis of sterols, the book then covers extraction fromtissues and initial separation methods. Subsequent chapters givedetails of the various chromatographic, spectroscopic andspectrometric techniques which can be applied to the analysis ofsterols. The book sends with an extensive appendix in whichchromatographic and spectral data for a range of representative sterolstructures are presented. Written by two well known workers in the foield, this volume willprove to be an invaluable resource to both academic and industrialanalytical chemists and biochemists involved in the investigation ofsterols. ... Read more