THE PRINCIPLES OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

By PATRICIA THOMPSON

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS CLASSIFICATION OF ELEMENTS INTO METALS AND NONMETALS BINARY COMPOUNDS ON THE NATURE OF THE LIMITING TYPES OF BINARY COMPOUND TYPES OF FORMULA CLASSIFICATION OF ELEMENTS ACCORDING TO THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SERIES VALENCY PSEUDO-BINARY COMPOUNDS THE PERIODIC TABLE INTERPRETATION OF MAIN-GROUP VALENCIES IN TERMS OF A SIMPLE MODEL OF MAIN-GROUP ATOMS COMPOUNDS OF HIGHER ORDER THAN TWO COORDINATION COMPOUNDS LOOSE COMPOUNDS AND SOLUTIONS TYPES OF CHEMICAL REACTION ACIDS, BASES, AND SALTS OXIDATION AND REDUCTION FURTHER STUDY