Physical Inorganic Chemistry: A Coordination Chemistry Approach - Softcover

Kettle, S. F. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198504047 ISBN 13: 9780198504047

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Inorganic chemistry has in recent years been changing dramatically, with coordination chemistry in particular undergoing a striking resurgence of interest. This has been fuelled by the growth in importance of metals in biology and medicine, and by the new and explosive thrusts into inorganic
materials. These changes mean that today's student of inorganic chemistry needs a greater knowledge and understanding of physical inorganic chemistry. Embracing such topics as bonding state chemistry and cluster chemistry, the discipline underpins the whole of modern inorganic chemistry. This
theme spans virtually the whole of physical inorganic chemistry; and an important benefit of this approach is that the book doubles as a text on coordination chemistry itself. Physical Inorganic Chemistry is a an accessible, largely non-mathematical text which bridges the gap between the relatively
low-level treatments currently available and the specialists, research-level ones. It provides an account of the traditional areas of the subject, combining this with an introduction to important contemporary research areas, the whole viewed from an integrated theoretical perspective. Each chapter
is self-contained, allowing maximum flexibility in course-text use. '[This text] represents a wonderful bridge for the student. It is designed as an intermediate-level that can serve both as a user-friendly introduction to a large number of topics and techniques of importance to the student of
coordination and physical inorganic chemistry, and also as a springboard to more advanced texts and studies. It is written in a style that is appropriate for a teaching text, anticipating and answering the questions that students will typically have on encountering the topic for the first time, and
introduces a large number of theoretical, spectroscopic and physicochemical techniques without sacrificing the more classical content of a coordination chemistry text. In this regard, it is a wonderful hybrid of the classic and modern aspects of coordination and physical inorganic chemistry and is
consequently an admirable text for the student of this area'.

About this title

About the Author

S. F. A. Kettle, Professor, Royal Military College, Ontario; Professorial Fellow, University of East Anglia.

Review

`Dr Kettle has produced a significant and thorough work on coordination chemistry ... The strength of this lies in its expertly structured and written text, clear diagrams, effective use of appendices, and excellent selections of further reading ... a thorough and scholarly work which does
fill a gap in the market.'
Terence Kee, Education in Chemistry, September 1997

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0198504047
• ISBN 13: 9780198504047
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 506