Some Thermodynamic Aspects of Inorganic Chemistry

This book is concerned with the theoretical explanations that become possible after the translation into thermodynamic language has taken place.

D. A. Johnson (Author)

9780521285216, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 25 February 1982

294 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.44 kg

An important part of inorganic chemistry is the study of the behaviour of chemical elements and their compounds. If this behaviour is to be explained with any confidence, it needs first to be described in quantitative language. Thermodynamics provides such a language, and Dr Johnson's 1982 book is concerned with the theoretical explanations that become possible after the translation into thermodynamic language has taken place. This book will continue to be of interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of chemistry, as well as teachers of chemistry in both schools and universities.

Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
1. Introduction
2. The ionic model
3. The alkali and alkaline earth metals
4. Solution equilibria and electrode potentials
5. The solubility of ionic salts and the hydration energies of ions
6. Transition metal chemistry
7. Bond energies and non-metal chemistry
Appendices
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Chemistry [PN]