Advanced Chemistry of Rare Elements, 3rd Edition

CONTENTS -

PART I. ATOMS, MOLECULES AND CHEMICAL BONDING -
I. Atom: Wave Nature and Configuration -
II. Electron Clouds, Covalent and Ionic Radii -
III. Molecular Orbitals -
IV. Valence Bond Theory of Chemical Bonding -
V. Hybridization -
VI. Chemical Bonding and its Molecular Orbital Theory -
VII. Coupling of Angular Momenta and Magnetic Moments -
VIII. Transitional Elements -
IX. Complexes, Ligands and Molecular Orbital Field Theory -

PART II. NON-TRANSITIONAL ELEMENTS -
X. Inert Gases of the Zero Group -

Rare Elements of the Alkali Group -
XI. Lithium -
XII. Rubidium, Caesium and Francium -

Rare Elements of the Alkaline Earth Group -
XIII. Beryllium -
XIV. Radium and Radon -

Rare Elements of Boron-Aluminium Group -
XV. Gallium -
XVI. Indium -
XVII. Thallium -

Rare Elements of Carbon Group -
XVIII. Germanium -

Rare Elements of Oxygen-Sulphur Group -
XIX. Selenium -
XX. Tellurium and Polonium -
XXI. Element 85, Alabamine or Astatine of Halogen Group -

PART III. TRANSITIONAL ELEMENTS -
XXII. Scandium -
XXIII. Lathanide Series or Rare Earths -

Rare Elements of the Titanium Sub-Group -
XXIV. Titanium -
XXV. Zirconium -
XXVI. Hafnium -
XXVII. Thorium -

Rare Elements of the Vanadium Sub-Group -
XXVIII. Vanadium -
XXIX. Columbium or Niobium -
XXX. Tantalum -

Rare Elements of the Chromium Sub-Group -
XXXI. Molybdenum -
XXXII. Tungsten or Wolfram -
XXXIII. Uranium -

Rare Elements of the Manganese Sub-Group -
XXXIV. Rhenium and Technetium -

Platinum Metals -
XXXV. Ruthenium -
XXXVI. Rhodium -
XXXVII. Palladium -
XXX VIII. Osmium -
XXXIX. Iridium -
XL. Platinum -
XLI. Actinium and Protoactinium -
XLII. Trans-Uranium Elements - Rare Earth Homologues in the Actinide Series -

Index -