Help your students get to grips with inorganic chemistry with this internationally renowned text.

Inorganic Chemistry, 5th edition, is a widely respected introduction to the core principles of the subject. With its carefully developed approach, this edition contains new research, striking visuals and an array of features to assist your teaching.

1. Basic concepts: atoms
2. Basic concepts: molecules
3. Introduction to molecular symmetry
4. Experimental techniques
5. Bonding in polyatomic molecules
6. Structures and energetics of metallic and ionic solids
7. Acids, bases and ions in aqueous solution
8. Reduction and oxidation
9. Non-aqueous media
10. Hydrogen
11. Group 1: the alkali metals
12. The group 2 metals
13. The group 13 elements
14. The group 14 elements
15. The group 15 elements
16. The group 16 elements
17. The group 17 elements
18. The group 18 elements
19. d-Block metal chemistry: general considerations
20. d-Block metal chemistry: coordination complexes
21. d-Block metal chemistry: the first row metals
22. d-Block metal chemistry: the heavier metals
23. Organometallic compounds of s- and p-block elements
24. Organometallic compounds of d-block elements
25. Catalysis and some industrial processes
26. d-Block metal complexes: reaction mechanisms
27. The f-block metals: lanthanoids and actinoids
28. Inorganic materials and nanotechnology
29. The trace metals of life

Appendices

Answers to non-descriptive problems

Index

Now in its fifth edition, Housecroft & Sharpe's Inorganic Chemistry, continues to provide an engaging, clear and comprehensive introduction to core physical-inorganic principles.

This widely respected and internationally renowned textbook introduces the descriptive chemistry of the elements and the role played by inorganic chemistry in our everyday lives. The stunning full-colour design has been further enhanced for this edition with an abundance of three-dimensional molecular and protein structures and photographs, bringing to life the world of inorganic chemistry.

Updated with the latest research, this edition also includes coverage relating to the extended periodic table and new approaches to estimating lattice energies and to bonding classifications of organometallic compounds.

A carefully developed pedagogical approach guides the reader through this fascinating subject with features designed to encourage thought and to help students consolidate their understanding and learn how to apply their understanding of key concepts within the real world. Features include:

· thematic boxed sections with a focus on areas of biology and medicine, the environment, applications, and theory, to engage students and ensure they gain a deep, practical and topical understanding

·  a wide range of in-text self-study exercises including worked examples, reflective questions and end of chapter problems to aid independent study

·    definition panels and end-of-chapter checklists to provide students with excellent revision aids

·    striking visuals throughout the book have been carefully crafted to illustrate molecular and protein structures and to entice students further into the world of inorganic chemistry.

Inorganic Chemistry 5^th edition is also accompanied by an extensive companion website, available at www.pearsoned.co.uk/housecroft . This features multiple choice questions and rotatable 3D molecular structures.

Catherine E. Housecroft is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Basel, Switzerland.  She is the author of a number of textbooks and has had teaching experience in the UK, Switzerland, South Africa and the USA. She has published around 500 research papers and reviews, and her current research interests include aspects of coordination chemistry associated with solar energy conversion, solid state lighting, water oxidation, porous coordination polymers and networks and hierarchical assemblies.

Inorganic Chemistry is primarily designed to be a student text but is well received as a reference book for those working in the field of inorganic chemistry.

A carefully developed pedagogical approach guides the reader through this fascinating subject with features designed to encourage thought and to help students consolidate their understanding and learn how to apply their understanding of key concepts within the real world. Features include:

• Thematic boxed sections with a focus on areas of Biology and Medicine, the Environment, Applications, and Theory engage students and ensure they gain a deep, practical and topical understanding
• A wide range of in-text self-study exercises including worked examples, reflective questions and end of chapter problems aid independent study
• Definition panels and end-of-chapter checklists provide students with excellent revision aids
• Striking visuals throughout the book have been carefully crafted to illustrate molecular and protein structures and to entice students further into the world of inorganic chemistry
• Further reading suggestions, from topical articles to recent literature papers, encourage students to explore topics in more depth.
• Includes the ‘IUPAC Brief Guide to the Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry’ for helpful reference.

• Latest advances in basic inorganic chemistry included in the text.
• Extended periodic table with the completed last row.
• Sections in relevant chapters have been updated to include new 'super-heavy' elements.
• Updates to Chapter 6 to include the volume-based thermodynamic (VBT) approach to lattice energies.
• Chapter 24 includes revised coverage of electron-counting and bonding to incorporate the Covalent Bond Classification of ligands and organometallic compounds.
• Reworked three-dimensional molecular structures provide extra clarity and further bring to life the world of inorganic chemistry.