• The author team brings together chemical educators and researchers who are at the forefront of their fields to produce a text which combines authoritative coverage with a clear and lucid writing style
• Basic chemical principles are set out clearly in 'Foundations' and are fully developed throughout the text, culminating in the cutting-edge research topics of the 'Frontiers'
• A completely repackaged Part 2 divides the descriptive chemistry into Essentials and Details, making it easier for the reader to draw out the key principles, before exploring the reactions exemplifying these principles in more depth
• An increased number of worked examples, problems, and exercises, further aid students' understanding
• Contextual examples illustrating the impact of inorganic chemistry on everyday life, and a refreshed full-colour text design, increase the student's interest in and engagement with the text to make their learning more effective
• The Online Resource Centre offers additional resources for both lecturers and students, enhancing the value of the text as a teaching and learning tool

New to this edition

• The introduction of a new chapter on periodic trends provides an accessible outline for students of the major trends exhibited by the chemical elements, before the descriptive chemistry is covered in detail throughout the rest of Part 2
• Additional worked examples actively engage students and test their understanding
• Major revision of chapter 10, 'Hydrogen', to introduce technologically relevant nuclear properties, renewable hydrogen production, and complexes of transition metals with hydrido or dihydrogen ligands
• Increased coverage of 'green chemistry'
• A new approach to presenting the descriptive chemistry chapters in Part 2 splits the content into 'Essentials' and 'Details', providing students with a summary of the key reactions of each group before drilling down into more detail, resulting in a greater focus on periodicity and the highlighting of key trends
• Expanded use of contextual examples shows the relevance of inorganic chemistry to real-life situations, and encourages students to engage fully with the subject
• Extensive cross-referencing between the descriptive chemistry chapters and the new periodic trends chapter enables students to place each group of elements in context
• Key terms are highlighted within each chapter and explained fully at their initial occurrence, aiding comprehension of difficult concepts and allowing students to recognise them more readily
• The inclusion of a new 'brief illustration' feature provides the reader with an introduction and cross reference to key pieces of descriptive chemistry in Parts 2 and 3, and guides students' reading directly to the further information available
• Notes on good practice highlight common pitfalls for students to look out for and offer guidance on issues including terminology, use of units, and nomenclature
• The full colour text design and artwork has been modernised and refreshed, to continue to stimulate and engage students

Readership: Undergraduates at all stages of their bachelors or masters chemistry degree programmes. This text is also a valuable reference for postgraduates and researchers.

Peter Atkins, University of Oxford, Tina Overton, University of Hull, Jonathan Rourke, University of Warwick, Mark Weller, University of Southampton, and Fraser Armstrong, University of Oxford

"The notes on good practice are very welcome. They highlight why choices in nomenclature etc. are made which will clarify for students why there might be differences between this and other books. " - Dr Paul King, Birbeck, University of London

"The exercises and problems are very good. A lot of effort appears to have gone into the problems in particular and... they will make a valuable contribution to the teaching of critical thinking. " - Dr Simon Lancaster, University of East Anglia

Part 1. Foundations
1: Atomic structure
2: Molecular structure and bonding
3: The structures of simple solids
4: Acids and bases
5: Oxidation and reduction
6: Molecular symmetry
7: An introduction to coordination compounds
8: Physical techniques in inorganic chemistry
Part 2. The elements and their compounds
9: Periodic trends
10: Hydrogen
11: The group 1 elements
12: The group 2 elements
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: The d-block elements
20: d-Metal complexes: electronic structure and properties
21: Coordination chemistry: reactions of complexes
22: d-Metal organometallic chemistry
23: the f-block elements
Part 3. Frontiers
24: Solid state and materials chemistry
25: Nanomaterials, nanoscience, and nanotechnology
26: Catalysis
27: Biological inorganic chemistry