Front Cover -- Inorganic Chemistry: An Industrial and Environmental Perspective -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Importance of Inorganic Chemistry -- 1.1 Historical Overview -- 1.2 Occurrence and Uses of the Commonest Elements -- Chapter 2. Chemical Energetics -- 2.1 Kinetics and Thermodynamics -- 2.2 Activities in Electrolyte Solutions -- 2.3 Equilibrium and Energy -- 2.4 Temperature and Pressure Effects on Equilibrium -- 2.5 Chemical Kinetics: Basic Principles -- 2.6 Ionization Potential and Electron Affinity -- 2.7 Electronegativity and Bond Energies -- 2.8 Electronegativity and Chemical Properties -- 2.9 Hard and Soft Acids and Bases -- 2.10 Multiple Bonding and Its Chemical Consequences -- 2.11 Explosives and Propellants -- Chapter 3. Catenation Inorganic Macromolecules -- 3.1 Factors Favoring Catenation -- 3.2 Homocatenation of Carbon -- 3.3 Boron Nitride -- 3.4 Homocatenation of Sulfur -- 3.5 Catenation of Silicon -- 3.6 Phosphazenes -- Chapter 4. Crystalline Solids -- 4.1 Determination of Crystal Structure -- 4.2 Bonding in Solids -- 4.3 The Close Packing Concept -- 4.4 Binary Ionic Solids: Common Structural Types -- 4.5 Radius Ratio Rules -- 4.6 Ionic Solids and Close Packing -- 4.7 Energetics of Ionic Compounds -- Chapter 5. The Defect Solid State -- 5.1 Inevitability of Crystal Defects -- 5.2 Main Types of Crystal Defects -- 5.3 Impurity Defects and Semiconduction -- 5.4 Nonstoichiometry -- 5.5 Metal Oxides and Sulfides as Extrinsic Semiconductors -- 5.6 Mechanism of Scaling of Metals -- 5.7 Interstitial Compounds -- Chapter 6. Inorganic Solids as Heterogeneous Catalysts -- 6.1 Heterogeneous Catalysis -- 6.2 Transition Metals as Catalysts -- 6.3 Defect Oxides and Sulfides in Catalysis -- 6.4 Catalysis by Stoichiometric Oxides -- 6.5 Photocatalysis by Inorganic Solids.

Chapter 7. Silicates. Aluminates. and Phosphates -- 7.1 Silicate Structures -- 7.2 Aluminosilicates -- 7.3 Zeolites -- 7.4 Clays -- 7.5 Silica and Silicate Glasses -- 7.6 Soluble Silicates and Aluminates -- 7.7 Phosphates and Aluminophosphates -- Chapter 8. The Atmosphere and Atmospheric Pollution -- 8.1 Carbon Dioxide and Greenhouse Gases -- 8.2 Carbon Monoxide -- 8.3 Ozone -- 8.4 Nitrogen Oxides -- 8.5 Sulfur Dioxide and Trioxide -- Chapter 9. Nitrogen. Phosphorus. and Potash in Agriculture -- 9.1 Natural Sources of Fixed Nitrogen -- 9.2 Direct Combination of Nitrogen and Oxygen -- 9.3 Ammonia Synthesis -- 9.4 Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate -- 9.5 Sulfates -- 9.6 Phosphates -- 9.7 Potash -- Chapter 10. Sulfur and Sulfur Compounds -- 10.1 Elemental Sulfur -- 10.2 Sulfuric Acid -- 10.3 Other Products from Elemental Sulfur -- 10.4 Sulfur Chemicals in the Pulp and Paper Industry -- Chapter 11. Alkalis and Related Products -- 11.1 Lime Burning -- 11.2 Cement and Concrete -- 11.3 Soda Ash -- 11.4 Caustic Soda: The Chloralkali Industry -- Chapter 12. The Halogens -- 12.1 The Chlorine Controversy -- 12.2 Oxides and Oxoacids of Chlorine -- 12.3 Fluorine and Fluorine Compounds -- 12.4 Bromine and Iodine -- Chapter 13. Ions in Solution -- 13.1 Energetics of Solvation -- 13.2 Metal Complexes -- 13.3 Chelation -- 13.4 Stability Constants -- 13.5 Uses of Complexing Agents -- 13.6 Hydrolysis of Aqueous Cations -- Chapter 14. Water Conditioning -- 14.1 Importance of Water Treatment -- 14.2 Suspended and Colloidal Matter -- 14.3 Origin and Effects of Dissolved Solids -- 14.4 Treatment for Dissolved Solids -- 14.5 Sewage Treatment -- 14.6 Dissolved Gases -- 14.7 Bacteria and Algae -- Chapter 15. Oxidation and Reduction in Solution -- 15.1 Galvanic Cells -- 15.2 Manipulation and Use of Electrode Potentials -- 15.3 Pourbaix (Eh-pH) Diagrams.

15.4 Kinetic Aspects of Electrochemistry: Overpotential -- 15.5 Fuel Cells -- 15.6 Electrochemical Energy Storage Cells -- 15.7 Electrolysis, Electroplating, and Electroforming -- Chapter 16. Corrosion of Metals -- 16.1 Bimetallic Corrosion -- 16.2 Single-Metal Corrosion -- 16.3 Role of Oxide Films -- 16.4 Crevice and Intergranular Corrosion -- 16.5 Corrosion by Acids and with Complexing Agents -- 16.6 Role of Overpotential in Corrosion -- 16.7 Control of Corrosion -- 16.8 Stainless Steels -- Chapter 17. Extractive Metallurgy -- 17.1 Gravity and Flotation Methods of Ore Concentration -- 17.2 Hydrometallurgical Concentration and Separation -- 17.3 Solvent Extraction and Ion-Exchange Separations -- 17.4 Separations Utilizing Special Properties -- 17.5 Electrolytic Reduction of Concentrate -- 17.6 Chemical Reduction of Concentrate -- 17.7 Pyrometallurgy of Oxides -- 17.8 Pyrometallurgy of Halides and Sulfides -- Chapter 18. Organometallics -- 18.1 Alkyl Compounds of Some Main Group Metals -- 18.2 Organotransition Metal Compounds -- 18.3 Transition Metal Complexes as Homogeneous Catalysts -- 18.4 Olefin Polymerization Catalysts -- Chapter 19. Some Newer Solid-state Technologies -- 19.1 Sol-Gel Science -- 19.2 Materials for Electronics -- 19.3 Magnetic Materials and Superconductors -- Appendix A. Useful Constants -- Appendix B. The Chemical Elements: Standard Atomic Masses -- Appendix C. Chemical Thermodynamic Data -- Appendix D. Standard Electrode Potentials for Aqueous Solutions -- Appendix E. Nomenclature of Coordination Compounds -- Appendix F. Ionic Radii -- Index.