Inorganic Chemistry For Dummies

Introduction 1

Part I: Reviewing Some General Chemistry 7

Chapter 1: Introducing Inorganic Chemistry 9

Chapter 2: Following the Leader: Atomic Structure and Periodic Trends 21

Chapter 3: The United States of Oxidation 39

Chapter 4: Gone Fission: Nuclear Chemistry 53

Chapter 5: The ABCs: Acid-Base Chemistry 69

Part II: Rules of Attraction: Chemical Bonding 81

Chapter 6: No Mr. Bond, I Expect You to...