... areas of inorganic chemistry (molecular structure, acidebase chemistry, coordination chemistry, ligand fieldtheory, solid-state chemistry, etc.). These topics form the basis for competency in inorganic ... upper-level inorganic chemistry course will have already had a course that deals primarily with descriptive chemistry, thisbook is devoted to a presentation of the principles of inorganic chemistry ... comprise areas of inorganic chemistry. However, many compounds of carbon (e.g. CO2and Na2CO3) are also inorganic compounds. Therange of materials studied in inorganic chemistry is enormous,...