MicroscaleInorganicChemistry:AComprehensiveLaboratoryExperience

Thistextisintendedtoprovidestudentswithinstructionandvaluablelaboratoryexperienceintheoftenneglectedareaofinorganicchemistry.Dividedintofourmainparts,thebookcoverschemistryofthemaingroupelements,chemistryofthetransitionmetals,organometallicchemistry,andbioinorganicchemistry.Recognizingthehighcostofmaterials,difficultiesinwastedisposal,anddangersoftoxicity,theauthorshaveadopteda``microscale'approachtoexperimentsinthebook,therebyalsoreducingthetimestudentsspendinpreparation.Withover45experiments,MicroscaleInorganicChemistryincorporatestheuseofabroadsamplingofelementsandalsocoverssuchtopicsaslaboratorysafety,equipment,reportwriting,andliteraturesearching.