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Suggestions for good Inorganic Text Books
« on: April 20, 2004, 10:44:17 PM »
I was wondering if anyone can suggest a good undergraduate level inorganic chemistry book for someone who is trying to self teach it.  

It would be nice if the text book had a solutions manual to go along with it so the problems can be checked.  

Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks.

Edit: edited title for better indexing. Mitch
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Re:Inorganic Text Books
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2004, 12:17:47 AM »
I can give you an anti-recommendation when I find my book.  It sucked.  It was so bad, in fact, that I never bothered to unpack it from my move.  I haven't really seen any great inorganic textbooks for the base level, but you might try these for more advanced work:

Greenwood & Earnshaw, Chemistry of the Elements.

Cotton & Wilkinson, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry.

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Re:Suggestions for good Inorganic Text Books
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2005, 10:22:08 AM »
Dear buddy,
Try Inorganic Chemistry by J.D.Lee

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Re:Suggestions for good Inorganic Text Books
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2005, 04:59:08 AM »
You could try inorganic chemistry by Housecroft and Sharpe

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Re:Suggestions for good Inorganic Text Books
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2005, 05:15:31 AM »
Houscroft has a few errors in it because it is relatively new, but I used it for intro inorganic chem and found it really useful.  Another one I consult is Shriver/Atkins, and there is another, Decock/Grey that is supposed to be good.

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Re:Inorganic Text Books
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2005, 05:27:42 PM »
Cotton & Wilkinson, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry.

Basic Inorganic Chemistry by the same author isnt not bad as well
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Re:Suggestions for good Inorganic Text Books
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2005, 01:17:47 AM »
Decock/Grey is great. I love how they approach chemical bonding from quantum mechanics, but still is very practical.
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Re:Suggestions for good Inorganic Text Books
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2005, 09:19:49 AM »
quantum mechanics? how about physical chemistry by donald.a.mcquarrie (oxford university press)? LOL.. it's a non-traditional p.chem book that approaches p.chem from the basis of atomic structure using QM, then extends it to explain the rest of p.chem topics..
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