Table of Contents

Part 1 General properties: Many-electron atoms: Shell filling in many-electron atoms; Radii and their changes in the main-group elements; Orbital energies and related properties; Oxidation states and their stability; Catenation and formation of condensed phases. Part 2 Chemical properties: Hydrogen and the alkali metals: The alkaline-earth metals; Groups 13 and 3; Group 14; Group 15; Group 16; Group 17 - The halogens; Group 18 - The Noble gases; Transition elements; Group 11 - The coinage metals; Group 12; Lanthanides and actinides; The transactinide elements; The structure of the periodic table.

About the Author

Slawomir C Siekierski, Institute of Chemistry and Nuclear Technology, Poland. John Burgess, University of Leicester, UK.

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