Product Description

This book is an updated and revised version of the Oxford Chemistry Primer entitled Periodicity and the p-Block Elements. In addition to having updated and substantially rewritten parts of the first book, the most obvious change is that certain aspects of s-block element chemistry are now discussed explicitly and so this group of elements are therefore included in the title. The author has sought to provide an overview of some of the important trends (periodicity) found in the properties of the s- and p-block elements and the compounds that they form, and to provide the reader with some simple 'rules of thumb' whereby they might appreciate and better understand these trends.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #135389 in Books
• Published on: 1997-05-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Customer Reviews

Has all the basics, but a bit guffy
I studied chemistry at Bristol, and Nick Norman is a brilliant and inspirational lecturer who is capable of delivering ideas with minimum fluff and maximum clarity. His book on S and P block elements has all the essential information for 1st year
students, but won't be of interest beyond that level. It's solid if you want to learn all the basics but ultimately in your 2nd and 3rd years you will wonder what use it is anymore. Furthermore, Norman somehow bulks out the pages and you sometimes feel that he could have summarised everything he says in about 25 pages. Still, it's a nice little book for the beginner. Your choice.