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Chemistry of the Elements | 
| Authors: A. Earnshaw, Norman Greenwood
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 168902
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1600
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.6
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.2 x 2.3
ISBN: 0750633654
Dewey Decimal Number: 546
EAN: 9780750633659
ASIN: 0750633654
Publication Date: November 11, 1997
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A fantastic reference for an undergraduate student. March 16, 2008
Greenwood and Earnshaw provides very useful and thorough information on chemical reactivity. It will help you find those odd reactions and structures of compounds that are apparently ambiguous. A word of warning to an undergrad student is that this book is not a comprehensive explanation of chemical concepts and models. You won't find thorough explanations of theories in this book and in certain instances assumes you know a little about them. For a book of that nature I recommend Housecroft and Sharpe or even Huheey, Keiter and Keiter if you can find it in a Library (it's quite old now but the explanations are great). What the book provides are useful trends in reactivity and more importantly specific reactions. The book is well organised with and large index so tracing down that rogue compound isn't impossible. Even if you think you can't find a particular compound the chapters focus on individual groups (or element in the case of Boron) so you're never more than a few pages away from finding it. I know post grad and post Doc chemists that still refer to this text on odd occasions. This will be helpful for your entire study as a reference book. The book misses out on a 5 rating as in some rare cases when you finally do track that compound down, the information you find can be somewhat insufficient.
A great reference March 4, 2006
This book is a must when it comes to writing up any area involving inorganic chemistry. Probably not the best "single source" for undergraduates, but for graduate students and active researchers an essential tool. Famous, reads slightly like a list of data more than a textnbook, but that makes use as a reference work much easier. Highly recommended to serious chemists everwhere.
 Absolutely Essential! February 12, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm an undergrad studying chemistry and this book is one of the most important books out there. Anyone who does a serious course will be fairly lost without it.
I personally find it better than books like 'Cotton and Wilkinson' as the layout is better and it often goes further. Some sections may be a bit short but there's other books for those.
 Are you mad! November 8, 2003
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
I know this book is a popular book amongst academics and appears to be on many university reading lists!Having watched so many undergraduates buy this book is absolutely insane! During the duration of my whole degree in chemistry, I have only used this book at most ten times in four years. I think it is a good book as it has a lot of factual content. However there was many occasions it seem to lack any information on the more obscure things I had to look up! I personally would recommend people to invest their money in a good organic or physical chemistry book.
Very good inorganic text book, and a great reference. November 15, 2000
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book is a must for any chemistry undergraduate student. It has a useful range of knowledge contained within its pages and is a very helpful study aid.
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