Table of contents : Cover page......Page 1 Title page......Page 3 Preface......Page 5 Titles in series......Page 7 Contents......Page 9 Introduction......Page 11 Atomic structures and properties......Page 29 Binary compounds......Page 49 Coordination compounds......Page 64 The thermodynamics of complex formation......Page 81 Bonding in transition metal complexes......Page 107 Electronic spectra and magnetism of transition element complexes......Page 140 Further reading......Page 162 Answers to problems......Page 165 Subject index......Page 184 Back cover......Page 187