Advanced Inorganic Chemictry

1. General inorganic chemistry. Trends in the properties of s, p, d , f elements and their compounds.
2. Structures and stereochemistry of covalent compounds. Links and structure of solid metal and ionic substances .
3. Acids, bases and ions in aqueous solutions. Oxidation , reduction and thermal properties of inorganic compounds.
4. Thermodynamic stability of oxidation states - Frost diagrams .
5. Non-aqueous reactions - the ion , and metal oxide melts .
6. Acid-base and redox reactions in molten salts and oxide melts . Acidity , alkalinity and oxidising ability of oxide melts.
7. Synthesis of inorganic compounds in molten salts .
8. Preparation and characterization of inorganic nanomaterials.
9. Chemistry of metal f - elements. f - orbitals and oxidation states . Inorganic compounds 4f - elements - lanthanides and selected 5f - actinide elements (Th, Pa, U, Pu), their similarity with elements of the 4th 5th and 6 group.
10. Use of the lanthanide in metallurgy having regard to the stability of their oxides and sulphides.