General inorganic chemistry - the relationship between chemical bonding, structure and physical and chemical properties of inorganic compounds. Bonds and stereochemistry of covalent compounds, solid metallic and ionic substances. Thermodynamic stability of oxidation states. Reactions in ionic, oxide and metal melts. Acidity, alkalinity and oxidation capacity of oxide melts. Synthesis of inorganic compounds in molten salts. Preparation and characterization of inorganic nanomaterials. Chemistry of metallic f-elements, use of lanthanides in metallurgy.