Basic concepts : atoms -- Basic concepts : molecules -- Introduction to molecular symmetry -- Experimental techniques -- Bonding in polyatomic molecules -- Structures and energetics of metallic and ionic solids -- Acids, bases and ions in aqueous solution -- Reduction and oxidation -- Non-aqueous media -- Hydrogen -- Group 1: The alkali metals -- The group 2 metals -- The group 13 elements -- The group 14 elements -- The group 15 elements -- The group 16 elements -- The group 17 elements -- The group 18 elements -- d-Block metal chemistry : general considerations -- d-Block metal chemistry : coordination complexes -- d-Block metal chemistry : the first row metals -- d-Block metal chemistry : the heavier metals -- Organometallic chemistry: s- and p-block elements -- Organometallic chemistry : d-block elements -- Catalysis and some industrial processes -- d-Block metal complexes : reaction mechanisms -- The f-block metals : lanthanoids and actinoids -- Inorganic materials and nanotechnology -- The trace metals of life -- Appendices -- Answers to non-descriptive problems