Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry

Book excerpt: Preparative methods. Elements and compounds. Hydrogen, deuterium, water. Hydrogen peroxide. Fluorine, hydrogen fluoride. Fluorine compounds. Chlorine, bromine, iodine. Oxygen, ozone. Sulfur, selenium, tellurium. Nitrogen. Phosphorus. Arsenic, antimony, bismuth. Carbon. Silicon and germanium. Tin and lead. Boron. Aluminum. Gallium, indium, thallium. Alkaline earth metals. Alkali metals. Copper, silver, gold. Zinc, cadmium, mercury. Scandium, yttrium, rare earths. Titanium, zirconium, hafnium, thorium. Vanadium, niobium, tantalum. Chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, uranium. Manganese. Rhenium. Iron. Cobalt, nickel. The platinum metals. Adsorbents and catalysts. Hydroxo salts. Iso - and heteropoly acids and their salts. Carbonyl and nitrosyl compounds. Alloys and intermetallic compounds.