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Inorganic Chemistry — Practice Set 7

The capstone of inorganic chemistry: the d-block transition metals — their electron configurations, variable oxidation states, colour, magnetism, catalytic activity and complex formation; redox chemistry and electrochemistry including oxidation numbers, balancing, disproportionation, standard electrode potentials, galvanic cells, the Nernst equation, the ΔG°–E° relationship, electrolysis and Faraday's laws; the acid–base theories of Brønsted–Lowry and Lewis, amphoterism, oxoacid strength and hard–soft acid–base (HSAB) theory; descriptive chemistry of the first transition series and the f-block. Formulae, ions and equations are shown in full notation.