s-Block Chemistry
A 17-module path through s-block chemistry, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Hydrogen: Anomalous Position and Electronic Character
- Classification of Binary Hydrides
- Ionic (Saline) Hydrides of the s-Block
- The s-Block: Defining Features and Periodic Placement
- Bonding and Structure in the s-Block Elements
- Periodic Trends in Group 1 Alkali Metals
- Descriptive Chemistry of Alkali Metals with Water, Oxygen and Halogens
- Oxides, Peroxides and Superoxides of Group 1
- Solutions of Alkali Metals in Liquid Ammonia
- Periodic Trends in Group 2 Alkaline Earth Metals
- Descriptive Chemistry of Alkaline Earth Metals
- Solubility and Thermal Stability Trends of Group 2 Salts
- Lattice Energy and Thermodynamic Stability of s-Block Salts
- Anomalous Behaviour of Lithium
- Anomalous Behaviour of Beryllium
- Organometallic Compounds of the s-Block: Organolithiums and Grignards
- Industrial and Biological Roles of s-Block Elements