Inorganic Chemistry

Inorganic chemistry is the study of the characteristics and behavior of inorganic compounds such as metals, minerals, and organometallic compounds.

  • Inorganic chemistry investigates the behavior of these substances, including their properties, physical qualities, and chemical properties. Except for hydrogen and carbon, the elements in the periodic table are included in the list of inorganic compounds.
  • The majority of the elements are technologically relevant. Iron, titanium, copper, and nickel are important for electrical and structural applications. Second, transition metals combine to generate a wide range of useful alloys with other metallic elements.
  • Inorganic chemistry is concerned with chemical substances that are not carbon-based.
  • So the field of chemistry that studies substances that do not contain carbon-hydrogen atoms is known as ‘Inorganic Chemistry.’
  • Antoine Lavoisier (1743-94), not a chemist, was the first to examine inorganic substances. One day, he mixed mercury and nitric acid, resulting in the oxidation of mercury calx’ into red mercuric oxide.
  • This procedure became known as oxidation. He next added hydrochloric acid, which converted the mercuric chloride to metallic mercury on top of what the nitric acid had left behind! His experiment demonstrated that metals, like non-metallic things, might react with acids or other chemicals.
  • The study of characteristics and reactivity patterns in compounds containing at least one element other than carbon falls under the field of inorganic chemistry.
  • It incorporates all chemical characteristics of living creatures, including biochemistry (organic chemistry) and geochemistry (non-living substances on Earth’s surface).
  • It is a field of historical significance because it has contributed to the development of significant improvements such as steel manufacturing processes, fertilizer synthesis, and production of silicon, ceramic, and other wide range of materials. themselves (phosphates), and so on.
  • It is used in everything from the manufacture of computer chips to the construction of buildings and environmental protection since it may aid in pollution control and the cleanup of oil spills.
  • Catalysis, materials science, pigments, surfactants, coatings, pharmaceuticals, fuels, and agriculture are all applications of inorganic chemistry.

Qualitative Salt Analysis: Common Ion Effect

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Qualitative salt analysis

Qualitative salt analysis is the process of determining the number of constituents present in an unknown salt sample. The common ion effect is most commonly used in the salt analysis, i.e. qualitative analysis of basic radicals (in group separation). In qualitative … Read more

Common ion effect: Important Applications

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Common ion effect

Common ion effect refers to the suppression of a weak electrolyte’s degree of ionization by the addition of a strong electrolyte that shares one ion with it.   Therefore, the common ion effect is used whenever it is necessary to prevent the … Read more

Atomic Orbital

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Atomic Orbital

The term ‘atomic orbital’ refers to the physical space or region around an atom’s nucleus where the probability of a specific electron being present is greatest. The mathematical representation of the atomic orbital predicts the presence of an electron in … Read more

Trace Elements and Biological Importance

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Trace Elements and Biological Importance

Trace elements are any chemical elements found in trace amounts in the body. Trace elements can be categorized as potentially toxic, likely essential, or nutritionally essential. The nutritionally necessary components are necessary for proper metabolic and physiological processes. The human … Read more

Shapes of Atomic Orbitals

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Shapes of Atomic Orbitals

Different atomic orbitals have different shapes. In other words, they describe different probability distributions for the electrons that surround the nucleus. One of the reasons why orbitals vary in energy is because the electrons in various orbitals are likely to … Read more

Transition metal complexes- Complex Ion Formation

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Transition metal complexes

Transition metal complexes, also known as coordination complexes, are molecules with groups organized around a central metal ion. In some ways, these are similar to “lego-molecules,” as they can be easily constructed from smaller pieces and sometimes converted into new … Read more

Transition Metals: Definition, Properties and Uses

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Transition Metals Definition, Properties and Uses

The periodic table elements are frequently classified into four groups: (1) main group elements, (2) transition metals, (3) lanthanides, and (4) actinides. Transition elements are elements found in Groups 3-12 of the periodic table (old groups IIA-IIB). The word refers … Read more