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Chemistry is the study of the elements and their behaviour, not the study of chemical theory. In this chapter we shall endeavour to use the various theoretical points discussed in previous chapters in an approach to descriptive chemistry.
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Bailar, J.C., Emeleus, H.J., Nyholm, R.S., Trotman-Dickenson, A.F. (eds.): Comprehensive inorganic chemistry, 5 vols. Oxford: Pergamon 1973.
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Williams, A.F. (1979). Descriptive Chemistry. In: A Theoretical Approach to Inorganic Chemistry . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67117-3_7
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