Books in the Oxford Chemistry Primers series

Foundations of Surface Science provides a review of the most up-to-date developments of surface science by exploring contemporary theories, key concepts, and a number of pioneering techniques that have recently been developed.

Supramolecular chemistry is a fundamental area of modern chemical research. This Primer provides a concise and fully illustrated overview of the field suitable for newcomers to the area. The text forms the basis of a lecture course suitable for advanced undergraduates and researchers, and given the increasing importance of Supramolecular Chemistry, should play a central role in their education.

The most accessible introduction to periodicity, presenting students with up-to-date research and real-world examples.

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is the most important characterization technique in synthetic chemistry. By giving an overview of the relevant theory, in non-mathematical terms, this book demystifies NMR. It contains examples from many different areas of inorganic chemistry which are closely related to the theory described.

f-Block Chemistry presents the most important underlying themes of f-element chemistry, illustrating these themes with carefully chosen examples.

The most clear, concise, and accessible first introduction to the basic principles of mass spectrometry.

Thermodynamics of Chemical Processes is the only self-contained text to cover the thermodynamics of chemical processes at a level appropriate for undergraduates. Describing the basic principles which govern reactivity and phase equilibria in chemical systems, the text contains a number of worked examples and problems.

This brand new addition to the Oxford Chemistry Primers series provides the most accessible first introduction to electrochemistry, combining explanation of the fundamental concepts with practical examples of how they are applied in a range of real-world situations.

The powerful and versatile applications of computational chemistry are covered succinctly and clearly in this primer, making it an ideal introduction for those new to the field.

This self-contained primer covers statistical thermodynamics in a rigorous yet approachable manner, making it the perfect text for undergraduates.

Foundations of Molecular Structure Determination gives a broad introduction to a range of common spectroscopic and diffraction methods, with frequent worked examples and problem questions provided to assist beginning undergraduates in developing their structure analysis skills.

The powerful and versatile technique of EPR is covered succinctly and clearly in this primer, making it an ideal introduction for those new to the field.

Chemical bonding, which underlies the structure and reactivity of all molecules, is explained beautifully clearly and succinctly in this primer, making it the perfect text to introduce students to this fundamental aspect of chemistry.

Pericyclic reactions, a fundamental strand of organic chemistry, include a number of commercially important synthetic reactions such as the Diels-Alder reaction. This primer enables students to recognise the different types of pericyclic reaction and understand their application in organic synthesis.

This primer describes succinctly the range of NMR techniques commonly used in modern research, and explains how these experiments actually work, giving a unique perspective on this powerful experimental tool.

X-ray crystallography, a powerful technique for structure determination, plays a major role in modern research. This primer gives a concise and accessible account of the technique, emphasising its wide-ranging practical application to engineering and the physical and biological sciences.

By the 1960s, the essential features of radical chemistry were understood. This work presents that understanding, in which the use of radical reactions is being made in organic synthesis, and in the life sciences, where reactive radicals are recognised as mediators of many disease conditions, and as key players in mechanisms of enzyme action.

An introductory text on radiation heat transfer for undergraduate and postgraduate students with no prior knowledge of the subject. The text introduces the physical principles of radiation heat transfer and develops methods for the analysis of thermal radiation in a variety of engineering applications.

This concise text contains the essential material covered in much longer texts, making it easier for students to understand the key principles. There are chapters on conduction, forced convection, natural convection and radiation. These are integrated in examples which need more than one aspect of heat transfer for solution.

Describes the importance and impact of a number of elements, other than carbon, in biological chemistry. This work presents a survey of biologically important elements and includes the roles played in varied species such as humans, crocodiles, chickens, fish, beetles and plants and in diseases such as methemoglobemia and thalassemia, and more.

This Primer has two main objectives: to provide an overview of the influence of organometallic chemistry on homogeneous and heterogenous catalysis and to provide an account of the principle commercial applications of homogeneous catalysis in industry. The book builds on the coverage of organometallic chemistry in two Primers by Bochmann, OCPs 12 and 13.

The characteristic properties of functional groups and the methods for interconverting them are the foundations of organic chemistry central to all first year University organic chemistry courses. This primer will provide an extremely useful introduction to reactions of functional groups in a concise and systematic form.

Aimed at being a basic text for undergraduates , this book deals with metal-metal bonded dimers and clusters in which the metals are in low oxidation states and are associated with pi-acceptor ligands that represent a large group of inorganic compounds.

The phenomena of oscillations, travelling waves and chaos in reacting chemical systems began as curiosities but now support an active, international research field. This study describes how these "exotic" patterns arise from the underlying chemical mechanisms.

Most important organic molecules contain more than one functional group, and very often the interaction between these groups determines the chemical and biological behaviour of the compounds. This text describes some of the methods used to prepare bifunctional compounds and goes on to survey the chemistry of the more important classes of compound.

Providing an introduction to the spectroscopy of diatomic molecules, this text lays out the essential quantum mechanical tools required to understand spectroscopy. It uses examples to describe how spectra can arise and what information on the structure can be acquired from their study.

This book introduces an undergraduate reader to the wealth of fascinating organic chemistry involving nitrogen. There are three main sections to the book, each being introduced by a summary of the underlying chemical principles. The main organonitrogen functional groups are covered systematically, each chapter concluding with a brief summary of the chemistry.

Quantum mechanics is of central importance in chemistry. This book explains the foundations of the subject and explains how it can be applied to chemical problems. Quantum Mechanics assumes the reader has completed a first year mathematics course and is aimed at second and third year undergraduates.

Providing an introduction to the kinetics reaction systems in solution, this text presents a treatment of the advanced topics, comprising solvent effects, fast reaction techniques, and heterogeneous liquid - liquid two-phase systems. It introduces research areas in solution kinetics, diffusion, and transport in chemical and biological membranes.

Describes the computational methods used by practising chemists. This work presents the various techniques available, and how they can be applied to single molecules, to assemblies of molecules, and to molecules undergoing reaction.