Nuclear chemistry; quantum theory and atomic structure; electronic configurations and some physical properties of atoms; electronic configurations of molecules; some physical properties of molecules; the structures and energetics of inorganic solids; inorganic chemistry in aqueous media; inorganic chemistry in non-aqueous media; hydrogen; the alkali metals; beryllium, magnesium and the alkaline earth metals; boron, aluminium, gallium, indium and thallium; carbon, silicon, germanium, tin and lead; nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth; oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium and polonium; the halogens; the noble gases; the transition elements; electronic configurations, electronic spectra, and magnetic properties of transition metal compounds; thermodynamic aspects of transition metal chemistry; kinetic aspects of transition metal chemistry; transition metal carbonyls and related compounds; organometallic compounds of the trnsition metals; transition metals of the first series; transition metals of the second and third series; inner transition elements - the lanthanides; inner transition elements - the actinides.