Table of Contents

Part 1: An Introduction to Oxides

Chapter 1: The Importance of Oxides and Oxide-Water Reactions

Chapter 2: An Overview of Oxide Structures and Compositions

Part 2: Fundamental Oxide Reactions in Aqueous Solutions

Chapter 3: The Structure and Properties of Water

Chapter 4: Solvated Ions in Water

Chapter 5: The Hydrolysis Products - Soluble Multi-Cation Clusters

Chapter 6: The Chemistry of Extended Oxide Surfaces

Part 3: The Aqueous Synthesis and Processing of Oxides

Chapter 7: Nucleation and Growth of Solid Oxide and Hydroxide Phases

Chapter 8: The Colloidal Chemistry of Oxides

Chapter 9: Bio-inspired Synthesis of Oxide Nanostructures

Part 4: Technologically Important Oxide Reactions

Chapter 10: The Ion-Exchange Behavior of Oxides

Chapter 11: The Electrochemistry of Oxides

Chapter 12: Oxide Films in Metal Corrosion - Oxide Defect Chemistry

Chapter 13: Photochemistry and Excited-State Reactions of Oxides

Part 5: Reactions Involving Tetrahedral Oxides

Chapter 14: Aqueous Polymerization of Silicates and Aluminosilicates

Chapter 15: Glass Dissolution and Leaching

Chapter 16: Stress-Corrosion Cracking - Chemically Activated Nanomechanics

Part 6: The Environmental Geochemistry of Oxides

Chapter 17: The Weathering of Oxides

Chapter 18: The Impact of Oxides on Environmental Chemistry

About the Author

Bruce Bunker is now retired after a distinguished career at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. William Casey is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Davis.

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