During my long journey of teaching span of more than 40 years in three different universities at B.Tech., M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. levels, I had always realized the lack of textbooks in Inorganic Chemistry that covers most of the topics for in- depth teaching of the subject matters. Moreover, I was also in quest of reading materials in the form of research papers, reviews and books, so that curriculum at Postgraduate, M.Phil. and Ph.D. coursework levels in any university of India and abroad too can be revised for updating manpowers in Chemistry for manifold ap- plications. The present book, entitled Inorganic Chemistry: Some New Facets, in- corporating 10 chapters, is designed to meet out the objectives mentioned above. Although many more topics are still not covered in this book only because of look- ing over the too much bulk of the book, they will be given attention in its next volume.
The book also aims to assist students in preparing for competitive examina- tions, viz. NET, GATE, SLET and Doctoral Entrance Test (DET) particularly in India. Each chapter ends with different multiple choice, short answer and long answer questions, covering the topics discussed in the chapter to allow an opportunity to the students for their self-evaluation.