Inorganic chemistry for geochemistry and environmental sciences : fundamentals and applications Inorganic chemistry and the environment Oxidation reduction reactions (redox) Atomic structure Symmetry Covalent bonding Bonding in solids Acids and bases Introduction to transition metals Reactivity of transition metal complexes : thermodynamics kinetics and catalysis Transition metals in natural systems Solid phase iron and manganese oxidants and reductants Metal sulfides in the environment and in bioinorganic chemistry Kinetics and thermodynamics of metal uptake by organisms