The periodic table: position of the elements in the periodic table; survey of the main features of the elements in each group; Electronic structure; occurrence and abundance; Extraction of the elements; Group properties of the elements; Uses of the elements and their compounds; Manufacture and application of selected inorganic chemicals. Comparative study of the chemistry as illustrated by halides, oxyhalides, oxides and hydrides, with comparisons along the periods, down the groups and diagonally. Practicals to include the identification of cations and anions in solution, rock and soil samples.