Posobie vkliuchaet sistematizirovannyi material po khimii elementov i ikh soedinenii. S pomoshchiu khimicheskikh reaktcii opisany metody polucheniia i svoistva prostykh i slozhnykh neorganicheskikh i organicheskikh veshchestv. Rekomenduetsia uchashchimsia i uchiteliam srednikh obshcheobrazovatelnykh shkol, abiturientam, studentam.