Editing Inorganic chemistry (section)

==Subdivisions of inorganic chemistry==
Subdivisions of inorganic chemistry are numerous, but include:
* [[organometallic chemistry]], compounds with metal-carbon bonds. This area touches on [[organic synthesis]], which employs many organometallic catalysts and reagents.
* [[cluster chemistry]], compounds with several metals bound together with [[metal–metal bond]]s or [[bridging ligand]]s.
* [[bioinorganic chemistry]], biomolecules that contain metals.  This area touches on [[medicinal chemistry]].
* [[materials chemistry]] and [[solid state chemistry]], extended (i.e. polymeric) solids exhibiting properties not seen for simple molecules.  Many practical themes are associated with these areas, including [[ceramic]]s.

===Industrial inorganic chemistry===
Inorganic chemistry is a highly practical area of science.  Traditionally, the scale of a nation's economy could be evaluated by their productivity of [[sulfuric acid]].

An important man-made inorganic compound is [[ammonium nitrate]], used for fertilization.  The ammonia is produced through the [[Haber process]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Guo |first1=Jianping |last2=Chen |first2=Ping |date=2021 |title=Ammonia history in the making |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-021-00676-0 |journal=Nature Catalysis |language=en |volume=4 |issue=9 |pages=734–735 |doi=10.1038/s41929-021-00676-0 |s2cid=237588318 |issn=2520-1158}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Leigh |first=G. J. |title=Haber-Bosch and Other Industrial Processes |date=2004 |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4020-3611-8_2 |work=Catalysts for Nitrogen Fixation |pages=33–54 |editor-last=Smith |editor-first=Barry E. |place=Dordrecht |publisher=Springer Netherlands |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4020-3611-8_2 |isbn=978-90-481-6675-6 |access-date=2022-08-21 |editor2-last=Richards |editor2-first=Raymond L. |editor3-last=Newton |editor3-first=William E.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Witschi |first=H. |date=2000-05-01 |title=Fritz Haber: 1868-1934 |journal=Toxicological Sciences |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=1–2 |doi=10.1093/toxsci/55.1.1 |pmid=10788553|doi-access=free }}</ref>  Nitric acid is prepared from the ammonia by oxidation.  Another large-scale inorganic material is [[portland cement]]. Inorganic compounds are used as [[catalyst]]s such as [[vanadium(V) oxide]] for the oxidation of sulfur dioxide and [[titanium(III) chloride]] for the [[Ziegler-Natta process|polymerization of alkene]]s. Many inorganic compounds are used as [[reagent]]s in [[organic chemistry]] such as [[lithium aluminium hydride]].{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}