User talk:Paul Wormer

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Paul Wormer

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Quantum mechanics

Now set up with an experimental advanced subpage. i migrated information from the previous article to various subpages too. Chris Day 14:00, 1 April 2008 (CDT)

Would you please critique my article on the compressibility factor of gases?

Paul, I have been working (in one of my sandboxes) for over a week on an article to be called Compressibility factor (gases). I am about ready to create it as a CZ article. It can be viewed at User:Milton Beychok/Sandbox2. Would you be so kind as to read and critique it? You may leave your critique comments on the talk page at User talk:Milton Beychok/Sandbox2. Thanks in advance, - Milton Beychok 14:32, 1 April 2008 (CDT)

Compressibility factor (gases)

Paul, if you would still like to nominate Compressibility factor (gases) for approval, please do so. Regards, - Milton Beychok 12:42, 14 April 2008 (CDT)

AD/CE

Probably worth setting up a thread on the forums to discuss this, followed by a formal policy. There was a big go-round on Wikipedia about this point (although I think it was BC versus BCE, there). J. Noel Chiappa 17:33, 14 April 2008 (CDT)

There's been a thread on the forum about this for some time (What about Anno Domini and BC), think the decision is author/workgroup preference, in that there are some areas where CE/BCE is the only acceptable form. It does seem that CE and BCE are rapidly increasing in use. I searched on Google for "5th century CE" (32,000 hits) vs "5th century AD" (172,000 hits) and suspect that the relatively high hit rate for CE use does reflect a significant unease with using AD and BC. See http://www.religioustolerance.org/ce.htm for rationale and background. So personally I'd favour CE and BCE, anticipating that these will become dominant usage. I think the only real objection to them is that they are less well known, but this seems to be changing.Gareth Leng 02:43, 15 April 2008 (CDT)

Hmmm. Well, it would be nice if it was formalized as a policy. Also, I'm not big at all on leaving it up to the authors, that will result in a real mish-mosh, and it will also result in either i) people racing to be the ones to start articles, or ii) people getting into revert wars where they convert back and forth. (One necessarily gets one or the other, if we have 'author decides', no?) Although I suppose anything that caused a 'land rush' on starting articles isn't all bad! :-) J. Noel Chiappa 10:27, 15 April 2008 (CDT)

I would just use both; I typically use: 2008 AD(CE) or some variant of. That way you satisfy everybody. --Robert W King 10:30, 15 April 2008 (CDT)

As long as it was your idea...

...yes ;-) --D. Matt Innis 19:09, 15 April 2008 (CDT)

Compressibility factor (gases)

Approved! Looks like the engineering and chemistry workgroups are off on a great run! --D. Matt Innis 19:19, 21 April 2008 (CDT)

Please read my comment of April 11th on the Talk page of Mole (unit)

Paul, I proposed a re-write of the Examples section of the Mole unit article which is mostly a simplified rewording of most of that section. The only part that I removed was the part that I thought would be more appropriately included in an article on chemical stoichiometry.

I hope that my proposed re-write doesn't endanger our working relationship. Please let me know what you think of it. Milton Beychok 01:08, 23 April 2008 (CDT)

Faraday

Thanks for the nudge; I had gotten confused about whether I was or was not allowed to copyedit while the article was in 'Nominated', so I solved my confusion by doing nothing! I have posted on the Talk:, and once I'm sure I won't be causing a problem, I will give it a go-through. Mind, I will only be able to re-arrange what's there to be clear; I have a basic understanding of E+M, and so can explain basic physics things better, but I know little of Faraday's life or work, and so will be relying on the existing article contents for all the data. J. Noel Chiappa 14:06, 23 April 2008 (CDT)

PS: You might want to archive some of the older stuff off the top of your personal Talk: page; it's getting a bit big. The template {{archive box|auto=long}} on both this and the "/Archive 1" subpage gives a nice look, if that's useful to you. J. Noel Chiappa 14:06, 23 April 2008 (CDT)

van der Waals

Hi Paul, please take another look at the references there, as explained on the talk page. Thanks! Btw, just saw that you already started spherical harmonics - I will probably join in there soon. -- Daniel Mietchen 17:45, 23 April 2008 (CDT)

Physical Properties Templates

Hi Paul,

I posted this on Talk:Cadmium, but wanted to get some feedback from Chem Editors so figured I'd just ask...

I had this kooky idea of trying to store materials physical properties data in templates so we can call it up from multiple locations and keep it current. That way we can do things like this:

Selected Electronegativities:<br />
{{Selected Electronegativities|Hydrogen|Berillium|Iron|Helium|Uranium|Neptunium|Lead}}

Selected Electronegativities:
Template:Selected Electronegativities

and...

Selected Melting Points:<br />
{{Selected melting points|Hydrogen|Berillium|Iron|Helium|Uranium|Neptunium|Lead|Cobalt(II) oxide}}

Selected Melting Points:
Template:Selected melting points

and also....

{{Resizable Periodic Table of Elements
|cellWidth=50px
|cellHeight=67px
|colorscheme=Metal
}}

Hydrogen/ † H † † † †

Helium/ † He † † † †

Lithium/ † Li † † † †

Beryllium/ † Be † † † †

Boron/ † B † † † †

Carbon/ † C † † † †

Nitrogen/ † N † † † †

Oxygen/ † O † † † †

Fluorine/ † F † † † †

Neon/ † Ne † † † †

Sodium/ † Na † † † †

Magnesium/ † Mg † † † †

Aluminium/ † Al † † † †

Silicon/ † Si † † † †

Phosphorus/ † P † † † †

Sulphur/ † S † † † †

Chlorine/ † Cl † † † †

Argon/ † Ar † † † †

Potassium/ † K † † † †

Calcium/ † Ca † † † †

Scandium/ † Sc † † † †

Titanium/ † Ti † † † †

Vanadium/ † V † † † †

Chromium/ † Cr † † † †

Manganese/ † Mn † † † †

Iron/ † Fe † † † †

Cobalt/ † Co † † † †

Nickel/ † Ni † † † †

Copper/ † Cu † † † †

Zinc/ † Zn † † † †

Gallium/ † Ga † † † †

Germanium/ † Ge † † † †

Arsenic/ † As † † † †

Selenium/ † Se † † † †

Bromine/ † Br † † † †

Krypton/ † Kr † † † †

Rubidium/ † Rb † † † †

Strontium/ † Sr † † † †

Yttrium/ † Y † † † †

Zirconium/ † Zr † † † †

Niobium/ † Nb † † † †

Molybdenum/ † Mo † † † †

Technetium/ † Tc † † † †

Ruthenium/ † Ru † † † †

Rhodium/ † Rh † † † †

Palladium/ † Pd † † † †

Silver/ † Ag † † † †

Cadmium/ † Cd † † † †

Indium/ † In † † † †

Tin/ † Sn † † † †

Antimony/ † Sb † † † †

Tellurium/ † Te † † † †

Iodine/ † I † † † †

Xenon/ † Xe † † † †

Caesium/ † Cs † † † †

Barium/ † Ba † † † †

Hafnium/ † Hf † † † †

Tantalum/ † Ta † † † †

Tungsten/ † W † † † †

Rhenium/ † Re † † † †

Osmium/ † Os † † † †

Iridium/ † Ir † † † †

Platinum/ † Pt † † † †

Gold/ † Au † † † †

Mercury (element)/ † Hg † † † †

Thallium/ † Tl † † † †

Lead/ † Pb † † † †

Bismuth/ † Bi † † † †

Polonium/ † Po † † † †

Astatine/ † At † † † †

Radon/ † Rn † † † †

Francium/ † Fr † † † †

Radium/ † Ra † † † †

Rutherfordium/ † Rf † † † †

Dubnium/ † Db † † † †

Seaborgium/ † Sg † † † †

Bohrium/ † Bh † † † †

Hassium/ † Hs † † † †

Meitnerium/ † Mt † † † †

Darmstadtium/ † Ds † † † †

Roentgenium/ † Rg † † † †

Copernicium/ † Cn † † † †

Lanthanum/ † La † † † †

Cerium/ † Ce † † † †

Praseodymium/ † Pr † † † †

Neodymium/ † Nd † † † †

Promethium/ † Pm † † † †

Samarium/ † Sm † † † †

Europium/ † Eu † † † †

Gadolinium/ † Gd † † † †

Terbium/ † Tb † † † †

Dysprosium/ † Dy † † † †

Holmium/ † Ho † † † †

Erbium/ † Er † † † †

Thulium/ † Tm † † † †

Ytterbium/ † Yb † † † †

Lutetium/ † Lu † † † †

Actinium/ † Ac † † † †

Thorium/ † Th † † † †

Protactinium/ † Pa † † † †

Uranium/ † U † † † †

Neptunium/ † Np † † † †

Plutonium/ † Pu † † † †

Americium/ † Am † † † †

Curium/ † Cm † † † †

Berkelium/ † Bk † † † †

Californium/ † Cf † † † †

Einsteinium/ † Es † † † †

Fermium/ † Fm † † † †

Mendelevium/ † Md † † † †

Nobelium/ † No † † † †

Lawrencium/ † Lr † † † †

...pretty easily.

Also, I've started the {{Physical properties}} template to display the info in the articles (please see Lead or Cadmium/MSDS for examples). I have (I believe) left open the option of using the system for any material, not just the chemical elements. Any objections? Reasons it won't work? Things I should change? Feedback is welcome....--David Yamakuchi 10:23, 25 April 2008 (CDT)