This '''worklist for the Chemistry WikiProject''' gives structure and organization to all the work to do. It should be aligned with the goals of the WikiProject. Most topics have articles written, but these articles need to be brought to a higher level of quality. For lists and assessments of Chemical_compounds, see the WP Chemicals worklist.
== Fields of chemistry ==
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!+ {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Fields of chemistry
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| {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Write a full page for each of the major sub-disciplines within chemistry.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Analytical_chemistry || {{Chem Start}} || Needs more content |- | Biochemistry || {{Chem B-Class}} || Good, just needs refs & a little work |- | Chemical_industry || {{Chem Stub}} || Needs more content |- | Chemistry || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs refs, a little cleanup/content |- | Chemistry_education || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Electrochemistry || {{Chem B-Class}} || Strong on history & principles, need techniques |- | Environmental_chemistry || {{Chem Start}} || Very short at present |- | Geochemistry || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | History_of_chemistry || {{Chem B-Class}} || Some missing topics: organic, thermo, green chem,
and some sections (elements?) need expansion. |- | Inorganic_chemistry || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Materials_science || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs more content, sections, refs |- | Medicinal_chemistry || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Organic_chemistry || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs '''much''' more content, refs |- | Organometallic_chemistry || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Physical_chemistry || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Polymer_chemistry || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Theoretical_chemistry || {{Chem Start}} || |- |} Chemical_engineering could have been included, but this is mainly engineering, and there are some other interdisciplinary areas omitted for similar reasons. Quantum and Computational are covered under Theoretical, as agreed here. == Concepts == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Key concepts |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Write a full page for 30 important concepts such as Solution, from a variety of areas of chemistry.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Acid || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs some cleanup and some content.
Some long lists need dealing with. |- | Aromaticity || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs more content, full MO section, refs |- | Base_(chemistry) || {{Chem Start}} || More content needed, refs |- | Chemical_bond || {{Chem B-Class}} || Nice, close to A-Class, just needs tweaking, more refs. |- | Chemical_element || {{Chem B-Class}} || Decent, but needs a bit more, + refs |- | Chemical_equation || {{Chem B-Class}} || Rather too much on "how to balance",
not enough on what they are. |- | Chemical_equilibrium || {{Chem Start}} || Needs more basic description and content,
only math at present. |- | Chemical_formula || {{Chem Start}} || No line-angle formula, no mention of Laws of Composition. |- | Catalyst || {{Chem Start}} || Could use: Diagrams (lower Ea), organometallic cats,
importance in Green_chemistry, etc. |- | Chemical_kinetics || {{Chem B-Class}} || Very nicely done so far, but needs more |- | Chemical_reaction || {{Chem B-Class}} || A bit of a hotchpotch, needs rewrite + content |- | Chemical_substance || {{Chem Stub}} || Mainly points to types of substance. Definition also seems iffy |- | Chemical_thermodynamics || {{Chem Stub}} || Called Thermochemistry |- | Colloid || {{Chem B-Class}} || Good intro, needs more |- | Complex_(chemistry) || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs more structure & much more content. |- | Crystal || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Crystallography || {{Chem B-Class}} || Very nicely done, but no refs |- | Electronegativity || {{Chem Start}} || Basic at present, but lovely table of EN values |- | Gas || {{Chem Start}} || Pretty basic at present |- | Ion || {{Chem Start}} || Needs much more content |- | IUPAC_nomenclature || {{Chem Start}} || A great start, then it stops! |- | Liquid || {{Chem Start}} || Pretty embarrassing for such a major concept! |- | Organic_synthesis || {{Chem B-Class}} || Could be expanded a bit, some examples added? |- | Polymer || {{Chem B-Class}} || Good solid start, but needs more
e.g. living polymers, dendrimers, also pics. |- | Redox || {{Chem B-Class}} || Reads rather like a textbook at times. Also needs
more, e.g. mention more on oxidn. # and electrochemistry. |- | Solid || {{Chem Stub}} || As with liquid, embarrassing! |- | Solution || {{Chem Start}} || Good intro, needs more |- | Solvent || {{Chem B-Class}} || A good start, maybe some more P-Chem & pictures |- | Spectroscopy || {{Chem B-Class}} || Very nice, just needs refs (+ more pix?) to be A-Class |- |} Remark: I think a number of these would be better served by a unified article: such as Acid and base (but what is the article title?) and Solution and Solvent (and Solute, if it were on the list). Shimmin 19:17, 5 December 2005 (UTC) :I think the approach used with {{tl|Acids and Bases}} could be usefully expanded to many of these topics. ''See also Featured topics.'' Physchim62 (talk) 13:39, 9 December 2005 (UTC) '''Aqueous''' is basically a stub with a redirect to water. I have replaced it with '''Ion''' which seems pretty important, is this OK? Walkerma 18:28, 14 February 2006 (UTC) :I disagree with solution & solvent being unified, I think these are both significant enough and different enough to warrant their own articles. Walkerma 02:21, 7 March 2006 (UTC) == Chemists == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="5" | Chemists |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="5" | Write a full page for a selection of 40 "giants of chemistry" such as Antoine_Lavoisier.
''15'' of these should be historical figures from early history up to the 18th century, while another ''15'' should have been active during the 19th century. The last ''10'' should be from the 20th and 21st century.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Date ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Life ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Jabir_ibn_Hayyan || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 721-815 || Cleanup tag |- | Roger_Bacon || || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1214-1294 || Isn't Bacon more a
general scientist? |- | Georg_Agricola || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1490-1555 |- | Paracelsus || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1493-1541 |- | Basilius_Valentinus || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 15th century |- | Nicolas_Flamel || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 15th century |- | Andreas_Libavius || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem Stub}} || 1550-1616 |- | Jan_Baptist_van_Helmont || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1577-1644 || sectioning |- | Robert_Boyle || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1627-1692 || Failed GA |- | Carl_Wilhelm_Scheele || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1742-1786 |- | Antoine_Lavoisier || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1743-1794 |- | Claude_Louis_Berthollet || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem Stub}} || 1748-1822 |- | John_Dalton || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1766-1844 |- | Jöns_Jakob_Berzelius || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1779-1848 |- | Michael_Faraday || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1791-1867 |- | Humphry_Davy || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1778-1829||sectioning, publications,
references |- | Justus_von_Liebig || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1803-1873 |- | Robert_Wilhelm_Bunsen || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1811-1899 |- | Friedrich_August_Kekulé_von_Stradonitz || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1829-1896 |- | Dmitri_Mendeleyev || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1834-1907 |- | Adolf_von_Baeyer || Jul 23, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1835-1917 |- | William_Perkin || Jul 23, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1838-1907 || More refs needed,
article mainly on mauve |- | Josiah_Willard_Gibbs || Jul 23, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1839-1903 || More refs |- | Jacobus_Henricus_van_'t_Hoff || Jul 23, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1852-1911||rather short |- | Svante_Arrhenius || Jul 23, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1859-1927 || sectioning,
rather unbalanced
(weak on Eact work) |- | Walther_Nernst || || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1864-1941||rather short |- | Alfred_Werner || || {{Chem Stub}} || 1866-1919 |- | Marie_Curie || || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1867-1934 |- | Ernest_Rutherford || || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1871-1937||sectioning |- | Gilbert_N._Lewis || || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1875-1946||sectioning, references |- | Irving_Langmuir || || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1881-1957 |- | Linus_Pauling || || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1901-1994 |- | Paul_Flory || || {{Chem Start}} || 1910-1985 |- | Robert_B._Woodward || || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1917-1979 |- | Elias_James_Corey || || {{Chem Start}} || 1928- |} == Chemical reactions == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Important chemical reactions |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Write a full page for 15 major classes of chemical reactions.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Assessment
date ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Alkylation || {{Chem Start}} || Mar 31 2006 || Mainly petrochem alkylation |- | Acylation || {{Chem Start}} || Mar 31 2006 || Needs better writing + more content |- | Condensation_reaction || {{Chem Start}} || Mar 31 2006 || Needs some examples, figures |- | Coupling_reaction || {{Chem Start}} || Mar 31 2006 || A bit of a hotch-potch mix now |- | Electrophilic_aromatic_substitution || {{Chem B-Class}} || Mar 31 2006 || Mostly there, needs general cleanup |- | Electrophilic_addition || {{Chem Start}} || Mar 31 2006 || Basic intro only, needs much more |- | Free_radical_addition || {{Chem Stub}} || Mar 31 2006 || Just one example rxn at present |- | Free_radical_substitution || {{Chem Start}} || Mar 31 2006 || A good start |- | Nucleophilic_substitution || {{Chem B-Class}} || Apr 1 2006 || Needs some inorganic examples + more unsatd substitn |- | Hydration_reaction || {{Chem Stub}} || Apr 1 2006 || Very narrow |- | Hydrolysis || {{Chem Start}} || Apr 1 2006 || A bit of a hotch-potch |- | Neutralization || {{Chem Start}} || Apr 1 2006 || Very basic, needs wikifying |- | Nucleophilic_acyl_substitution || {{Chem Start}} || Apr 1 2006 || Good start, needs more |- | Nucleophilic_addition || {{Chem Start}} || Apr 1 2006 || A lot of lists, rather an odd collection of topics |- | Oxidative_addition || {{Chem Start}} || Apr 1 2006 || Nice start |- | Pericyclic_reaction || {{Chem Start}} || Apr 1 2006 || Very basic coverage of chem |- |} == Industrial processes == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Industrial processes |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Write a full page for 10 important chemical processes used in industry.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Date ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Blast_furnace || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || Does the making of iron/steel deserve its own article? |- | Chemical_vapor_deposition || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || CVD. Good but very brief |- | Chloralkali_process || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Contact_process || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || Needs rewrite |- | Cracking_(chemistry) || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || Petrochemical. Good descriptions of types, needs refs |- | Hydroformylation || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Haber_process || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Hall-Heroult_process || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Saponification || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || An odd selection of material! |- | Solvay_process || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || No refs |- |} == Lab techniques and analytical methods == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Lab techniques and analytical methods |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Write 20 complete articles on common laboratory techniques (e.g., Filtration) and analytical techniques.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Centrifuge || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || Centrifugation is a stub |- | Chromatography || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || V. nice! Just needs some refs
to be A-Class |- | Cyclic_voltammetry || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Distillation || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Gel_electrophoresis || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || |- | Filtration || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Fractional_distillation || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Gas-liquid_chromatography || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || |- | Gravimetric_analysis || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | High_performance_liquid_chromatography || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || Cleanup tag, I did some cleanup |- | Infrared_spectroscopy || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || Close to A-Class, but needs refs |- | Liquid-liquid_extraction || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || Long but needs cleanup |- | Mass_spectrometry || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || Long but rather messy, also
POV dispute & merge tag |- | Melting_point_test || || || Is this the best name for this
article to be written? |- | NMR_spectroscopy || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs more on the basics IMHO |- | Recrystallisation || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || Not much more than a stub |- | Reflux || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Titration || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || No refs, but getting close to A |- | UV/VIS_spectroscopy || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | X-ray_crystallography || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || |- |} Should we be considering Differential_scanning_calorimetry? == Functional groups == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="3" | Functional groups |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="3" | Write a full article covering the 12 major organic Functional_groups using the class name, such as Aldehyde.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Alcohol || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs some chem, refs |- | Aldehyde || {{Chem Start}} || Pretty basic now |- | Alkane || {{Chem B-Class}} || Close to A, but needs refs |- | Alkene || {{Chem B-Class}} || On its way, but needs more content all round.
Is the naming IUPAC or American? |- | Alkyne || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Amide || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Amine || {{Chem Start}} || A fairly long start, but needs much more |- | Aromatic_compounds || || Currently a dab to Aromaticity, covered under
concepts. Should we remove it from here? |- | Carboxylic_acid || {{Chem Start}} || Balanced start, but needs more |- | Ester || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Haloalkane || {{Chem Start}} || Heavily weighted towards CFCs et al
I think we need a separate Alkyl_halide page |- | Ketone || {{Chem Start}} || Lots of headings, not a lot of content! |- |} == Common ions == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="3" | Common ions |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="3" | Write a full article for 12 ions, including the Ammonium ion and 11 major Anions such as Chloride.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Acetate || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Ammonium || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Carbonate || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Chloride || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Fluoride || {{Chem Start}} || Neutrality dispute |- | Hydroxide || {{Chem Stub}} || need to split out material on Hydroxyl_radical |- | Nitrate || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Oxide || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Phosphate || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Silicate || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Sulfide || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Sulfate || {{Chem Start}} || |- |} == Physical chemistry topics == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="3" | Physical chemistry topics |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="3" | Write a full article for 10 major topics in physical chemistry,
principally in Chemical_kinetics and Chemical_thermodynamics.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Acid_dissociation_constant || {{Chem B-Class}} || needs info on determination of pKa values |- | Activation_energy || {{Chem Stub}} || essay without sections |- | Activated_complex || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Avogadro's_law || {{Chem Start}} || good start, could use some historical discussion |- | Dipole_moment || || redirects to Dipole |- | Equilibrium_constant || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Enthalpy || {{Chem B-Class}} || needs more verbal explanation of all the equations, otherwise OK |- | Entropy || {{Chem Start}} || in a fairly dire state as far as information content is concerned, work in progress |- | First_law_of_thermodynamics || {{Chem B-Class}} || |- | Gas_laws || {{Chem Stub}} || factually inaccurate in several places |- | Gibbs_free_energy || {{Chem B-Class}} || |- | Hess's_law || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Paramagnetism || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Rate_law || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Reaction_rate_constant || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Second_law_of_thermodynamics || {{Chem Start}} || PoV dispute (creationism) |- | Solubility_product || || ''See'' Solubility_equilibrium |- | Standard_enthalpy_change_of_formation || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Standard_enthalpy_change_of_reaction || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Third_law_of_thermodynamics || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Arrhenius'_law || || |- | Steady_state_approximation || || |- | Transition_state || || |- | Internal_energy || || |- | Helmholz_free_energy || || |- | Chemical_potential |- | Activity || || |- | Fugacity || || |- | Standard_molar_entropy || || |- | Heat_capacity |- | Phase_diagram |- | Clausius-Clapeyron_equation || || |- | Kinetic_theory_of_gases || || |- | Joule-Thomson_expansion || || |- | Boltzmann_distribution || || |- | Carnot_cycle || {{Chem A-Class}} || could be still be improved, but nothing really to argue with |- | Triple_point || || |- | Critical_point || || |}
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Analytical_chemistry || {{Chem Start}} || Needs more content |- | Biochemistry || {{Chem B-Class}} || Good, just needs refs & a little work |- | Chemical_industry || {{Chem Stub}} || Needs more content |- | Chemistry || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs refs, a little cleanup/content |- | Chemistry_education || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Electrochemistry || {{Chem B-Class}} || Strong on history & principles, need techniques |- | Environmental_chemistry || {{Chem Start}} || Very short at present |- | Geochemistry || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | History_of_chemistry || {{Chem B-Class}} || Some missing topics: organic, thermo, green chem,
and some sections (elements?) need expansion. |- | Inorganic_chemistry || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Materials_science || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs more content, sections, refs |- | Medicinal_chemistry || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Organic_chemistry || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs '''much''' more content, refs |- | Organometallic_chemistry || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Physical_chemistry || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Polymer_chemistry || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Theoretical_chemistry || {{Chem Start}} || |- |} Chemical_engineering could have been included, but this is mainly engineering, and there are some other interdisciplinary areas omitted for similar reasons. Quantum and Computational are covered under Theoretical, as agreed here. == Concepts == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Key concepts |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Write a full page for 30 important concepts such as Solution, from a variety of areas of chemistry.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Acid || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs some cleanup and some content.
Some long lists need dealing with. |- | Aromaticity || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs more content, full MO section, refs |- | Base_(chemistry) || {{Chem Start}} || More content needed, refs |- | Chemical_bond || {{Chem B-Class}} || Nice, close to A-Class, just needs tweaking, more refs. |- | Chemical_element || {{Chem B-Class}} || Decent, but needs a bit more, + refs |- | Chemical_equation || {{Chem B-Class}} || Rather too much on "how to balance",
not enough on what they are. |- | Chemical_equilibrium || {{Chem Start}} || Needs more basic description and content,
only math at present. |- | Chemical_formula || {{Chem Start}} || No line-angle formula, no mention of Laws of Composition. |- | Catalyst || {{Chem Start}} || Could use: Diagrams (lower Ea), organometallic cats,
importance in Green_chemistry, etc. |- | Chemical_kinetics || {{Chem B-Class}} || Very nicely done so far, but needs more |- | Chemical_reaction || {{Chem B-Class}} || A bit of a hotchpotch, needs rewrite + content |- | Chemical_substance || {{Chem Stub}} || Mainly points to types of substance. Definition also seems iffy |- | Chemical_thermodynamics || {{Chem Stub}} || Called Thermochemistry |- | Colloid || {{Chem B-Class}} || Good intro, needs more |- | Complex_(chemistry) || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs more structure & much more content. |- | Crystal || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Crystallography || {{Chem B-Class}} || Very nicely done, but no refs |- | Electronegativity || {{Chem Start}} || Basic at present, but lovely table of EN values |- | Gas || {{Chem Start}} || Pretty basic at present |- | Ion || {{Chem Start}} || Needs much more content |- | IUPAC_nomenclature || {{Chem Start}} || A great start, then it stops! |- | Liquid || {{Chem Start}} || Pretty embarrassing for such a major concept! |- | Organic_synthesis || {{Chem B-Class}} || Could be expanded a bit, some examples added? |- | Polymer || {{Chem B-Class}} || Good solid start, but needs more
e.g. living polymers, dendrimers, also pics. |- | Redox || {{Chem B-Class}} || Reads rather like a textbook at times. Also needs
more, e.g. mention more on oxidn. # and electrochemistry. |- | Solid || {{Chem Stub}} || As with liquid, embarrassing! |- | Solution || {{Chem Start}} || Good intro, needs more |- | Solvent || {{Chem B-Class}} || A good start, maybe some more P-Chem & pictures |- | Spectroscopy || {{Chem B-Class}} || Very nice, just needs refs (+ more pix?) to be A-Class |- |} Remark: I think a number of these would be better served by a unified article: such as Acid and base (but what is the article title?) and Solution and Solvent (and Solute, if it were on the list). Shimmin 19:17, 5 December 2005 (UTC) :I think the approach used with {{tl|Acids and Bases}} could be usefully expanded to many of these topics. ''See also Featured topics.'' Physchim62 (talk) 13:39, 9 December 2005 (UTC) '''Aqueous''' is basically a stub with a redirect to water. I have replaced it with '''Ion''' which seems pretty important, is this OK? Walkerma 18:28, 14 February 2006 (UTC) :I disagree with solution & solvent being unified, I think these are both significant enough and different enough to warrant their own articles. Walkerma 02:21, 7 March 2006 (UTC) == Chemists == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="5" | Chemists |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="5" | Write a full page for a selection of 40 "giants of chemistry" such as Antoine_Lavoisier.
''15'' of these should be historical figures from early history up to the 18th century, while another ''15'' should have been active during the 19th century. The last ''10'' should be from the 20th and 21st century.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Date ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Life ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Jabir_ibn_Hayyan || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 721-815 || Cleanup tag |- | Roger_Bacon || || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1214-1294 || Isn't Bacon more a
general scientist? |- | Georg_Agricola || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1490-1555 |- | Paracelsus || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1493-1541 |- | Basilius_Valentinus || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 15th century |- | Nicolas_Flamel || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 15th century |- | Andreas_Libavius || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem Stub}} || 1550-1616 |- | Jan_Baptist_van_Helmont || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1577-1644 || sectioning |- | Robert_Boyle || Jun 24, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1627-1692 || Failed GA |- | Carl_Wilhelm_Scheele || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1742-1786 |- | Antoine_Lavoisier || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1743-1794 |- | Claude_Louis_Berthollet || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem Stub}} || 1748-1822 |- | John_Dalton || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1766-1844 |- | Jöns_Jakob_Berzelius || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1779-1848 |- | Michael_Faraday || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1791-1867 |- | Humphry_Davy || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1778-1829||sectioning, publications,
references |- | Justus_von_Liebig || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1803-1873 |- | Robert_Wilhelm_Bunsen || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1811-1899 |- | Friedrich_August_Kekulé_von_Stradonitz || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1829-1896 |- | Dmitri_Mendeleyev || Jul 2, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1834-1907 |- | Adolf_von_Baeyer || Jul 23, 06 || {{Chem Start}} || 1835-1917 |- | William_Perkin || Jul 23, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1838-1907 || More refs needed,
article mainly on mauve |- | Josiah_Willard_Gibbs || Jul 23, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1839-1903 || More refs |- | Jacobus_Henricus_van_'t_Hoff || Jul 23, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1852-1911||rather short |- | Svante_Arrhenius || Jul 23, 06 || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1859-1927 || sectioning,
rather unbalanced
(weak on Eact work) |- | Walther_Nernst || || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1864-1941||rather short |- | Alfred_Werner || || {{Chem Stub}} || 1866-1919 |- | Marie_Curie || || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1867-1934 |- | Ernest_Rutherford || || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1871-1937||sectioning |- | Gilbert_N._Lewis || || {{Chem B-Class}} || 1875-1946||sectioning, references |- | Irving_Langmuir || || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1881-1957 |- | Linus_Pauling || || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1901-1994 |- | Paul_Flory || || {{Chem Start}} || 1910-1985 |- | Robert_B._Woodward || || {{Chem A-Class}} || 1917-1979 |- | Elias_James_Corey || || {{Chem Start}} || 1928- |} == Chemical reactions == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Important chemical reactions |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Write a full page for 15 major classes of chemical reactions.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Assessment
date ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Alkylation || {{Chem Start}} || Mar 31 2006 || Mainly petrochem alkylation |- | Acylation || {{Chem Start}} || Mar 31 2006 || Needs better writing + more content |- | Condensation_reaction || {{Chem Start}} || Mar 31 2006 || Needs some examples, figures |- | Coupling_reaction || {{Chem Start}} || Mar 31 2006 || A bit of a hotch-potch mix now |- | Electrophilic_aromatic_substitution || {{Chem B-Class}} || Mar 31 2006 || Mostly there, needs general cleanup |- | Electrophilic_addition || {{Chem Start}} || Mar 31 2006 || Basic intro only, needs much more |- | Free_radical_addition || {{Chem Stub}} || Mar 31 2006 || Just one example rxn at present |- | Free_radical_substitution || {{Chem Start}} || Mar 31 2006 || A good start |- | Nucleophilic_substitution || {{Chem B-Class}} || Apr 1 2006 || Needs some inorganic examples + more unsatd substitn |- | Hydration_reaction || {{Chem Stub}} || Apr 1 2006 || Very narrow |- | Hydrolysis || {{Chem Start}} || Apr 1 2006 || A bit of a hotch-potch |- | Neutralization || {{Chem Start}} || Apr 1 2006 || Very basic, needs wikifying |- | Nucleophilic_acyl_substitution || {{Chem Start}} || Apr 1 2006 || Good start, needs more |- | Nucleophilic_addition || {{Chem Start}} || Apr 1 2006 || A lot of lists, rather an odd collection of topics |- | Oxidative_addition || {{Chem Start}} || Apr 1 2006 || Nice start |- | Pericyclic_reaction || {{Chem Start}} || Apr 1 2006 || Very basic coverage of chem |- |} == Industrial processes == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Industrial processes |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Write a full page for 10 important chemical processes used in industry.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Date ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Blast_furnace || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || Does the making of iron/steel deserve its own article? |- | Chemical_vapor_deposition || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || CVD. Good but very brief |- | Chloralkali_process || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Contact_process || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || Needs rewrite |- | Cracking_(chemistry) || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || Petrochemical. Good descriptions of types, needs refs |- | Hydroformylation || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Haber_process || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Hall-Heroult_process || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Saponification || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || An odd selection of material! |- | Solvay_process || 20 Mar 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || No refs |- |} == Lab techniques and analytical methods == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Lab techniques and analytical methods |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="4" | Write 20 complete articles on common laboratory techniques (e.g., Filtration) and analytical techniques.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Centrifuge || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || Centrifugation is a stub |- | Chromatography || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || V. nice! Just needs some refs
to be A-Class |- | Cyclic_voltammetry || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Distillation || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Gel_electrophoresis || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || |- | Filtration || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Fractional_distillation || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Gas-liquid_chromatography || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || |- | Gravimetric_analysis || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | High_performance_liquid_chromatography || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || Cleanup tag, I did some cleanup |- | Infrared_spectroscopy || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || Close to A-Class, but needs refs |- | Liquid-liquid_extraction || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || Long but needs cleanup |- | Mass_spectrometry || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || Long but rather messy, also
POV dispute & merge tag |- | Melting_point_test || || || Is this the best name for this
article to be written? |- | NMR_spectroscopy || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs more on the basics IMHO |- | Recrystallisation || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || Not much more than a stub |- | Reflux || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Titration || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || No refs, but getting close to A |- | UV/VIS_spectroscopy || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem Start}} || |- | X-ray_crystallography || Apr 26, 2006 || {{Chem B-Class}} || |- |} Should we be considering Differential_scanning_calorimetry? == Functional groups == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="3" | Functional groups |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="3" | Write a full article covering the 12 major organic Functional_groups using the class name, such as Aldehyde.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Alcohol || {{Chem B-Class}} || Needs some chem, refs |- | Aldehyde || {{Chem Start}} || Pretty basic now |- | Alkane || {{Chem B-Class}} || Close to A, but needs refs |- | Alkene || {{Chem B-Class}} || On its way, but needs more content all round.
Is the naming IUPAC or American? |- | Alkyne || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Amide || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Amine || {{Chem Start}} || A fairly long start, but needs much more |- | Aromatic_compounds || || Currently a dab to Aromaticity, covered under
concepts. Should we remove it from here? |- | Carboxylic_acid || {{Chem Start}} || Balanced start, but needs more |- | Ester || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Haloalkane || {{Chem Start}} || Heavily weighted towards CFCs et al
I think we need a separate Alkyl_halide page |- | Ketone || {{Chem Start}} || Lots of headings, not a lot of content! |- |} == Common ions == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="3" | Common ions |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="3" | Write a full article for 12 ions, including the Ammonium ion and 11 major Anions such as Chloride.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Acetate || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Ammonium || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Carbonate || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Chloride || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Fluoride || {{Chem Start}} || Neutrality dispute |- | Hydroxide || {{Chem Stub}} || need to split out material on Hydroxyl_radical |- | Nitrate || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Oxide || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Phosphate || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Silicate || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Sulfide || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Sulfate || {{Chem Start}} || |- |} == Physical chemistry topics == {| align="center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #C0C090;" width="80%" !+ {{chembox header}} colspan="3" | Physical chemistry topics |- | {{chembox header}} colspan="3" | Write a full article for 10 major topics in physical chemistry,
principally in Chemical_kinetics and Chemical_thermodynamics.
The status is the assessment of their completeness. |- ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Wikipage ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Status ! {{chembox header}} colspan=1 | Remark |- | Acid_dissociation_constant || {{Chem B-Class}} || needs info on determination of pKa values |- | Activation_energy || {{Chem Stub}} || essay without sections |- | Activated_complex || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Avogadro's_law || {{Chem Start}} || good start, could use some historical discussion |- | Dipole_moment || || redirects to Dipole |- | Equilibrium_constant || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Enthalpy || {{Chem B-Class}} || needs more verbal explanation of all the equations, otherwise OK |- | Entropy || {{Chem Start}} || in a fairly dire state as far as information content is concerned, work in progress |- | First_law_of_thermodynamics || {{Chem B-Class}} || |- | Gas_laws || {{Chem Stub}} || factually inaccurate in several places |- | Gibbs_free_energy || {{Chem B-Class}} || |- | Hess's_law || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Paramagnetism || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Rate_law || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Reaction_rate_constant || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Second_law_of_thermodynamics || {{Chem Start}} || PoV dispute (creationism) |- | Solubility_product || || ''See'' Solubility_equilibrium |- | Standard_enthalpy_change_of_formation || {{Chem Start}} || |- | Standard_enthalpy_change_of_reaction || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Third_law_of_thermodynamics || {{Chem Stub}} || |- | Arrhenius'_law || || |- | Steady_state_approximation || || |- | Transition_state || || |- | Internal_energy || || |- | Helmholz_free_energy || || |- | Chemical_potential |- | Activity || || |- | Fugacity || || |- | Standard_molar_entropy || || |- | Heat_capacity |- | Phase_diagram |- | Clausius-Clapeyron_equation || || |- | Kinetic_theory_of_gases || || |- | Joule-Thomson_expansion || || |- | Boltzmann_distribution || || |- | Carnot_cycle || {{Chem A-Class}} || could be still be improved, but nothing really to argue with |- | Triple_point || || |- | Critical_point || || |}