Talk:Ablation

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Ablative passive fire protection products have been in use in construction for decades. Prominent examples include silicone foam[1] firestops, which are made by Dow Corning (now sold as "Fire Barrier Silicone RTV Foam 2001" by 3M [2] and General Electric, and Thermo-lag, which was made by TSI Inc. or Nu-Chem [3]. See [4] Obviously, this is not medical, but the terminology is the same.--Achim 03:10, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Confusing" Tag at the top of the page

I would like to know who could possibly be confused by that page. Ablation happens in a number of different fields and we have a short description of each. Who is confused by this and just exactly why?--Achim 23:09, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

The term itself is vaguely defined, and the different usage in different fields (and even within a field, as in the geology case) are disorienting. Ojcit 19:08, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Split by field?

If the meanings in different fields are different enough, why not have separate articles with a short main article linking to each separately, or a disambiguation page? Ojcit 18:57, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] If you burn...

I believe such sentences are not quite suitable for an encyclopedia. Besides, what has the color of silica dust to do with ablation? ACrush ^?!/_© 22:06, 2 November 2006 (UTC)