Talk:Henderson-Hasselbalch equation

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1 The calculator link at the bottom of the article
2 Nomenclature
3 "Hasselhoff equation"
4 Misspelling

[edit] The calculator link at the bottom of the article

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[edit] Nomenclature

Posted by an anon, moved here by SocratesJedi:

Help! I don't know anything about Wikipedia, but the name of this page is blatantly misspelled. The correct spelling is Henderson-Hasselbach (without the antepenultimate letter 'l') as you can easily verify with a google search. Would someone more knowledgeable please rename the page and references therein (e.g. the calculator at bottom of article). Thanks!

Actually this has been discussed before and I thought that this was correct before, but it appears that both spellings are in common usage, but that balch is more common than bach (check google scholar results), Balch outnumbers Bach by about a factor of 2x. In any case the bach spelling redirects here already, so no worries. I'd be nice to know what the actual scientist's name was, if we can run it down. Anyone? -SocratesJedi | Talk 00:51, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

I have done a search through the Chemical Abstract Service on Hasselbalch, Haselba(l)ch, and Hasselbach in the early 1900's (the equation was published in 1916 in relation to carbonic acid and acidosis). There is a K. A. Hasselba(l)ch active at that time publishing papers on metabolic acidosis and acid/base systems; there are no other authors active at the time doing acid-base work (although there are authors with similar names). Of the citations I found, 11 are cited to K. A. Hasselbalch and 6 are cited to K. A. Hasselbach. This is a rather unfortunate result...Perhaps we should just stick a line in that says it's spelled both ways. I have copies of those citations if anyone wants them (email me, leave something on my talk page) - it's copyvio to paste them wholesale into Wikipedia. -- stillnotelf has a talk page 19:22, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

(later thought) I will attempt to go through these papers later and track down exactly which one it was when Hasselba(l)ch invented the equation - I don't have time right now. -- stillnotelf has a talk page 19:28, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

(even later thought) He might have been part of the exodus of European scientists who came to America to escape WWI, perhaps he changed his name along the way. -- stillnotelf has a talk page 21:42, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "Hasselhoff equation"

The Henderson-Hasselbalch equation is commonly referred to as the David Hasselhoff equation - I'm an undergraduate student and confirmed this information with professors and online. That addition is NOT vandalism and is useful to students who have forgotten the equation's true identity. Reverting back to that version. Dcteas17 00:26, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

After meeting you on Talk:College of William and Mary, I feel obliged to ask if it was Dr. Landino who said that? -- stillnotelf has a talk page 20:08, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

She was the first person I heard it from. I then Googled it and found more than a few Chemistry review sheets posted by other professors with 'only' Hasselhoff mentiones (i.e., "use the Hasselhoff equation...") Daniel 18:42, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

I do not find strong evidence for this. "Hasselhoff Equation" yields on 15 google returns. If professors are using this, cite names and academic affiliations or show substantial website hits or actual publications using this terminology. -SocratesJedi | Talk 23:07, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

I think they're mostly independent re-inventions...I never personally heard Dr. Landino call it the Hasselhoff equation, but it sounds like something she'd've done--I've heard her randomly bring up Hasselhoff in other contexts. I'm going to have to weakly agree that it's not particularly encyclopedic or verifiable. HOWEVER, it might be a good idea to set up Henderson-Hasselhoff equation et cetera as redirects to the proper page? This would help lost students. -- stillnotelf has a talk page 04:38, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Aye, this is something with which I can agree. I would strongly support those redirects and perhaps will help create them tomorrow. -SocratesJedi | Talk 07:11, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I support the redirects, Stillnotelf...good idea. And thanks for putting them in SocratesJedi. The only reason I entered it in was so that people who couldn't remember it would be able to find it. Daniel 01:27, 11 February 2006 (UTC)