Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Silicon hydroxide

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The result of the debate was - reidrected - SimonP 15:09, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Silicon hydroxide

I believe this page to be a hoax- this is a rather unusual name for a compound more normally known as orthosilicic acid. Most of the information in this 2003 stub is either wrong or overly simplistic. I have never seen this name in any chemical catalogue, and books such as the ref. below refer to it as orthosilicic acid. It would be impossible to "pass SiO2 over water vapour" as the boiling point of SiO2 is much higher than the 800 C mentioned. Also, the ref mentioned below implies that complex mixtures of silicic acids are formed, not just one. I have created a stub for silicic acid to compensate for the loss of this rather dubious page. I am also proposing deletion for related nonsense on Silicate dihydroxide and Silicate monohydroxide.

Reference: N. N. Greenwood, A. Earnshaw, Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK, 1997.

Walkerma 08:43, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• In general we don't need articles on every individual chemical compound, and these should be merged (e.g. onto acids) for easier reference. Since this is nonsensical, delete in instead, and if the name makes sense (which I'm not sure of, not being a chemist) make it a redirect. Radiant_* 09:11, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to silicic acid. --Carnildo 09:19, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to silicic acid. While we don't need an article for every chemical compound, it would be nice to have one for every notable chemical compound, and the silicic acids are notable. Shimmin 18:14, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)

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