Talk:Fluorocarbon
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"Fluorocarbons are polymers" - in first paragraph - surely this is incorrect - things like PTFE are polymers, but hexafluoroethane for example, is not a polymer! Unless I'm missing something obvious, this should be changed.
86.17.152.192 15:45, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Movement of subsection
Personally, I think most people who look up Flurocarbons are not going to be wanting the chemical preparations right off the bat. I think that moving that subsection to the bottom (before references) would increase accessibility and readability. Thoughts? --Dawn Burn 20:49, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
- I think the total article should be resorted, I will have a go. --Dirk Beetstra T C 21:25, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
- I like what you did there. Good job on being bold. I think that having the chemical properties before the preparations though is a better idea, so I'm just going to reorder that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dawn Burn (talk • contribs)
- Hi Dawn, thanks. Indeed, sometimes one has to be bold. The article has improved a lot since I was there some days ago. A little reordering and the addition of some (IMHO) missing sections should help to get this article to a higher status (I saw that Wim van Dorst assessed it this afternoon as 'start-class' .. Your suggestion makes sense, that puts the chemical properties close to the biological role, which nicely fits together. I'll leave you to it for now, I'll have a look, tomorrow! See yu around! --Dirk Beetstra T C 22:08, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
- I like what you did there. Good job on being bold. I think that having the chemical properties before the preparations though is a better idea, so I'm just going to reorder that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dawn Burn (talk • contribs)
[edit] Chemistry of Ozone Depletion
Smokefoot reverted the edits on pollution saying that the chemistry was unsound. Since it was drawn from the reference article, falls in line with what I recall, and is also supported by Ozone depletion, I'm curious as to why the chemistry is not sound. --Dawn Burn 03:29, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
- Okay, I can't figure out how to link to the old version so learning that would be helpful, but I'm referring to the edit on June 22 by Mordacil.--Dawn Burn 03:34, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
Here's my thinking. The contracted section by Mordacil described incorrect chemistry (unbalanced equations for starters, and slang) and the topic is authoritatively covered in ozone depletion, a link to which I included. Also the present article already mentioned CFC's, which again (conveniently using balanced equations even) describes the reactions relevant to ozone depletion). The present report is not about CFC's, per se. Otherwise do we want to expand each subsection that touches on an ancillary topic, probably doing so would make the report unwieldy, weakening the impact. IMHO. Also more glaring gaps exist still in this report than rehashing material already twice described elsewhere. Underdeveloped topics: pharmacology, methods to introduce C-F bonds remains underdeveloped. For the environmetal enthusiast, under "Pollution effects"- what is the biochemistry underpinning the concerns about the persistency of fluorocarbons?--Smokefoot 03:46, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
