Talk:Reactivity

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Contents 1 Headline text 2 ?? 3 Nuclear Reactivity 4 A more general article on the concept of reactivity

[edit] Headline text

InsertformulahereI'm not a big fan of the last line of the first paragraph under "Causes of Reactivity." Specifically: "These orbitals do not exist, and are simply models, however, they provide an excellent basis from which to work." What does it mean that something that provides excellent prediction of experimental result does not exist, and is simply a model. It sounds pejorative towards things that are "simply models," such as atoms, molecules, black holes, neutron stars, extra solar planets, the weak force, the strong force, electricity, etc...

[edit] ??

A good inclusion in this article would be the difference (is there) between chemical stability and reactivity. Im a student, but I gather:

Greater Reactivity = Less Stability

Less Reactivity = Greater Stability

[edit] Nuclear Reactivity

This article deals with chemical reactivity. Either a section or new article should be added on the subject of nuclear reactivity. Reactivity, ρ, in reactor physics is a measure of the deviation of the multiplication factor, k, from unity. ρ = (k − 1) / k ^[1]. This definition of reactivity is briefly mentioned in the nuclear reactor physics article. Colinsweet (talk) 18:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A more general article on the concept of reactivity

As pointed out above, this article is about chemical reactivity. Perhaps it should be named thusly, or Reactivity (chemistry). I would hope that a more general article on reactivity would be created at some point. __meco (talk) 10:57, 6 March 2008 (UTC)