Talk:Geology applications of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Reviews from Vincent
1) For the application of geology,I think visualising results into the charts to readers will have a better understanding for the results of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). such as IR - spectrum of compound vibration, you can visualise those wavenumber into a diagram. 2) Explain a little about the unit of wavenumber, there is page in wikipedia. Readers may be curious why to use wavenumber instead of wavelength as normal In infra red spectrum. 3) Put a real photo of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) to attract readers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hk vincentlai (talk • contribs) 18 October 2016 22:10 (UTC+9) (UTC)

Suggestion from Beth
Hi Jennifer, your page is really good and informative but I think there are a few amendments you can make and things you could explain more clearly.

1) Some errors occur in the punctuation such as recurring double full stops where you have referenced, units and chemical formulas not subscript, units (ppm) missing in one example and reference (Ventura, 2011) maybe should be put as a a link reference.

2) Referencing diagrams is probably good if it is not your own work.

3) For the final section on 'linkage between arcritarchs and microfossil taxa' there is a sentence 'Aliphatic C-H stretching bands[...]' which I found very complicated. I think a chart of the results for the bands could help visualise this and give the reader a better understanding of what is meant by the common target functional groups.

4) In the fluid and melt inclusions section I think the examples in Italy are enough and I don't really know what you mean by the 'etc..' at the end. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.153.126.124 (talk) 13:20, 23 October 2016 (UTC+9‎)

Suggestion from Cloud
Hi Jennifer, I think your page is quite in depth in the application of FTIR on geology, but I think there are a few more things you can do to make it better.

1) About the Introduction of Instrumentation, I found your diagram a bit quite difficult to understand as there are multiple things like separated and combined waves and how they reflect and propagate. I think you can try and separate the current diagram into different stages of the process so that readers can understand better.

2) For the sample characterisation, it seems to me that there are multiple FTIRs for sample analysis? Is there any difference between the operation in these 4 different categories? If so, perhaps you may represent it in a table or amend your same diagram to illustrate the difference?

3) Similar to beth, I think you should amend the format of mathematical (as in Evaluate the explosive potential volcanic dome) and chemical formulas (like H2O and CO2).

4) For "Evaluate the explosive potential volcanic dome" section, I don't quite understand the last part where you scan a sample to see the H2O content and vesiculation events. Does that mean you need to scan the whole area of an polished and prepared rock sample and mark the difference in H2O in different areas, or do you need more samples around volcanoes to do so?

5) Maybe you can do a comparison of FTIR with other machines currently available to test the same thing? Is there any benefits or things that only this machine can do?Cloudnstars (talk) 14:02, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Review from Christy
Hello Jennifer! your page is well-structured and the images of different FTIR modes are clear and nice.:) Here are some minor suggestions:

1. There are a lot of difficult scientific terms in your article and I notice that you have hyperlinked nearly all of them. I think there are a few more can be linked.(e.g Crustaceans, rheology, hydrolytic,crystallization,Proterozoic,microfossils,macrofossils,Aliphatic etc)

2.It might be better to list out the 3 examples of "Volatiles diagnosis" and 2 examples of"Establishing taxonomy of early life" respectively in their introduction paragraph.It might be easier to distinguish which category the examples belong to.

3. You may add new section "See also" at the bottom of the page and hyperlink some related pages. So readers can be directly sent to related pages if they want to know more.

Christy Christyyc (talk) 13:05, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Review from Tanya
Hi Jennifer:)! Here are some suggestions for your page:

1. It's good that you have mentioned the advantages of FTIR spectroscopy in the introduction part, but I wonder if there are some disadvantages too. You may add a short paragraph about its disadvantages or further improvement in the last section of the page.

2. For easier and clearer reading, you may first add a short paragraph to mention the two main applications and the corresponding examples under the section of "Applications in Geology".

3. In the section of "Establishing taxonomy of early life", you have mentioned that "Aliphatic C-H stretching bands in the 2900 cm−1, aromatic C-Cring stretching band at 1600 cm−1, C=O bands at 1710 cm−1 are some of the common target functional groups examined by the paleontologists.", I get a bit confused of what they really are, as I cannot find these terms again in the following sub-sections. You may add more descriptions of these bands and how they are used in or associated with FTIR in example 4 and 5.

Tanya

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Review from Wayne
Hi Jenifer, I have just read a professional article describing the mechanism and application of FTIS. The layout and structure of this article are user-friendly and tidy. The examples seem valid to explain the application of the technology. Great work!!!

To polish the page, you should:

- Hyperlink ALL of the professional terms, such as chemotaxonomy (in the introduction), spectroscopic, Inclusion, taxonomy etc. Even though some seems easy geological terms have to be hyperlink. As reader (including me >_<) does not necessarily know these words before reading your page. This minor work might help a lot on linking ideas. (the best way: assume the readers are layman that would not understand any geological terms you learnt since entering the university, so that it might help to know which words should be hyperlink.) Also the location try to look at whether there is existing link in wikipedia describing it. Using search function to find out those not-yet-hyperlink words.

Wayne

- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Consequencewayne (talk • contribs) 15:59, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Interesting article, but the position of the peaks on the figure showing peaks for CO2 and H20 doesnt seem to correspond to the values given in the figure text. As this is sourced to a standards organisation, the apparent error is disturbing. Andrew Jenkins — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndrewJenkins56 (talk • contribs) 22:19, 7 January 2017 (UTC)