Talk:Solarization (physics)

Merge?
How is solarization different from Photodegradation? One of the examples given is that of the transformation of clear glass to purple with extended exposure to the sun; an irreversible process. How is that different from polymer breakdown of plastics left out on the sun, also irreversible? Maybe this stub may need to be merged with Photodegradation, unless there's enough notability for Solarization to stand on its own. For now, I'll add a "see also" link below.

Source
This page was sourced from a contribution by Bery Hickman to Solarisation and moved here for clarity. Velela 21:35, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

What is the source of the blue color resulting from long-term desert sun-exposure? Like, what change to the glass's chemical structure makes it develop shades of blue? Zaphraud 05:21, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Brit/American spelling
It seems weird to have articles one two completely different topics distinguished only by the British vs. American spelling. I would suggest moving them to one of these six pairs:
 * Solarization (physics)/Solarization
 * Solarization (photography)/Solarization
 * Solarization (physics)/Solarization (photography) + a disambiguation page
 * Solarisation (physics)/Solarisation
 * Solarisation (photography)/Solarisation
 * Solarisation (physics)/Solarisation (photography) + a disambiguation page

195.176.176.226 14:58, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree.--Redeagle688 (talk) 02:27, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅ Took a while for someone to act on this! I chose Solarisation (physics), Solarisation (photography - primary meaning so not needed in the page name) + a disambiguation page. - Fayenatic (talk) 13:38, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:50, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Solarisation (physics) → Solarization (physics) – Per WP:ENGVAR, a request to revert the move made in May. WP:ENGVAR, which calls for consistency within articles, was disregarded in performing this move. There is no requirement for Solarisation (physics) to match the spelling used in Solarisation. Some standardized rigour (talk) 06:39, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Support article appears to be written in Canadian English (colour, solarization). And since a single letter can be used as disambiguation on Wikipedia (hell, if a capital letter can be used to distinguish two topics, a letter is an even bigger difference), perhaps moving this to solarization would also work, with a simple hatnote. 70.24.247.61 (talk) 05:06, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: It would not appear to be appropriate to move the article to Solarization, given that Solarisation—a separate article—exists. Closer examination of the current state of this article (3 American spellings [centers, color, colors] compared with 1 British/Canadian spelling [colour]) and its history (originally in consistent American English) suggest that American English should be used throughout it, per WP:ENGVAR. Some standardized rigour (talk) 06:53, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Hmm... should have looked further. Ok, American English then. (though "solarization" is the same in American and Canadian, but is "solarisation" in British). 70.24.247.61 (talk) 06:56, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Temporary or Permanent
The text says solarisation is a temporary change, but then describes examples which are 'sometimes' reversible by special treatments. Surely a 'temporary colour change' would be one which reverses itself over time? Stub Mandrel (talk) 17:03, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

An Important Example Of This ?
This article may benefit from the addition of mentioning that Solarization of glass was a researched issue pertaining to certain screen-film systems for X-ray clinical imaging.

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