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Caloric theory

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The first and final paragraph of Early History don’t seem relevant and don’t have references. There are also incorrect definitions of heat multiple times throughout the article.

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The links work for the two references with links. The first reference is to a book with no link. The sources do support the claims in the article where referenced.

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There are many facts that go without references though all of the sources referenced are neutral.

Is any info out of date or missing?

The current definition of heat is incorrect. It describes heat purely as kinetic energy which is not true. There also isn't much information about what led to it being disproved or why the modern theory of thermodynamics took over.

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There were talks about bad references in the talk page. It appears that these issues were fixed. People also discussed the incorrect definition of heat and how to correct it. There was also talks about a couple sections being removed from the article for being irrelevant or scientifically inaccurate.

'''How is the article rated? wiki-projects?'''

The article is a start-class to mid-importance on the WikiProject Physics and has been rated as a C-class article on the History of Science WikiProject.

How does the way Wikipedia discuss the topic differ from what we discussed in class?

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= Victor Grignard = After attempting to major in mathematics, Grignard failed his exams and enlisted into the army in 1892. After one year of service, he went back to pursue mathematics at the University of Lyon and finally obtained his degree Licencié ès Sciences Mathématiques in 1894. In December of the same year, he transferred to chemistry and began working with Professors Philippe Barbier(1848-1922) and Louis Bouveault(1864-1909). After working with stereochemistry and enines, he was not impressed with the subject matter and asked Barbier about a new direction for his doctoral research (Science in the Provinces). Barbier advised that Grignard research how a failed Saytzeff reaction, using zinc, was successful, in low yields, after using magnesium. Grignard hypothesised that the aldehyde/ketone prevented the magnesium from reacting with the alkyl halide. He tested this hypothesis by first adding the alkyl halide to a solution of anhydrous ether and then adding the aldehyde/ketone. This resulted in an immediate success of the reaction (Science in the Provinces). Chrismdempsey (talk) 20:02, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

In 1918, Grignard discovered that sodium iodide could be used as a battlefield test for mustard gas. Sodium iodide converts mustard gas to diiododiethyl sulfide, which crystallizes more easily than mustard gas. This test could detect as little as 0.01 gram of mustard gas in one cubic meter of air and was successfully used on the battlefield. Srmgvq (talk) 02:42, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Review by K8shep (talk) 15:15, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
1. What does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that described the subject in a clear way? So far this looks really good. I can't tell, though, what you've added. Is all of this your work? The detail about his work trajectory is really useful to people who want to know more about him.

2. What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement? As you write, make sure you're citing your source after almost every sentence. It's a good source, I'm glad you found it! Later, you'll link to other wikipedia pages, too, so keep those options in mind.

3. What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article? Keep up the good work, and cite your sources.