User:Mwongz/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Pi backbonding


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article's talk page is inactive but had one good recommendation a long time ago. While the article isn't very large, it gives a broad overview of pi backbonding. I also feel like there should be more citations than there are since there's a lot of data and results being discussed in the article but not a whole lot of superscripts.


 * Sources

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Miscibility


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article's talk page is inactive but had some good questions and recommendations in the past. Article is pretty empty which gives lots of room for improvement. Specifically, the subtopic "Determination" simply states that if two liquids seem like one, they are miscible. I think something as important as determining if something miscible could use more detail than just using the eye test.


 * Sources
 * https://doi.org/10.1126%2Fsciadv.abe7275
 * https://doi.org/10.1016/0032-3861(90)90208-G

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Carbon black


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article's talk page is very active and has very detailed discussions! In fact, the most recent addition (Sept 2022) to the talk page talks about the addition of carbon black to batteries (which is what I was thinking of adding to the article). Article is important because of the wide range of applications for carbon black. Page is pretty neutral, with a mention of Mitsui as far as I can see. Looking back at the history of the talk page, it seems like they used to have more companies listen but they have removed them to keep a more neutral stance.


 * Sources
 * https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00114

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Cumene process


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article's talk page is relatively inactive, but had some good discussion back in 2020 asking if the cumene process (known for its production of acetone and phenol) should also include the m-cresol process. I think the article is important because not only does it produce acetone and phenol, both of which are important, it also goes over other processes that can be used to obtain acetone and phenol in addition to showing the steps of the cumene process itself. There are plenty of citations as the page is mainly dedicated to explaining how the cumene process works.


 * Sources
 * https://doi.org/10.1021/ie9011535

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Polymer soil stabilization


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article's talk page is empty and inactive, but the article itself seems to be written in a neutral way and has citations for each claim. The article also relates to many other topics such as soil stabilization, soil conditioning, microplastics, and plastic pollution. All of which are topics that impact the world in some way. Overall, a pretty interesting topic. References have a wide range of older references and somewhat recent references.


 * Sources
 * https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.124685