User:Safrye8/Choose an Article

Option 1
Article Title: Caesium hydroxide

Article Evaluation: This article is rated as a start-class article with mid-range importance. The first thing I notice with this article is there is a missing citation in the second sentence of the first paragraph. "Caesium hydroxide is corrosive enough to dissolve through glass quickly" even has a superscript stating "citation needed". Looking closer, there are no in-text citations for this article at all. Whoever wrote this page just put all the sources at the bottom of the page but did not reference which source was being used at all in the actual Wikipedia page. Additionally, this topic's Wikipedia page is approximately five sentences long, so there is a lot of missing information on the compound. I would want to include reaction mechanisms to better understand how this compound is formed.

Sources: Sci-finder scholar or science direct

Good option - I'm not sure exactly how a pKb valus is determined for a metal hydroxide. I don't think I'd like to be in a lab using CsOH as a desiccant, that sounds extreme,

Option 2
Article Title: Bromoethane

Article Evaluation: This article is rated as a start-class article with mid-range importance. After looking at the talk page and briefly reading the Wikipedia page, I've found that there is quite a lot of controversy over what chemical compound holds the abbreviation "EtBr". At the very top of the Wikipedia page there is a direct link to another article called "Ethidium Bromide", with the title "Not to be confused with" in front of it. This compound also says that it is abbreviated "EtBr". As a reader this is confusing. Citations wise, this article does an okay job with in text citations, yet there are still places in the Wikipedia article that state "citation needed" superscripted above a citation. The article is overall lacking depth in each topic that is listed (preparation, safety, uses). For example, under safety there is talk of bromoethane being a "reproductive toxin" but does not state how so; also no citation.

Sources: Sci-finder scholar or science direct

Option 3
Article Title: Difluoromethane

Article Evaluation: This article is rated a start-class article with mid-range importance. Surprisingly, there is nothing at all on the talk page of difluoromethane, making it a good candidate for evaluation. The person who wrote this article did a good job with in text citations, yet there is still a lot of information missing. While I do not know a lot about this compound first hand, I know that dichloromethane has various environmental risks as well as health risks. I can only assume the same goes for difluoromethane since it is a also a dihalogenoalkane. Lastly, difluoromethane appears to have extreme relevance to refrigerators and coolers. The majority of the information on the current Wikipedia page talks about its use as a refrigerant. By including the mechanism of action that allows difluoromethane to have exothermic effects would improve this article scientifically.

Sources: Sci-finder scholar or science direct. Environmental pages such as NOAA Climate might have relevant information on the topic as well.