User:Silverchemist

I've got a PhD in organic chemistry (earned longer ago than I really care to think about). My years in academic, government and industrial labs have turned me into something of a jack-of-all-trades. My chemical interests include enhanced oil recovery, surfactants, bleaching wood pulp, lignin chemistry, organic synthesis, instrumental analysis (especially NMR), transition metal catalysis and polyurethane chemistry.

Apart from chemistry, I have interests in digital photography, military aircraft and history.

I am a firm believer in the Wikipedia project and contribute as time allows. I have written numerous articles for scientific journals and technical conferences so I try to set high standards for any contributions I make. I find it extremely irritating to be continuously reverting nonsense edits from anonymous users, especially those from shared IP addresses.

History and geography

 * Geography of Newfoundland and Labrador (complete rewrite,article consequently given GA status in July 2008)
 * Fort Amherst (Newfoundland and Labrador) (new)
 * Western Brook Pond (Appeared 11 March,2008, '''Did you know?)(Major expansion)
 * Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador (Major re-write of lead and history section)
 * Red rain in Kerala (major re-write, article consequently given GA status in June 2008.)
 * Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve (Appeared 12 December,2008, '''Did you know?)(new)
 * Hullett Provincial Wildlife Area (new)
 * Ryan Premises (Appeared 8 October,2010, '''Did you know?)(new)
 * National Aboriginal Veterans Monument (Appeared 23 January, 2012, '''Did you know?)(new)

Chemistry and technology

 * Wood pulp (complete rewrite)
 * Sulfite process (Appeared 17 October,2007, '''Did you know? (new)
 * Bleaching of wood pulp (Appeared 26 September,2007, '''Did you know?) (new)
 * Kraft process (complete rewrite)
 * Pulp mill (complete rewrite)
 * Black liquor
 * Fossil fuels (major rewrite)
 * Propylene oxide
 * Polyols (rewrite, major additions)
 * Polyurethanes
 * Castor oil (complete rewrite)
 * Natural oil polyols (Appeared in 6 October, 2007, '''Did you know? (new)
 * Poly(tetramethylene ether) glycol) (new)
 * Diethyl ether
 * Silicone oil
 * Lignosulfonates (Appeared in 20 October 2007,'''Did you know?)(Stub expanded into full article)
 * Wood-pulp paper (complete rewrite)
 * Paper recycling
 * Bertram Fraser-Reid (new article, my first biographic article)(Appeared in 25 November 2007, Did you know?)
 * Reticulated foam (Appeared in 4 October, 2009, '''Did you know? (new)
 * Landysh (Appeared 20 April 2011 '''Did you know? new)
 * Bleach (major rewrite)

Aviation

 * Fastest propeller-driven aircraft (new)
 * North Atlantic Aviation Museum (new)

Miscellaneous

 * Waiting for Fidel (new)