User talk:Ntmy777/Solid-state chemistry/Cic12345 Peer Review

Response to Peer Review
Hello Cic12345,

Thank you for taking the time to peer review my edits for Solid-state chemistry. Below, you can find my response to the review.

All positive feedback

I appreciate all of the positive feedback.

'''The lead section was not updated. It may be helpful to add a short sentence in the introduction to briefly introduce the various methods of solid-state compound synthesis.'''

I agree with your suggestion. I added a sentence in the lead to reflect the synthetic methods section in the article. I mentioned the ceramic method and chemical vapour deposition.

'''To my knowledge, all this information is up to date and definitely relevant. I noticed, however, sources 9, 10, and 12 were quite old (from 1984 and 1890). I am not sure these sources are still current or of new research is available. It may be useful to double check that.'''

Thank you for noting the publishing dates of the sources. The sources from the 1980s are all textbooks containing information still relevant to today's solid-state chemistry theories; modern-day materials scientists use the same theories in their own research. The 1890 source is the original paper written by Dr. Mond for the Mond process.

May be helpful to add more information regarding solution methods of synthesis.

I appreciate the suggestion. I added more information, clarified wording, and added additional citations to the solution methods section.

'''Some content is missing citations. Melt methods only references citation 6 at the end. If this reference is used multiple times in the melt section, you may want to include the superscript throughout the paragraph. Solution methods sections has no citations. First paragraph of gas reactions is missing sources after the first sentence'''

Thank you for catching the missing citations. I added additional references to the melt methods section and added references to the solution methods section. I did not write the first paragraph of the gas methods section (it came from the original article). I did not find suitable references for the paragraph. Since I am not an expert on the topic, I decided to leave the paragraph in but clarify the wording and add wikilinks.

'''The content can be improved by adding a bit of history to each section. I liked how the Intercalation section provided a slice of history through the mention of Chinese porcelain. It would be cool if something similar was added to the other synthetic methods as well. This would provide the reader with some more context and may help them understand the concepts better!'''

Thank you for bringing this idea forward. I did not add history in each section, because I wanted to focus on the method or applications rather than the history for some methods. The article has a history section, but I focused my time on editing the synthesis section. In the future, a student editor should add information to the history section.

Again, thank you for the suggestions and taking time to review the edits.

Hotsaucefanatic (talk) 04:41, 16 April 2023 (UTC)