Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Perastatic acid


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:49, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Perastatic acid

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This is an article on a compound that either exists transiently in small quantities due to radioactive decay of its astatine atom, or doesn't exist at all. Either way, it lacks good references; the only one is part of an exam to test how students can make predictions based on existing information. Barney the barney barney (talk) 21:06, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete unless something better than a test answer can be found as a reference. Theoretically there could be a perastatic acid, analagous to perbromic and periodic (that's per-iodic not periodic = 'occasionally') acids. Most ghits are blogs and unreliable sources. It may be discovered and uses found for it tomorrow (or more likely Monday...). As it stands, it looks unlikely to achieve notability. (The perastatate ion is mentioned in Astatine, so there might be a case for redirect to that article.) Peridon (talk) 17:00, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. Only one source; unable to find any coverage of the subject. Absolutely no Google Scholar results; the sole Google Books hit I found was a passing reference, and all it says is that perastatic acid is "analogous to periodic acid". APerson (talk!) 21:55, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:37, 15 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. No WP:RS found on GB or GS. -- 101.119.15.64 (talk) 10:21, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Do not delete. There is an article on periodic acid. So why not an article on perastatic acid, by analogy? ExplosionRadiative 2.0 (talk) 10:39, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Because of WP:V? -- 101.119.15.64 (talk) 10:41, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
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