Wikipedia:Scientific peer review/Xenon
Xenon[edit]
I've been working on this article for a few weeks, and I think it is converging a comprehensive state. Besides some uncited paragraphs and the need for a longer lead, what else needs to be improved with this article to get it up to FA quality? My thoughts are some further discussion of polarization and the possibility of using xenon in plasma displays. I couldn't find much on xenon dimers that I could comprehend, so there's only a brief mention in the context of lasers. Any helpful comments, or just plain expert help for that matter, would be appreciated. My interests in this page were/are primarily the physics/astronomy, and I'm essentially a novice in the chemistry department. Thanks. — RJH (talk) 20:30, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
- The article looks pretty good. I had a couple of concerns but decided to fix them myself: 1) lack of information regarding production and prices compared with other noble gases. 2) imprecise and poorly-sourced natural abundance data. If you are interested, I really recommend looking up the two references I cited (the articles on noble gases in Kirk-Othmer's and Ullmann's encyclopedias). Each is about 60 pages long full of good, sourced information on all technical aspects of noble gases, especially production and uses (although helium and argon seem to get most of the attention). Perhaps you'll find something else there that you can add to the article. Unfortunately, they are not open-access, but I can send you a copy if you send me an email. --Itub 09:05, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
As this article has undergone comprehensive editing by multiple editors and it appears to be in good condition, I took the liberty of submitting it as a featured article candidate. Thank you to everybody who worked on this page. — RJH (talk) 18:54, 21 October 2007 (UTC)