Template:Did you know nominations/Balloon popping

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The result was: promoted by Capsulecap (talk) 00:56, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Balloon popping

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• ... that limonene, a compound found in orange peels, can cause balloon popping based on the "like dissolve like" principle? Source: "Like limonene, rubber is a hydrocarbon (Figure 2), so it’s non-polar as well. It is well known by chemists that non-polar substances dissolve well in other non-polar substances (we like to say that “like dissolves like”)." ()
  • ALT1:... that limonene, a compound found in orange peels, can't cause balloon popping if there is some twist process to the rubber called vulcanization? Source: "When a balloon made of vulcanized rubber is squirted with limonene or an orange peel, it doesn’t break." ()

• Comment: It is interesting that the balloon pop because of the "like dissolve like" principle, some people think about citrus and will only think about acid.

Created/expanded by Teetee taw (talk) and Taweetham (talk). Nominated by U6181299 (talk) at 09:12, 5 August 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough, long enough, neutral and plagiarism-free (only 1% similarity!). However, this sentence: "cis-1,4-polyisoprene (solid) + organic solvent → cis-1,4-polyisoprene (partly dissolved)" is uncited. Hook is interesting and I prefer ALT0 as it is more likely to catch attention to the people who... don't know about the orange peel thing. Unless I am not mistaken, the hook is not cited at the end of the sentence ("Based on "like dissolves like" principle, balloon (rubber) can be dissolved by limonene and as a result the balloon is popped." I believe) so you'll have to add the ref to the end of the sentence. QPQ not needed. (Teetee taw, as this is not your nomination, you don't have to provide a QPQ. Feel free to use it for another nomination.) Pamzeis (talk) I am not watching this page so please ping me if you want my attention. 14:00, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Pamzeis, I have added inline citations as requested.Teetee taw (talk) 07:42, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Nice work! Approving both hooks, but I prefer ALT0 as it probably would be more interesting who aren't experts on the subject. Nevertheless, I'll defer to the promoter. Pamzeis (talk) 07:48, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

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