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This page presents several chemical infoboxes to present chemical compound property data in a standardized form. They are to be used on all chemical articles, and as such are actively being used in the WikiProject Chemicals.
Disclaimer
These tables are constructed by experts in the field of chemical sciences, as well as amateurs and possibly less knowledgeable passers-by. Although these tables are well designed, and useful to present the relevant chemical data, the accuracy of information they contain cannot be guaranteed. This also applies to the information in the Hazards section, which is provided for reference value only. When handling chemicals, always take the proper precautions as defined also by other reliable sources of information.
All data as presented in these tables is for materials in their standard state, which is at 25 °C and 100 kPa by definition. If values are given for other conditions, this is explicitly indicated.
Infobox styles
The following three infoboxes are developed and used in the Chemistry WikiProject. Please use them where appropriate. See the WikiProject Chemicals/Organization for wikipages with practical examples.
Chembox infobox for full articles
The infobox is usable for all chemical compounds and substances, e.g., hydrochloric acid. This infobox is the recommended infobox to use where detailed information is appropriate, for example with very common compounds, and for What is a featured article chemicals wikipages. This template is recommended by the WikiProject Chemicals for all its wikipages. Since it is impracticable to include all data on a compound on the main page, some data appear instead on a Chembox supplement, linked from this table. This includes thermodynamic & spectral data, as well as a link to an external MSDS.
Note: After extensive discussion and peer review, the standard table has been completely revised, as of May 16, 2005.
Simple infoboxes for starting articles
Currently two simple infoboxes are available to be used in starting wikipages, and chem-stub pages. They can be replaced later by the full infobox above.| The is an abbreviated form for organic chemical compounds and substances. | |
| The is the abbreviated form for inorganic chemical compounds and substances. | |
Related infoboxes
- For drug-related articles, there is a different type of infobox in use, called a DrugBox. See the WikiProject Drugs page for more information.
- For chemical elements, a dedicated infobox was developed. See the WikiProject Elements for details.
How to use these tables
These templates are for creating new infoboxes in wikipages which have no (current) infobox yet. The following steps indicate how to do this.
- 1. Edit the chemicals article to add the infobox to
- 2. Copy and paste one of the following three templates on the top line:
If there was an infobox with outdated format already on the wikipage, you can move all relevant data to the new table and delete the old one.
See What links here in the toolbox on this wikipage, and the WikiProject Chemicals/Organization to find wikipages as examples of use.
NFPA diamond
The NFPA fire diamond is produced by the template, in the formatSo, e.g., for the toxic and corrosive oxidizer bromine trifluoride, one ought to use
Risk and safety statements
The raw codes for R-phrases and List of S-phrases do not mean much to most people. A set of templates has been created to ease the confusion, one template for each phrase. If one entersSupplementary data page
If using the full Chembox, a supplementary page should be created as soon as time allows. This is most simply done by clicking on the red link in the table Supplementary data page, then typeSee also
- List of organic compounds
- List of inorganic compounds
- List of biomolecules
- WikiProject Chemicals, and its WikiProject Chemicals/Organization
- Chemistry resources
References
- Excel data/VBA table generator - the data for these tables
- SI Chemical Data Book (4th ed.), Gordon Aylward and Tristan Findlay, Jacaranda Wiley
- http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/
- http://www.crystran.co.uk/
- http://www.chemexper.com/
- http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/
- WebElements.com
- Ratio International Corporation Crystal Structure Catalogue
- A. F. Wells, 'Structural Inorganic Chemistry, 5th ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 1984.
- N. N. Greenwood, A. Earnshaw, Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK, 1997.
- Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, CRC Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- The Merck Index, 7th edition, Merck & Co, Rahway, New Jersey, USA, 1960.
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