User talk:Matt Arenas Mercado

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Welcome!

Thanks for contributing to inorganic chemistry. It's always pleasing to see newcomers becoming active in a helpful way. Howard C. Berkowitz 19:32, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Matt, I echo Howard's welcome! I really appreciate your help with Inorganic chemistry. And I hope to see your finished Graphite article soon. Milton Beychok 15:07, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I saw Mr. Beychok's request for assistance in my mail. I will try my best to get Graphite up to standards. Matt Arenas Mercado 22:19, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Re-work and expand Atoms and Molecules ??

Matt, at your earliest convenience, could you re-work/re-write/rewrite the Atoms and Molecules article? It is in very poor shape at the moment.

Also, please just call me Milt ... rather than Mr. Beychok. Milton Beychok 19:39, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Alright, sir, if you insist... but I'd still probably call you Mr. Beychok if we ever have the pleasure of meeting in real life.

I'm sorry if it's taking me a while to get Graphite going. I'm a slow writer. I made the effort to put a structure up, though. At least, this way, it'll be easier for people to see what they can contribute to it. Matt Arenas Mercado 14:16, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Matt, the Atoms and Molecules article has been deleted. I saved those two sections and stored them in one of my sandboxes at User:Milton_Beychok/Sandbox2. If you should come across a chemistry article that can use them, you know where they are. I also saved the image in the same place. If I should later decide to delete them, I will let you know first. Milton Beychok 04:49, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, Milt. I made a copy of the page on my computer to save you the trouble of notifying me. If there's anything else you need help with, just ask. Matt Arenas Mercado 14:56, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Carbon allotropes

Yes, graphite is an allotrope of carbon. According to wisegeek there are 8:

"Carbon is the substance with the greatest number of allotropes, with 8 discovered so far....

These allotropes include the amorphous carbon allotrope, carbon nanofoam, carbon nanotube, the diamond allotrope, fullerene allotrope, graphite, lonsdaleite, and ceraphite allotrope. Coal and soot are both both forms of amorphous carbon, one of the most common carbon allotropes."

I am familiar with graphite, diamond, carbon nanotubes and fullerene, but I would have to look up the others. David E. Volk 01:07, 10 November 2010 (UTC)