Silverchemist

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

PhDThis user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chemistry.

This user is a Wikipedian in Canada.

This user comes from Newfoundland.

This user is a WikiKnight, valiantly protecting the Five Pillars of Wikipedia.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 8 months and 29 days.

This user has been a major contributor to 11 articles featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.

This user comes from St. John's.

I've got a PhD in organic chemistry (earned longer ago than I really care to think about). My years in academic, government and industrial labs have turned me into something of a jack-of-all-trades. My chemical interests include enhanced oil recovery, surfactants, bleaching wood pulp, lignin chemistry, organic synthesis, instrumental analysis (especially NMR), transition metal catalysis and polyurethane chemistry.

Apart from chemistry, I have interests in digital photography, military aircraft and history.

I am a firm believer in the Wikipedia project and contribute as time allows. I have written numerous articles for scientific journals and technical conferences so I try to set high standards for any contributions I make. I find it extremely irritating to be continuously reverting nonsense edits from anonymous users, especially those from shared IP addresses.

Articles I have started or to which I have made major contributions

History and geography

• Geography of Newfoundland and Labrador (complete rewrite,article consequently given GA status in July 2008)
• Fort Amherst (Newfoundland and Labrador) (new)
• Western Brook Pond (Appeared 11 March,2008, Did you know?)(Major expansion)
• Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador (Major re-write of lead and history section)
• Red rain in Kerala (major re-write, article consequently given GA status in June 2008.)
• Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve (Appeared 12 December,2008, Did you know?)(new)
• Hullett Provincial Wildlife Area (new)
• Ryan Premises (Appeared 8 October,2010, Did you know?)(new)
• National Aboriginal Veterans Monument (Appeared 23 January, 2012, Did you know?)(new)

Chemistry and technology

• Wood pulp (complete rewrite)
• Sulfite process (Appeared 17 October,2007, Did you know? (new)
• Bleaching of wood pulp (Appeared 26 September,2007, Did you know?) (new)
• Kraft process (complete rewrite)
• Pulp mill (complete rewrite)
• Black liquor
• Fossil fuels (major rewrite)
• Propylene oxide
• Polyols (rewrite, major additions)
• Polyurethanes
• Castor oil (complete rewrite)
• Natural oil polyols (Appeared in 6 October, 2007, Did you know? (new)
• Poly(tetramethylene ether) glycol) (new)
• Diethyl ether
• Silicone oil
• Lignosulfonates (Appeared in 20 October 2007,Did you know?)(Stub expanded into full article)
• Wood-pulp paper (complete rewrite)
• Paper recycling
• Bertram Fraser-Reid (new article, my first biographic article)(Appeared in 25 November 2007, Did you know?)
• Reticulated foam (Appeared in 4 October, 2009, Did you know? (new)
• Landysh (Appeared 20 April 2011 Did you know? new)
• Bleach (major rewrite)

Aviation

• Fastest propeller-driven aircraft (new)
• North Atlantic Aviation Museum (new)

Miscellaneous

• Waiting for Fidel (new)