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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
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History and geography
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- 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
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- 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)