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The source for note 157 should be noted as a deadlink

It's been retracted by the journal which published it for plagiarism--A21sauce (talk) 16:04, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Adding the NFPA Label

Maybe somebody should add the NFPA fire diamond somewhere in the toxicity section. The fire diamond also appeared on the iron article^[1], so maybe someone should add it to this article too.

References

^ "Iron", Wikipedia, 2018-05-19, retrieved 2018-06-30

COVID-19

This is the key element in fighting off COVID. Perhaps mention should be clearly made here.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Brett Alexander Hunter (talk • contribs)

According to who?

Zinc in a negative oxidation state?

It is claimed in the infobox, without giving a source, that one possible oxidation state of zinc is -2. I find this claim surprising, given that the Zn atom has a negative electron affinity (and one of the most negative among all not-noble-gas-elements at that according to the electron affinity data page), meaning that it actively (doully) withstands gaining an extra electron. Therefore, I’d expect that if Zn really does sometimes show a negative oxidation state, it does so in a covalent compound. Is that true? If Zn sometimes has a negative oxidation state, sources should be given. In that case, could the article give more info about that supposed negative oxidation state of Zn? On the other hand, if the claim that Zn has a negative oxidation state is untrue, it should be removed.

Kniva Keisarabani the Goth (talk) 17:34, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Does this source Template:List_of_oxidation_states_of_the_elements#cite_note-MetalAnions-28 help? -DePiep (talk) 16:01, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Negative oxidation states for metals are usually not the sort of thing that is well-described as a single anion (Au⁻ being the exception that proves the rule here). See Zintl ions. Double sharp (talk) 15:27, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Aug 8, 2022, 15:01 - «‎Mining and processing: Use the {{rp}} template for this; making refs in comments make no sense»

There is a dedicated template that can be used to make references to the page: {{rp}} and {{r}}. I propose to relace references to pages made comments by the said templates. Checkout the diff linked above (date) what I mean. Best. AXONOV (talk) ⚑ 15:05, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Iron", Wikipedia, 2018-05-19, retrieved 2018-06-30

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