Talk:Carbon nanocone

A fact from Carbon nanocone appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 April 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the opening angle of hollow carbon nanocones (pictured) is not arbitrary, but has a few preferential values?

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Why?

This article goes into great depth explaining how carbon nanocones are produced in a laboratory process, but it does not explain why anyone would go to such great lengths to produce them. Of what use are they? Do they have some special application? This should be added to the article. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:18, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am not aware of any application of these cones. However, understanding their structure (e.g. their discrete apex angles) might indirectly help nanoscience. Materialscientist (talk) 12:26, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

exploring these cones is part of an ongoing scientific process, the phrase Carbon nanocones are produced in an industrial process on the other hand is misleading, industrial production implies commercial market? V8rik (talk) 21:30, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The process is well-established and is used for producing other carbon materials (not cones, as far as I know). Materialscientist (talk) 22:07, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:MOS

This article said this:

α = 2×arcsin(1−n/6)

I changed it to this:

α = 2 arcsin(1 − n/6)

Thus α and n are italicized, and spaces preceded and follow the minus sign. We have codified standards for things like this, and they are generally followed. They're in WP:MOSMATH. Michael Hardy (talk) 15:10, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]