Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terbium(III) oxide

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was withdrawn. See Wikipedia:Chemistry_Collaboration_of_the_Month#Category:Wikipedia_articles_with_topics_of_unclear_importance_from_June_2006 for details. >Radiant< 15:10, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Terbium(III) oxide

The sole text of the article is "Terbium(III) oxide (Tb2O3) is an inorganic chemical compound", and a template giving such things as density and melting point. It has had an "explain importance" tag since last June. Since we generally delete articles like 574839457 (number), I'm not at all convinced that we should have articles on every single chemical compound either considering there's technically an infinite amount of them; Wikipedia is not infinite. >Radiant< 09:21, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

• Strong keep, This compound is used in light emitters, as in e.g. Tb:YAG (see yttrium aluminium garnet. Furthermore it is used in magneto-optical recording films. As an oxide of a metal, it is a probable starting point for chemical synthesis of terbium compounds (which often start either from the oxide or from the chloride). As such, notable enough, but unfortunately the document does not state that yet. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 13:32, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. I've also found some articles in the scientific literature about terbium oxide nanoparticles and nanotubes, which seem to be of current interest, as well as some mention here and there about uses for various materials and catalysts. There are also several suppliers selling it, which also suggests that it may be useful for something, unlike the number 574839457. :-) The subject is notable enough IMO, it's just that the article is not there yet. But deleting is not a solution. --Itub 14:42, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

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