Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Decantation

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Anarchyte (work | talk) 10:49, 12 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Decantation

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It's contains almost the same information as Separatory funnel, except with far less detail. Squidorama (talk) 10:09, 5 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The similarity ends with their being separations based on differing density of non-soluble materials. A separatory funnel is for two liquid phases, whereas the decantation article talks only about solid vs liquid (though I've done it with two liquids). A sep-funnel is for taking the bottom (more dense) layer off the bottom, whereas decantation pours the top (less dense) layer off the top. Those are quite substantial differences. The decantation article is an ununified mess of uncited specific and possibly undue-weight niche applications, but it's not "delete the article" bad. DMacks (talk) 10:36, 5 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per DMacks. I would have improved the article had it not been for my laziness to take out my old science books. But even at its present state, the article is good enough to remain. Jupitus Smart 10:49, 5 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. Jupitus Smart 10:51, 5 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Decantation is different from the idea of separation in that it separates a solid, so this article is not a duplicate. TheMagikCow (T) (C) 15:23, 5 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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