Template:Did you know nominations/Fume hood

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... that the energy cost of a single fume hood in Singapore can cost up to $9,300?

Source: Energy Use and Savings Potential for Laboratory Fume Hoods "[...] Fume hoods create large amounts of airflow, which drives the overall HVAC sizing and energy requirements of the buildings in which they are located. For standard two-meter (six-foot) hoods, per-hood energy costs range from $4,600 for moderate climates such as Los Angeles, USA to $9,300/year for extreme cooling climates such as Singapore."

ALT1: ... that Thomas Jefferson designed a hearth at the University of Virginia that served as a precursor to the modern fume hood? Source: Thomas Jefferson's Hidden Chemistry Lab Discovered "While cutting edge for its time, the hearth is far different from anything seen in a modern chemistry lab. Special flues carried out toxic air and heated sand was used to disperse and temper the heat instead of just turning down a knob."
ALT2: ... that the fume hoods built at the Gdańsk University of Technology in 1904 are still functional over 110 years later? Source: Wehikuł czasu na Politechnice Gdańskiej / Time machine at the Gdańsk University of Technology
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Comment: Most of the possible hooks come from the History section; it can be reworked if these aren't interesting enough.

Improved to Good Article status by Reconrabbit (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Recon rabbit 13:30, 12 June 2024 (UTC).

Prose size (text only): 26275 characters (4175 words) "readable prose size", Article created by Geoff on June 14, 2003 and promoted to GA on 6/6/24 , Article was promoted to Good Article status on June 6, 2024. No QPQ required. All hooks are interesting. I could not find the relevant section in the reference for ALT2, could you provide the relevant quote? If not, ALT0 and ALT1 can pass. awkwafaba (📥) 18:47, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
ALT2 is one thing that I found interesting, but wasn't able to confirm in my limited knowledge of Polish. It was a very old addition - maybe it's not entirely true? Machine translation roughly indicates that "obudowa rolet okiennych razem z silnikami elektrycznymi" (window shutter roller blind with electric motors) were present; this may be a mistranslation of the fume hood object as it is depicted in the article. This item is also specifically described as used "for decoration". Recon rabbit 19:56, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- - ALT0 and ALT1 approved. I'm torn with which one is better, ALT0 is probably better information to know, but ALT1 probably will drive more clicks in. As for ALT2, I will hold the foreign-language reference in good faith enough to stay in the article, but as the other hooks are strong we should just go with them. awkwafaba (📥) 20:30, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: ALT0 and ALT1 approved awkwafaba (📥) 22:43, 26 June 2024 (UTC)