Interactive Google Doodle Celebrates
Buckyball 25th Anniversary
TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3yj3sdj
From LA News Monitor:
A new allotropic form of elemental carbon was discovered in 1985.The carbon atoms in the structure were found to be arranged in a comparatively smaller cluster of atoms. These were christened “buckminsterfullerene”. The rational behind this name is that the atoms in the structure resembled the geodesic domes designed by the architect-engineer, R. Buckminster Fuller. In the due course, the name cut down to “Buckyball”.
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Fullerene : A Fullerene is any molecule composed entirely of carbon.
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Nanotubes and Buckyballs:
Jun 27, 2009 ... "The buckyball, being the roundest of round molecules, is also quite resistant to high speed collisions....
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Chemical of the Week: Buckyballs
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