To: Vision Thing
Buckyballs ???
2 posted on
03/29/2004 2:53:06 PM PST by
EggsAckley
(....."I see the idiot is here"............)
To: EggsAckley
Don't ask me. It's those Nanotech researchers who created the name.
I'm sure someday they will find some use for them, but for now, it looks like they're more a danger than a blessing.
To: EggsAckley
4 posted on
03/29/2004 2:55:59 PM PST by
general_re
(The doors to Heaven and Hell are adjacent and identical... - Nikos Kazantzakis)
To: EggsAckley
short for "Buckminster Fullerenes" or "fullerenes"
5 posted on
03/29/2004 2:56:17 PM PST by
wingnutx
(the freeper formerly known Britton J. Wingnutx [tanstaafl])
To: EggsAckley
Red Sox fans have never gotten over the "Bucky Ball" of 1978.
7 posted on
03/29/2004 2:56:54 PM PST by
dfwgator
To: EggsAckley
Buckyballs ???
A form of carbon, like graphite, or diamond, it just the way the carbon atoms attach themselves together. Literally, the molecular structure of Carbon includes
Graphite
Diamond
And Fullerine (aka Buckyballs)
Why carbon in this form is harmful, but carbon in either the graphite or diamond structures is benign is anybodies guess. Chemically speaking, they are identical.
14 posted on
03/29/2004 2:59:50 PM PST by
Hodar
(With Rights, comes Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
To: EggsAckley
16 posted on
03/29/2004 3:00:58 PM PST by
glock rocks
(will you tell me a story?)
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