To: Ben Ficklin
Carbon is an element with an atomic number of 6. This means that it has 6 protons in its nucleus. Do you know what protons are? They are nuclear particles with a positive charge! Anyway, carbon is a basic ingredient to all life on earth as well as valuable substances like diamonds and sugar. You couldn't have organic chemistry without carbon, Bobby! Fascinating.
Buckminister Fuller was a goofball. The "ene" suffix doesn't come from "Fullerene". It's just typical organic chemistry nomenclature, which is sometimes useful and relevant.
47 posted on
08/09/2009 7:08:18 AM PDT by
dr_who
To: dr_who
Bucky "Fullerene" sure could talk though, I have a 4 record set of his lectures.
He and the old fed chairman guy could have been twins, verbally speaking.
53 posted on
08/09/2009 9:47:21 AM PDT by
norraad
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