Buckminister Fullerene was the inventor of the geodesic dome. The same design is found on a soccer ball. It is made up of hexagons and pentagons in an interlocking pattern forming a sphere. There are normally either 60 or 70 vertexes in the pattern.
If you take carbon atoms and place one at each vertex then you will have a carbon "ball" with 60 or 70 atoms in it. It is extremely stable, and has some unusual properties. It was initially theorized they would make a good lubricant, but it does not. But being hollow, atoms or small molecules can be inserted inside of them, which leads to some interesting chemistry and physics. The theory of and discovery of buckyballs is the main example I use when talking about how thought creates reality. It is an excellent example. See http://www.mindspring.com/~kimall/Fuller/ Marshall Jan Carew wrote: > Re:CS>(fwd) [Mr_Tracys_Corner] Bizarre chemical discovery gives homeopathic > ... > > Well done, Chuck! - ie putting that New Scientist article onto the list so > promptly and thereby keeping the list informed of the very latest. > > We get the magazine sent out and had just read it - delighted the "real " > scientists are at last realising there's "something in it"! > > I've never come across 'fullerenes' and 'buckyballs' - can any of you > chemists out there explain the terms? > > Jan > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
