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buckyball, colloquial term for buckminsterfullerene buckminsterfullerene (bŭk'mĭnstərf ..... Click the link for more information. , a roughly spherical fullerene fullerides. Among these are conducting films of alkali metal-doped fullerenes and superconductors (potassium-doped Tc 18°K;, rubidium-doped Tc 30°K;). Fullerenes also have been used to produce tiny diamonds and thin diamond films. ..... Click the link for more information. molecule consisting of 60 carbon carbon [Lat.,=charcoal], nonmetallic chemical element; symbol C; at. no. 6; at. wt. 12.011; m.p. about 3,550°C;; graphite sublimes about 3,375°C;; b.p. 4,827°C;; sp. gr. 1.8–2.1 (amorphous), 1.9–2.3 (graphite), 3.15–3. ..... Click the link for more information. atoms. Buckytube is a generic term for cylindrical fullerenes. A molecule of carbon expected to have use in a variety of applications, especially in the medical field. Also known as "Fullerines" because the 60 atoms that make up their spherical molecule resemble Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes, they are lighter than plastic and stronger than steel. They can also conduct heat and electricity. Buckyballs were identified in 1985 by three scientists who later received a Nobel prize for the discovery. Buckyballs are used as a building block for many experimental materials. See nanotube and nanotechnology. |
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Gold, bombarded with a laser, formed hollow, namoscale cages similar to carbon buckyballs (169:308). NANOTUBES AND BUCKYBALLS are specially manufactured particles which do not occur in nature and typically have a crystalline structure. As students answered questions on everything from entropy to Erlenmeyer flasks, black holes to buckyball molecules, more than 300 people watching sat on the edge of their seats, groaning when a team member got a question wrong, gasping when they got a difficult one right, and erupting into cheers when rounds ended. |
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