What is a C-60 Bucky Ball?

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What is a C-60 Bucky Ball?

I read that is has something to do with Buckminster fuller hence the bucky ball but what the heck is it for?

2007-03-16 05:49:43 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering

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It is a molecule of 60 carbon atoms arranged into the shape of a regular sphere.

Carbon takes many forms, the most popular of which are coal, graphite, and diamond. Buckminster Fuller was famous for the design of geodesic domes. And buckminsterfullerenes are another name for the 60 atom carbon molecule also known as the Bucky Ball.

2007-03-16 05:55:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Well, Bucky fuller invented the geodesic dome and a Bucky ball is a carbon molecule with a similar structure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucky_ball

2007-03-16 05:53:43 · answer #2 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋