1. Used in Pertrochemical industries.
2. Used in hospitals for treating cancers.
Approximately one nanometer; see "fullerene" at Wikipedia.
C60
They counted the carbon molecules.
At room temperature it's a solid.
would it have anything to do with the fact that someresources are running out ??
The correct name for a buckyball is Buckminsterfullerene. Buckminsterfullerene was named after the architect Buckminster Fuller because Buckminsterfullerene resembles his geodesic domes in terms of structure.
Diamond, graphite, and buckminsterfullerene are made of pure carbon and are insoluble in water.
Approximately one nanometer; see "fullerene" at Wikipedia.
C60
Buckminsterfullerene comes in a variety of sizes and shapes; it does not have a fixed number of bonds. In this respect it is a lot like a polymer.
Diamond, coal, graphite, coke and buckminsterfullerene are composed primarily of carbon and are insoluble in water.
the formula was co2
Richard Buckminster Fuller
Georgia constantine
Diamond and Graphite both have single covalent bonds whereas Buckminsterfullerene has double covalent bonds.
diamond, graphite, and buckminsterfullerene.
Buckminsterfullerene C60