Carbon Fullerenes Now Have Metallic Cousins

Netcomposites ^ | Monday, 21 May, 2006 | Not attributed

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Kewl. Enjoy

[El Sordo]

Interesting.

I wonder what we'll find to do with it.

[xcamel]

Atomic birdie in a golden cage?

[El Sordo]

And I say we call them "Wangers".

[ChadGore]

Amazing read.

[xcamel]

"Xiao Cheng Zeng Sha-Wangers"
(Sounds like a Chinese fireworks show)

[nuconvert]

hollow golden cage pong

[Alter Kaker]

Interesting. I wonder what we'll find to do with it.

I don't know, but regardless, it's sure to be expensive, and my wife's sure to want one.

[Alter Kaker]

Interesting. I wonder what we'll find to do with it.

Of course I'm still trying to figure out exactly what one is supposed to do with jewelry.

[George from New England]

Is there any possibility that science will find a way to make gold from atom rearranging?

This could be catostrophic for anyone with gold investments, the market for gold could have the floor fall out, overnight.

Thoughts?

[RegulatorCountry]

In keeping with the naming convention (Fullerenes), I'd go with "Wangerenes."

As far as a popular nickname, equivalent to "Buckyballs," I'm sort of stumped. Shengshapes, maybe?

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Is there any possibility that science will find a way to make gold from atom rearranging?

Yes, it has already been done, it cost about 3,000/oz. IIRC. Gold from seawater was a little better at approximately 2000/oz.

[OneWingedShark]

Hmmm, quite interesting, but it all begs the question "What will these little gold cages actually do?".

[the invisib1e hand]

carbon fullerenes, buckeyballs...sounds like a cartoon.

[dighton]

Carbon Fullerenes Now Have Metallic Cousins

It don’t exactly say banjos and incest . . .

[RegulatorCountry]

"Yes, it has already been done, it cost about 3,000/oz. IIRC. Gold from seawater was a little better at approximately 2000/oz."

So, all the goldbugs predicting $3,200.00/oz. are in for a bit of disappointment, lol. A near infinite supply does tend to put a cap on price.

[Alter Kaker]

Is there any possibility that science will find a way to make gold from atom rearranging?

I believe there's a joint research project being conducted by MIT, Technion University (Haifa, Israel) and the Zirconium Research Council (ZRC) that aims to identify the lapis philosophi by 2009.

[martin_fierro]

The evidence for what their discoverers call “hollow golden cages”

Describes a few marriages I know of.

[dighton]

Yew kin git yew a purty cousin wif a BAHOG^®.

[KellyAdmirer]

I took a class from a professor who was entranced with the possibilities of bucky balls. He thought it possible that cures for diseases such as AIDS could be crafted from them, among many other things. The "cure" would reside within the hollow space, etc. Well, that wasn't all too long ago, but I think the excitement about this has far outweighed the practical outcomes. It's an interesting physical phenomenon that may not lead anywhere particularly useful any time soon, but it sure captures the imaginations of physicists.