Re: Ball lightning

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>


>>seems to make a fullerene type of sootball filled with ozone<<

>would you please explain what a fullerene sootball is.
         Try a web search on 'fullerene' or buckminster

         fullerene.  Typically a 3d 'cage' or 'ball'

         of carbon atoms.

         Roughly:
         There is a class of ball shaped arrays of atoms
         (molecules), which are 'hollow'.  They were first
         recognized formally about 15 years ago (?).  Turns out
         they occur naturally in some places, notably sooty

         deposits, as in stove pipes, etc.  They are intriguing

         because (among other reasons) they can 'contain'

         other molecules, encapsulating them.

         best
         dwp

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