RE: Plasma Balls with C60

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Original poster: "Daniel Kline" <daniel_kline-at-med.unc.edu> 


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 > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:06 AM
 > Subject: Plasma Balls with C60
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 >
 >  > Original poster: "john cooper" <tesla-at-tesla-coil-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > Hello all:
 >  >
 >  > I have located a source for C60, buckminsterfullerine,
 > which may be just
 >  > the material to use to produce plasma balls.  But it's a lot more
 > expensive
 >  > than a burning tire although that could depend on what
 > tire you choose to
 >  > burn.  1 gram of 99.5% is around 250.00, 5 grams of same is around
 >  > 700.00.  If a few others want to split some of this I
 > should be able to
 >  > hook us up.
 >  >
 >  > John

It seems that I read a while back that it's entirely possible to make
all the Buckyballs you want just by depositing acetylene soot onto
glass. I suppose the cost is in separating out the fullerenes from the
other types of carbon mixed in...
Dan K.