Re: Plasma Balls with C60

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Original poster: Bert Pool <bert.tx-at-prodigy-dot-net> 

Recent findings show C60 causes irreversible damage to the brains of fish.

http://wired-dot-com/news/medtech/0,1286,62923,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

Personally, I look very hard at anything that destroys brain tissue, no 
matter what the animal species.

The more complicated the mechanism, the more prone it is to break - and if 
something screws up a fish brain, you can bet it will screw up your brain too.

Use great care in working with fullerenes!

Bert Pool




At 08:00 AM 4/7/04 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: Ian Macky <ian.macky-at-oracle-dot-com>
> > Yes, but in physical properties, C60 is as different from graphite as
> > diamonds are from BBQ Charcoal.
>
>hi matt......     yes, a totally different form of carbon indeed-- but i
>thought it was unknown how to make a nice "ball lightning"?  at least
>very specifically.  if i was going to do some base-line experiments, i'd
>try the cheap stuff first, maybe it's workable?
>
>wax-candle soot is a good source for carbons, but what a hassle to make
>and collect, far worse than that glass of mare sweat (a funny thing
>happened on the way to the lab....)  graphite's so cheap and already
>powdered and all.  who knows?  someone succeed then report back.
>
>cheers.....
>
>--ian