Buckyball: Tiny Carbon Soccer Balls

In 1985, scientists discovered that 60 carbon atoms could join up to form one big soccer ball shape: a buckyball! It’s a strange little molecule. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Christopher Prevoe, Justin Ove, John Szymakowski, Peso255, Ruben Galvao, Fatima Iqbal, Justin Lentz, and David Campos. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Sources: Carbon history: http://www.caer.uky.edu/carbon/history/carbonhistory.shtml C60: http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/buckyball/c60a.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljF5QhD5hnI http://www.3rd1000.com/bucky/bucky.htm http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/chemweek/buckball/buckball.html http://tech.mit.edu/V121/N49/Buckyballs.49f.html Superdiamond: http://www.anl.gov/articles/scientists-create-new-diamond-denting-carbon Discovery:https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/lesson-plans/discovery-of-fullerenes.pdf Nobel Prize: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1996/press.html Uses: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/have-buckminsterfullerene/ Buckyball solid: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/feb/HQ_12-057_Spitzer_Buckyballs.html Cancer bomb: http://www.science20.com/news_articles/buckybombs_buckminsterfullerene_to_detonate_cancer_cells-154109