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Buckyball fullerene from neodymium supermagnet spheres

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MAGNET SALE AT MR. GEORGE! http://www.supermagnetman.net/... He's got 8mm sp1000 spheres for $0.30, sp0701 silver for $0.34See http://amasci.com/amateur/neos... Here's the trick to rapidly assembling a buckyball from sixty supermagnet beads.Note that this isn't a true Buckminster Fullerene, since magnets are dipoles while carbon atoms are quadrupoles. True buckyballs have hexagons and pentagons, while ours has squares and is slightly smaller. The big challenge: start with two pentagons, then assemble two hemispheres. (This is how it happens in nature.) Then knit the two hemispheres seamlessly together, trapping a glass marble or other gigantic ionized metal atom within. It's harder than it looks!

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: wbeaty

Length: 01:49
Rating: 4.58
Views: 59238

Tags: amasci  beads  neo  neodymium  physics  puzzle  science  sphere  spheres  supermagnet  supermagnets  

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wbeaty (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
> are these magnets worth the cost. Buy them cheap from Mr. George at supermagnetman net.I prefer playing with the larger 8mm spheres, SP1000, about 3 for a dollar. But other people prefer the 6mm, more spheres for the same price. But 6mm magnets gives only tiny buckyballs and weaker chains, not so fun.Also cheap and fun: stacks of small disks 3/8" wide, 1/8" thick. But not nearly as fun as spheres.Show them to friends, and they'll want to buy YOURS. Sell 'em at flea markets!
derf565 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
are these magnets worth the cost.
illusion8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
O_o I want those
drulli6 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
nice
wbeaty (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Watch my magnet vids. I only had 60.
ofostro (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
dude i have a questioni bought a pack of hundred magnetic spheres/6mmis that the amount a neocube hasis it stil fun to play with?
unnamedgrave (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i believe one molecule of buckminster fullerine requires 60 balls, that is correct.
goldmosaic (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Hi Wbeaty i asked you a question regarding placing bucky on spinning copper apparatus you built, and you said that it done nothing because all feilds were trapped in the loops,thanks for your reply. This got me thinking wether it was possibe to replace by gluing one or more of the spheres with a non magnetic sphere(like dopeing in semiconductors)to open the loop or loops to see if it will levitate.
ostendtom (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
hom much spheres do you need for the big bucky ball
wbeaty (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
> placing the buckyball on your maglev spinning copperYep. Does nothing! Also, buckyball does nothing to CRT. All the fields are trapped inside little loops.
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