Geodesic design

In 1990, a third form of soHd carbon was confirmed and designated TuckniinsterfilUetenes. These 60-carbon (and 78-C) clusters are described as having the shape of a geodesic dome or soccer ball and hence are also known as "bucky balls" (5). 

Figure 4.19C shows Ceo, which is one type of fullerene discovered in 1985. It was given the name buckminsterfullerene because it resembles the geodesic-domed structure designed by architect R. Buckminster Fuller. Also known as buckyballs, Ceo is just one of several fullerenes that have been discovered. Others have been shown to have the formula C70, C74, and C82. Because of their spherical shape, researchers have speculated that fullerenes might make good lubricants. 

Peters, Humphrey, and Floral [5] describe netting analysis and provide analysis examples for pressure vessels and geodesic dome contours. Several design considerations are outlined in this reference ... 

Geodesic domes, designed with the method of Buckminster Fuller, are based again on those two parameters k and l (see [Cox71]). 

Figure 1 The geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller for the U.S. pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Science s press release for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 announced The discovery of carbon atoms bound in the form of a ball is rewarded. Buckminsterfullerene (C60), the buckyball, has the same structure as the geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller for the 1996 Montreal World Exhibition. It also has exactly the same structure as a European soccer ball. 

The 60-carbon molecule in the shape of a geodesic dome is named after the architect who designed the dome, Buckminster Fuller. The molecule s nickname Buckyball is catchier than its full name—Buckminster fullerene. 

Tetramethyldiaminobenzhydrylphosphinous is said to be one of the longest dictionary entries, but the length is not all that unusual for organic chemicals. Some chemists have been known to wax creative when presented with the opportunity to name a new base structure. One new material was dubbed buckminsterfullerene because it resembles a geodesic dome, a design originated by the architect R. Buckminster Fuller. Barbituric acid, the starting material for the family of compounds known as barbiturates, is said to have been named after Barbara, the love interest of the scientist who first isolated the compound. 

Buckminsterfullerene is named afterthe American inventor and architect Richard Buckminster Fuller, who designed the structures known as geodesic domes . 

Geodesic domes were a favorite design element of the architect and philosopher R. Buckminster Fuller, for whom buckminster-fullerene was named because of its structural resemblance to Fuller s domes. 

The third allotropic form of carbon is buckminsterfullerene, affectionately called the buckey ball. The buckey ball consists of sixty carbon atoms in the shape of a soccer ball. Discovered in the 1980s, buckminsterfullerene was named for Buckminster Fuller, who used such shapes in the design of geodesic domes. 

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