= Fullerene
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{title=Buckyballs (C60) by <Periodic Videos> (2010)}
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Actually shows them in a lab!
* https://youtu.be/ljF5QhD5hnI?t=167 has a photo of the first effective production method, which passes a large current between two carbon rods
* https://youtu.be/ljF5QhD5hnI?t=245 and forward cuts (their editing is very annoying) shows how fullerene dissolves in an organic solvent TODO name, sounds like thodium? and produces a violet solution, while <graphite> doesn't. A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrasonic_cleaning[Ultrasonic bath] is needed for the solution to form however.
* https://youtu.be/ljF5QhD5hnI?t=501 fullerene is not a good lubricant despite being a little ball, because it is reactive and polymerises under pressure
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