Comments on: Hoberman Fullerenes? https://habitablezone.com/2012/03/30/hoberman-fullerenes/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:00:29 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/03/30/hoberman-fullerenes/#comment-13165 bowser Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:14:15 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=12178#comment-13165 I doubt it was stupid, I just don't have any answers except that I believe the strength of carbon materials is owed to the rigidity of carbon bonds. I'm sure that under special circumstances they could be made to distort, and I doubt that would be stable. Guesses, both. I doubt it was stupid, I just don’t have any answers except that I believe the strength of carbon materials is owed to the rigidity of carbon bonds.

I’m sure that under special circumstances they could be made to distort, and I doubt that would be stable.

Guesses, both.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/03/30/hoberman-fullerenes/#comment-13164 TB Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:12:18 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=12178#comment-13164 <p>Actually, it was an excellent question.</p> I missed the original post. I think your first instinct is correct: that the inflexibility of the bond angles would tend to make "flexing" a sphere difficult. I'm not sure what the forcing mechanism would be either. Actually, it was an excellent question.

I missed the original post.

I think your first instinct is correct: that the inflexibility of the bond angles would tend to make “flexing” a sphere difficult. I’m not sure what the forcing mechanism would be either.

]]> By: VelociraptorBlade https://habitablezone.com/2012/03/30/hoberman-fullerenes/#comment-13163 VelociraptorBlade Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:29:03 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=12178#comment-13163 Judging from the lack of responses, I'm thinking this was a stupid question after all. Judging from the lack of responses, I’m thinking this was a stupid question after all.

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