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Carbyne? Good grief. What is coming next? Carbone, Carbonne, Carboon, Carborola? OK, joking aside. I am still waiting for Graphene to become used in any commer
by nakedrobot2 13y ago
Carbyne? Good grief. What is coming next? Carbone, Carbonne, Carboon, Carborola?
OK, joking aside. I am still waiting for Graphene to become used in any commercial application at all. For all its hype, nothing has been seen yet. Is it not yet economical to produce?
When might Carbyne become used commercially, and what are the steps needed between now and that time?
- Falkvinge 13y agoCarbyne is a quite logical name, considering the -y- vowel (and even the -yne ending) is used to denote triple bonding between carbon atoms in organic chemistry. Compare ethane - ethyne (single bond - triple bond), for example.
- rorrr2 13y agoIt's your regular Org Chem nomenclature.
- DasIch 13y agoMolecules are given names after very specific rules, which allow you to identify the structure from the name alone. Those are not just made up by bored chemists.
- Roboprog 13y agoSo, no Corbomite next? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corbomite_Maneuver http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corbomite_Maneuver
- louthy 13y agoMaybe 'Carbyne' was a spelling mistake, like the numerous others in that article!
- davidw 13y agoCarbonara :-)
- JonSkeptic 13y agoActually, I think 'Dimondium' is next, followed by 'Dimondillium'.