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11-22-05
Buckyball inventor to speak at Behrend on Nov. 28
Donald Huffman, co-inventor of the first process to mass produce the famous molecule known as buckminsterfullerene, will speak on "The Race to Catch a Buckyball" at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, on Monday, Nov. 28. His lecture will be held at 4 p.m. in Otto Behrend Science Building, room 114.
Huffman is Regents Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
The buckyball, an affectionate name for the soccer ball-shaped molecule made of 60 carbon atoms, led to the discovery of a third solid form of carbon to join diamond and graphite.
For more information, phone the Penn State Behrend School of Science at 814-898-6105.