Blog – The Carbon Muse

17 responses to “Blog – The Carbon Muse”

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   nhr

   Mar 26, 2005 at 12:19 am

   Cool. Springs used to depict covalent bonds. They vibrate ! They rotate ! They have numerous degrees of freedom !

   It’s fortunate that it’s only a massive model of a (carcinogenic) benzene molecule you have on your desk, and not the real thing. Organic stuff can be… messy 😉

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   angry shock

   Mar 26, 2005 at 2:38 am

   Graphite or Diamond, a question of bonds.

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   eager collar

   Mar 26, 2005 at 10:32 am

   nice macro..

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   valuable silk

   Apr 9, 2005 at 8:27 am

   Gimme cubane!

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   valuable silk

   Apr 9, 2005 at 10:53 am

   Check your blog.

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   DJOtaku

   May 8, 2005 at 3:06 pm

   my fiancee had to use these suckers for a whole semester of Orgo. It was not fun – one of the hardest classes @ Cornell.

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   sandrino

   Jul 10, 2005 at 3:16 am

   Kelule would be proud!

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   .Ashkan

   May 8, 2006 at 7:43 pm

   Steve thansk for submitting your photos in our group… if you have something scietifically challenging you can post it as a puzzle in a new thread…

   (I saw this photo in Scientist Photographers group)

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   Turquoise Bleue

   Jul 31, 2006 at 7:02 pm

   fantastic and incredible viewed more than 3003 😉
   123

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    Chris[topher] Lin

    Jun 14, 2007 at 5:48 am

    Cool. Found via the Google platform photo on Wikipedia’s article of such.

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    schoschie

    Aug 29, 2007 at 1:15 pm

    Hm… if that’s supposed to be a benzene molecule model, it is incorrect. The carbon-carbon bonds in benzene and other aromatic compounds are not alternating single- and double bonds but aromatic bonds (all C-C bonds are equal):
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene#Structure

    It’s a good photo, anyhow 🙂

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    sandrino

    Aug 29, 2007 at 3:18 pm

    Of course the model is inaccurate as Patsy in Monty Python and the Holy Grail said: "It’s only a model." Any model not matter how good, is going to be inaccurate in some way. The point is whether it is accurate enough for your needs.

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    jurvetson

    Aug 29, 2007 at 4:57 pm

    Ah yes, and then there are the needs of art and story telling.

    Here’s the context: The photo was the illustration for a blog post called Ode to Carbon, which opens:

    "I took a close look at the benzene molecular model on my desk, and visions of nested snake loops danced in my head… Is there something unique about the carbon in carbon-based life forms?"

    So, I m rendering the original mental model of Kekulé in 1865 (as seen in the diagram at the top of your wikipedia link). Here is an artsy version of the story of Kekulé’s waking dream of the snake chasing its tail…

    Also, from the art perspective, I needed the double bonds of the toy model for a good visual… =)

    Delocalized bonds are tough to render with sticks and springs… but they have a wonderful aroma 😉

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    schoschie

    Aug 29, 2007 at 7:26 pm

    I was being too clever and too heady. Should have known 🙂

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    angry shock

    Aug 29, 2007 at 7:36 pm

    I think that the benzene molecule is cute.

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    angry shock

    Jul 28, 2012 at 4:08 am

    I thought you would enjoy this video on carbon, how Hank explains it…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnQe0xW_JY4

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    davidsmjames

    May 11, 2015 at 1:44 am

    Thank you for sharing your image to creative commons. I’ve used it in my blog post. businessgrowthdigitalmarketing.com/should-i-use-private-b… Thank you again!

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