Carbon Allotropes
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Individual Kits
| Kit Name | Part # INSTRUCTIONS/LAB ACTIVITES | Description | Price US $ |
C60 BUCKYBALL | BKY-60 | Kit Contents: 62 trigonal planar carbon atom centers 92-1.25" PVC, clear bonds Assembly instructions PDF on this website. The C60 buckyball is 7.5" in diameter and is an excellent attention getter and instructional tool in any chemistry class. The sp2 bonding shows why buckyballs can conduct electricity. | $24.10 |
C114 BUCKYTUBE | BKY-114 | Kit Contents: 116 trigonal planar carbon atom centers 173-1.25" PVC, clear bonds Assembly instructions PDF on this website. Buckytubes are also called nanotubes. This C114 buckytube is 8" in diameter and 15" long. Our least expensive model showing the same basic pattern of carbon clustering as in the larger nanotube models. | $43.20 |
C150 BUCKYTUBE | BKY-150 | Kit Contents: 152 trigonal planar carbon atom centers 227-1.25" PVC, clear bonds Assembly instructions PDF on this website. The C150 buckytube is 8" in diameter and 20" long. | $55.80 |
C186 BUCKYTUBE | BKY-186 | Kit Contents: 188 trigonal planar carbon atom centers 281-1.25" PVC, clear bonds Assembly instructions PDF on this website. Our C186 buckytube is 8" in diameter and 24" long. | $68.40 |
C220 BUCKYTUBE | BKY-220 | Kit Contents: 222 trigonal planar carbon atom centers 333-1.25" PVC, clear bonds Assembly instructions PDF on this website. Our largest buckytube, the C220, is 8" in diameter and " long. | $80.90 |
DIAMOND | DIA-1 | Kit Contents: 57 trigonal planar carbon atom centers 82-1.25" PVC, clear bonds Assembly instructions PDF on this website. This model demonstrates the bonding in a network solid. Contrast sp3 hybridization in diamond with sp2 in graphite and the fullerenes. Lack of mobile electrons in diamond explains its nonconducting nature ( Cf. loose pi electrons in graphite and fullerenes). | $25.05 |
GRAPHITE | GRA-1 | Kit Contents: 76 trigonal planar carbon atom centers 92-1.25" PVC, clear bonds Assembly instructions PDF on this website. The model shows how graphite's layered structure accounts for its slippery" property. Compare graphite with diamond to explain graphite's electrical conductivity. | $28.95 |
Three Allotropes Set
| Kit Name | Part # | Description | Price US $ |
CARBON ALLOTROPES-BOXED SET | CA-1C | Kit Contents: 136 trigonal planar carbon atom centers 57 tetrahedral carbon atom centers 262-1.25" PVC, clear bonds 6-5 cm rigid white tubes to hold graphite layers together The kit comes in a plastic storage box. Assembly instructions available as a PDF by clicking on BKY-60, DIA-1, and GRA-1 to the right of the photo of each individual kit. This kit contains enough atom centers and bonds to make one buckyball, one diamond crystal, and one graphite crystal simultaneously. | $89.90 |