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HappySweeneyyesterday at 5:58 PM2 repliesview on HN

Are buckyballs organic?


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andrewflnryesterday at 6:53 PM

Formally, yes. "Organic chemistry" is not too far off a synonym for "chemistry with carbon involved".

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dekhnyesterday at 6:04 PM

Yes! Not sure why you're asking- things don't have to be created by biological processes to be organic (this concept is totally unrelated to "organic" in the supermarket).