Fullerene applications in steel?

[Greenleader]

Greetings;

Has anyone heard of any uses for carbon fullerenes in steel? A lot of hype over these structures when they were first discovered. Just wondering if any good R&D has been done lately on possible applications in steel. Gerald

 

[rnd2]

Greenleader
Carbon dissolves in molten iron, regardless of its original structure.

 

[Greenleader]

Actually I heard rumors of fullerene (C60, C70) formation in crucible steel from thermal cycling below melt. Nothing confirmed though.