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Buckminsterfullerene is a type of
fullerene with the
formula C60. It has a cage-like fused-ring
structure (truncated icosahedron) made of
twenty hexagons...
- of n
there may be more than one isomer. The
family is
named after buckminsterfullerene (C60), the most
famous member,
which in turn is
named after Buckminster...
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pentagons and 20
hexagons of
carbon atoms.
Kroto named the
molecule buckminsterfullerene,
after Buckminster Fuller who had
conceived of the
geodesic domes...
- Look up buckyball or
buckminsterfullerene in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
buckyball or
buckminsterfullerene is a
molecule resembling a
soccer ball...
- inorganic.
Examples include the
allotropes of
carbon (graphite, diamond,
buckminsterfullerene, graphene, etc.),
carbon monoxide CO,
carbon dioxide CO2, carbides...
- have been
discovered and researched,
including ball
shapes such as
buckminsterfullerene and
sheets such as graphene. Larger-scale
structures of
carbon include...
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different number of
rings than the
molecule actually has - for example,
Buckminsterfullerene, C60,
which has 32 rings, 60 atoms, and 90
sigma bonds, one for each...
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Fullerides are
chemical compounds containing fullerene anions.
Common fullerides are
derivatives of the most
common fullerenes, i.e. C60 and C70. The scope...
- osmium. OsO4
allowed for the
confirmation of the
soccer ball
model of
buckminsterfullerene, a 60-atom
carbon allotrope. The adduct,
formed from a derivative...
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trapped inside a cage but not
chemically bound to it. For example, a
buckminsterfullerene (C60) with an atom (M)
would simply be
represented as MC60 regardless...
