Buckminsterfullerene
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Buckminsterfullerene is a type of fullerene with the formula C60. It has a cage-like fused-ring structure made of twenty hexagons and twelve pentagons, and resembles an association football ball. Each
C60 Fulleren kristallin
Harold Kroto
Many footballs have the same arrangement of polygons as buckminsterfullerene, C 60.
Dilute solution of C 60 in an aromatic solvent
Fullerene
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A fullerene is an allotrope of carbon whose molecules consist of carbon atoms connected to form a closed cage. The molecules may have hollow sphere- and ellipsoid-like forms, tubes, or other shapes. T
Buckminsterfullerene
…Buckminsterfullerene is a type of fullerene with the formula C 60. It has a cage-like fused-ring structure (truncated icosahedron) made of twenty hexagons and twelve pentagons, and resembles an…
Fullerite (scanning electron microscope image)
Solutions of C70 (left) and C60 in 1,2-dichlorobenzene.