Associations to the word «Buckminsterfullerene»

Wiktionary

BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE, noun. An allotrope of carbon having a hollow molecule consisting of 60 atoms arranged in 12 pentagonal and 20 hexagonal faces to form a truncated icosahedron; the smallest of the fullerenes

Dictionary definition

BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE, noun. A spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene.

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