buckminsterfullerene
See also: buckminsterfullerène
English
Etymology
From the name of Richard Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ene.
Noun
buckminsterfullerene (plural buckminsterfullerenes)
- 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.
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Further reading
- “Buckminsterfullerene” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
- “buckminsterfullerene”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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