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Complete Definition of "buckminsterfullerene"

English
Etymology
from w:Buckminster Fuller|Richard Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome
Noun
wikipedia|fullerene
buckminsterfullerene

  1. 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

See also
fullerene
fulleride
buckyball
buckytube

ar:buckminsterfullerene

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