buckminsterfullerene
See also: buckminsterfullerène
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Etymology edit
After Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ene.
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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 edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Buckminsterfullerene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “buckminsterfullerene”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.