buckyball
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Blend of buckminsterfullerene + ball, used as an abbreviation for buckminsterfullerene
Noun edit
buckyball (plural buckyballs)
- (chemistry) (informal) A buckminsterfullerene molecule (C60).
- (by extension) The most common types of spheroidal fullerenes, C60 and C70 usually; with C72 and C76 sometimes also included.
- (by extension) Any spheroidal fullerene, from C20 on upwards.
Coordinate terms edit
(carbon allotrope):
- graphene
- graphite
- diamond
- carbon nanotube / buckytube
- fullerene
- carbyne
- atomic carbon
- amorphous carbon
See also edit
- bunnyball
- buckyonion
- (C60):
buckminsterfullerene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - (spheroidal fullerene): fullerene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
