fullerene
English
editEtymology
editAfter Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ene.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈfʊləɹˌin/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editfullerene (plural fullerenes)
- (inorganic chemistry) Any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the vertices of a polyhedron having 12 pentagonal and 2 or more hexagonal faces.
- (organic chemistry) Any closed-cage compound having twenty or more carbon atoms consisting entirely of 3-coordinate carbon atoms.
- (chemistry, by extension) The class of carbon allotropes consisting of tubular carbon molecules (carbon nanotubes) and spheroidal carbon molecules (traditional fullerenes).
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editany of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Fullerene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “fullerene”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Italian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editfullerene m (plural fullereni)
Further reading
edit- fullerene in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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