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buckminsterfullerene

buckminsterfullerene

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

buckminsterfullerene or buckyball, C 60 , hollow cage carbon molecule named for R. Buckminster Fuller because of the resemblance of its molecular structure to his geodesic domes. Although buckminsterfullerene (C 60 ) was originally detected in soot in 1985, isolation was first reported in 1990. The soccerball-like molecules are prepared in helium by passing about 150 amps through a carbon rod and extracting the soot with benzene; the resulting magenta solution contains C 60 and C 70 . See fullerene .

Bibliography: See J. Baggot, Perfect Symmetry: The Accidental Discovery of Buckminsterfullerene (1996); H. Aldersey-Williams, The Most Beautiful Molecule: The Discovery of the Buckyball (1997).

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Buckminsterfullerene See carbon.
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

buckminsterfullerene See CARBON.
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