Buckminsterfullerene

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounAn 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.

Synonyms

footballene fullerene hyperfullerene buckyball clusterfullerene buckyonion secofullerene norfullerene homofullerene carboxyfullerene endofullerene fulleroid

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