fulleriten.
/ˈfʊlərʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈfʊləˌraɪt/ Chemistry.
A crystalline solid, which can be prepared in extremely hard forms, consisting of molecules of buckminsterfullerene (C60); any solid material consisting of a fullerene.
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1990 W. Krätschmer et al. in Nature 27 Sept. 357/2 We call the solid fullerite as a simple extension of the shortened term fullerene, which has been applied to the large cage-shaped molecules typified by buckminsterfullerene (C60).
1995 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 10 Feb. 21 This new material, which is called fullerite,..comes in bulk and has joined diamond and graphite as the third principal form of carbon.
2003 T. J. Bandosz et al. in L. R. Radovic Chem. & Physics Carbon XXVIII. ii. 52 The C60 and C70 fullerites are the easiest to generate.
2007 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 22 Feb. 23 Ultrahard fullerite..can scratch diamonds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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