buckminsterfullerene

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B0527650 (bŭk′mĭn-stər-fo͝ol′ə-rēn′)n. An extremely stable, ball-shaped carbon molecule, C₆₀, reminiscent of a geodesic dome, and believed to occur naturally in soot. It was the first fullerene to be discovered. Also called buckyball.

[After Richard Buckminster Fuller.]

buckminsterfullerene

(ˌbʌkmɪnstəˈfʊləˌriːn) n (Elements & Compounds) a form of carbon that contains molecules having 60 carbon atoms arranged at the vertices of a polyhedron with hexagonal and pentagonal faces. It is produced in carbon arcs and occurs naturally in small amounts in certain minerals[C20: named after Buckminster Fuller]

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(ˌbʌk mɪn stərˈfʊl əˌrin)
n. the form of fullerene having sixty carbon atoms. [1985; see fullerene]

buck·min·ster·ful·ler·ene

(bŭk′mĭn-stər-fo͝ol′ə-rēn′) An extremely stable, ball-shaped carbon molecule, C₆₀, whose structure looks like a geodesic dome. It is believed to occur naturally in soot. Also called buckyball. See Note at carbon.

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buckminsterfullerene - a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerenebuckyballfullerene - a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms

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buckminsterfullerene

(bŭk'mĭnstərfo͝ol`ərēn', –fo͝ol'ərēn`) or

buckyball,

C₆₀, hollow cage carboncarbon
[Lat.,=charcoal], nonmetallic chemical element; symbol C; at. no. 6; interval in which at. wt. ranges 12.0096–12.0116; m.p. about 3,550&degC;; graphite sublimes about 3,375&degC;; b.p. 4,827&degC;; sp. gr. 1.8–2.1 (amorphous), 1.9–2.3 (graphite), 3.
..... Click the link for more information. molecule named for R. Buckminster FullerFuller, R. Buckminster
(Richard Buckminster Fuller), 1895–1983, American architect and engineer, b. Milton, Mass. Fuller devoted his life to the invention of revolutionary technological designs aimed at solving problems of modern living.
..... Click the link for more information. because of the resemblance of its molecular structure to his geodesic domes. Although buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀) 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 C₆₀ and C₇₀. See fullerenefullerene,
any of a class of carbon molecules in which the carbon atoms are arranged into 12 pentagonal faces and 2 or more hexagonal faces to form a hollow sphere, cylinder, or similar figure.
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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).

buckminsterfullerene

[¦bək‚min·stər′fu̇l·ə‚rēn] (chemistry) C₆₀ The most abundant and most stable of the fullerenes, containing 60 carbon atoms in a highly spherical arrangement; named in honor of R. Buckminster Fuller, a practitioner of geodesic dome architecture. Also known as buckyball.

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buckyball,

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noun a spheroidal fullerene

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