Associations to the word «Fullerene»

Wiktionary

FULLERENE, noun. (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
FULLERENE, noun. (organic chemistry) any closed-cage compound having twenty or more carbon atoms consisting entirely of 3-coordinate carbon atoms
FULLERENE, noun. (chemistry) (by extension)Th e class of carbon allotropes consisting of tubular carbon molecules (carbon nanotubes) and spheroidal carbon molecules (traditional fullerenes)

Dictionary definition

FULLERENE, noun. A form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms.

Wise words

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