ALL meanings of buckminsterfullerene
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B b - noun buckminsterfullerene 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 3
- noun buckminsterfullerene a round, pure-carbon fullerene, C60, with a structure similar to that of a geodesic dome 3
- noun buckminsterfullerene the form of fullerene having sixty carbon atoms. 1
- noun buckminsterfullerene an 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. 0