fullerene
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English
Etymology
After Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ene.
Pronunciation
Noun
fullerene (plural fullerenes)
- (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.
- (organic chemistry) Any closed-cage compound having twenty or more carbon atoms consisting entirely of 3-coordinate carbon atoms.
- (chemistry, by extension) The class of carbon allotropes consisting of tubular carbon molecules (carbon nanotubes) and spheroidal carbon molecules (traditional fullerenes).
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Translations
any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules
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See also
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Fullerene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “fullerene”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
fullerene m (plural fullereni)
Further reading
- fullerene in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana