fullerenes
- Created by: ElinJennings
- Created on: 08-10-13 21:17
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- fullerenes
- this is also a carbon allotrope
- fullerene is a molecule composed of carbon atoms that form a hollow, cage like structure
- the arrangement of the atoms produces; pentagonal and hexagonal shapes
- a fullerene with 60 atoms appears almost spherical, and it has been nicknamed a buckminister fullerene or a bucky ball
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