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fullerene

DEFINITIONS OF: fullerene

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n a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms

Types:
buckminsterfullerene, buckyball
a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene
carbon nanotube, nanotube
a fullerene molecule having a cylindrical or toroidal shape
Type of:
C, atomic number 6, carbon
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
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