Meaning Buckyball
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Buckyball


(buckminsterfullerene) very stable form of carbon whose 60-atom structure looks like a geodesic dome.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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Buckyball


A familiar, nontechnical synonym for fullerene.
Source: nano.gov

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Buckyball


A sphere of 60 carbon atoms in an arrangement that looks like a soccer ball. A popular name for a buckminsterfullerene (named after Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome). This nanostructure's unique properties could be useful in nanotechnology.
Source: semiconductors.org (offline)

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Buckyball


(n) a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene
Source: beedictionary.com

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Buckyball


A polyhedral Carbon structure composed of around 60-80 Carbon atoms in pentagon and hexagon configuration. They are named after Buckminster Fuller because of structural resemblance to geodesic domes. [..]
Source: online-medical-dictionary.org

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Buckyball


is a natural occurring type of carbon recognized as C60. The molecular structure looks like the geodesic domes designed by Buckminster Fuller.
Source: planetfacts.org





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