Buckminsterfullerene
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"Buckyball" redirects here. For other uses, see Buckyball (disambiguation).
Buckminsterfullerene is a type of fullerene with the formula C60. It has a cage-like fused-ring structure (truncated icosahedron) made of twenty hexagons and twelve pentagons, and resembles a football. Each of its 60 carbon atoms is bonded to its three neighbors.
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Pronunciation | /ˌbʌkmɪnstərˈfʊləriːn/ | ||
Preferred IUPAC name
(C60-Ih)[5,6]fullerene[1] | |||
Other names
Buckyballs; Fullerene-C60; [60]fullerene | |||
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3D model (JSmol) |
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5901022 | |||
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.156.884 | ||
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Properties | |||
C60 | |||
Molar mass | 720.660 g·mol−1 | ||
Appearance | Dark needle-like crystals | ||
Density | 1.65 g/cm3 | ||
insoluble in water | |||
Vapor pressure | 0.4–0.5 Pa (T ≈ 800 K); 14 Pa (T ≈ 900 K) [2] | ||
Structure | |||
Face-centered cubic, cF1924 | |||
Fm3m, No. 225 | |||
a = 1.4154 nm | |||
Hazards | |||
GHS labelling: | |||
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H315, H319, H335 | |||
P261, P264, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P312, P321, P332+P313, P337+P313, P362, P403+P233, P405, P501 | |||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Buckminsterfullerene is a black solid that dissolves in hydrocarbon solvents to produce a violet solution. The substance was discovered in 1985 and has received intense study, although few real world applications have been found.
Molecules of buckminsterfullerene (or of fullerenes in general) are commonly nicknamed buckyballs.[3][4]