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How did the scientists confirm the formula c60 and that the shape of the molecule was similar to a football?
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when using mass spectrometry to look at what they had made after their experiments with carbon, the scientists saw that the two most abundant forms of carbon made were c60 and c70. C60 can be organised into a football shape made from pentagons and hexagons, and to increase the football shape's size while keeping it geometrically symmetrical you need 10 more carbon atoms, which would explain why there were both c60 and c70 molecules in large quantities. This was considered proof that it had to be the shape of a football, because otherwise there would not be c70 aswell.
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