The serendipitous discovery took place during experiments involving a cluster beam which uses a laser to vaporise a graphite rod in a helium atmosphere to produce carbon plasmas. The research was aimed at characterizing unidentified interstellar matter. Mass spectrometry evidence from these experiments indicated that carbon molecules with C60 atoms were forming, with a spheroidal geometry being most likely. In 1989 work by Krätschmer, Fostiropoulos and Huffman later produced C60 by arcing carbon rods in an inert atmosphere. Production efficiencies were claimed to me much higher then those produced using the cluster beam. Their finding were confirmed by IR and UV measurements The structure was named after the architect Richard Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome structure which bore a resemblance to the structure of the C60 Buckminsterfullerene structure. These same structures are also known as Buckyballs or fullerenes. Buckminsterfullerene is the third allotrope of carbon along with graphite and diamond. Since their discovery, Buckyballs have become such a hot topic of research that they have spawned their own branch of chemistry. So much so that the journal "Fullerene Science and Technology" dedicated to fullerenes was launched in 1993.
A "fullerene" or "bucky ball" - named after designer Buckminster Fuller - is a hollow, cage-like sphere. In this case, one composed of interlinked carbon atoms.
A bucky ball is a buckminsterfullerene is a spherical molecule made of 60 carbon atoms that was named after Richard Buckminster Fuller.
Three forms or arrangements, in chemistry known as allotropes, of carbon are: diamond, graphite (pencil "lead"), and the fullerene or "bucky-ball," a soccer ball shaped arrangement of 60 carbon atoms.
When did he discovered? Do you mean what? He discovered Yellow Fever was transmitted by mosquitoes. And if you mean when did he discover it, then the answer you are looking for is he led a research team that discovered this in 1900.
No. Diamond is the hardest mineral, and is formed from carbon (C). Cellulose is the material plants make their cell walls from and has the formula (C6H10O5) n. It has makes up most of paper, cardboard and cotton.
what is the structure of Buckminster fullerene
I think Fullerene is an element as it contains only carbon.
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Honeycomb cells, Buckminster fullerene tubes.
In 1985, a third crystalline allotrope of carbon called fullerenes was discovered collectively by three scientists namelyR.E. SmalleyR.F. CurlH.W. Kroto
No it is a slang name for C60 aslso called Buckminster Fullerene. See related link
NO!!! It is a non-metallic element. It exhibits several alloptropes, viz. Diamond., Graphite, and Buckminster Fullerene(Buckyballs). None of which are metallic.
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The C60 allotrope of carbon, also known as buckminsterfullerene, is named after the American architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller. He designed and popularized a geodesic dome structure that resembles the shape of the C60 molecule.
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NO!!!! Diamonds are an ALLOTROPE of CARBON. Other allotropes of carbon are graphite and Buckminster Fullerene(Footballene)
Fullerenes are named after William Buckminster Fuller, a designer and philosopher who theorized their existence and uses.