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- noun Plural form of
buckminsterfullerene .
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Examples
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C70 belong to a class of molecules termed buckminsterfullerenes, or just fullerenes, after architect Buckminster Fuller.
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I decided that the dark patch was buckminsterfullerenes – carbon molecules in the shape of spheres or tubes, which were thought to be artificial but do occur very rarely in nature.
Anatomy of a Story: Thicker Than Water « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2009
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Originally known as buckminsterfullerenes (today, technically, just as fullerenes), buckyballs became the third known natural form of pure carbon after diamond and graphite.
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Both types of molecules belong to a class known officially as buckminsterfullerenes, or fullerenes.
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Surprisingly, these experiments resulted in the formation of large quantities of buckminsterfullerenes.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The 'scope also identified Carbon-70 - the elongated flavour of Carbon-60 which forms another member of the molecular class buckminsterfullerenes, or fullerenes (see Bootnote below for full explanation of graph):
The Register 2010
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Both types of molecules belong to a class known officially as buckminsterfullerenes, or fullerenes.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Surprisingly, these experiments resulted in the formation of large quantities of buckminsterfullerenes.
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Surprisingly, these experiments resulted in the formation of large quantities of buckminsterfullerenes.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Both types of molecules belong to a class known officially as buckminsterfullerenes, or fullerenes.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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