buckyball

Noun

Meaning

a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

buckminsterfullerene diamond graphite carbon coal charcoal soot lampblack fullerene carbon black c activated carbon carbon fiber nanotube carbon nanotube

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Hypernyms

fullerene

Examples

In 1999, the double-slit experiment was successfully performed with buckyball molecules (each of which comprises 60 carbon atoms). Source: Internet

The B 80 structure, with each atom forming 5 or 6 bonds, is predicted to be more stable than the C 60 buckyball. Source: Internet

These OBBs are created by binding atoms of a transition metal (TM) to C 60 or C 48 B 12 and then binding many hydrogen atoms to this TM atom, dispersing them evenly throughout the inside of the organometallic buckyball. Source: Internet

They are patterned after the buckyball model. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bucky bucky bit bucky onion buckybowl buckyonion buckypaper