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Buckminsterfullerene

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Have a little read: ... Buckminsterfullerene Buckminsterfullerene, the third allotrope to be discovered with a molecular formula of C60, was discovered completely by accident during an investigation into the formation of long chain carbon atoms in the outer atmosphere of stars. The first crucial stage in the discovery was when the chemist Harold Kroto and companions began an experiment on graphite to show that molecules containing long chains of carbon atoms could be formed in outer atmospheres of red giants. It was in 1985 when the scientists set up an apparatus which vaporises graphite with a high power laser and allowed them to re-form in vacuum. A variety of material were formed, including the long-chain carbon they were looking for as well as a mysteriously stable material which seemed to be fairly abundant in their products. According to the mass spectrum, this material always consisted of 60 carbon atoms. It was named after Richard Buckminster, an

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