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fullerene
Two fullerene structures: an elongated carbon nanotube and a spherical buckminsterfullerene, or âbuckyball.â
A molecule, commonly known as buckminsterfullerene, contains exactly 60 carbon atoms.12
This molecule forms a spheroidal, closed-cage structure in the shape of a truncated icosahedron, which consists of 32 facesâ12 pentagons and 20 hexagonsâwith the 60 carbon atoms positioned at the vertices.2