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Fullerenes,
C60 , or Buckey-Balls, are a newly found form of carbon. The
one shown has a potassium atom in the center of the carbon cage, but empty
cages are the common configuration.
· Fullerine crystals may be grown by evaporation of a benzene solution of C60. These crystals have a face-centered-cubic structure with the Buckey-Balls behaving as a single unit. |
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| From: Curl and Smalley, "Fullerenes," Scientific American (1991) pp 54 - 63 | |||||||||||||||