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Buckminsterfullerene (C60) — Properties, Uses & Safety
🔬 Nanomaterials & Novel StructuresOverview
An allotrope of carbon with a soccer-ball structure — it won the 1996 Nobel Prize and launched the nanotechnology era.
- IUPAC Name
- (C60-Ih)[5,6]fullerene
- CAS Number
- 99685-96-8
- PubChem CID
- 123591
- Molecular Formula
- C60
- Molar Mass
- 720.642 g/mol
- State at STP
- solid
- Appearance
- Black or dark brown powder with metallic luster
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