different between buckyball vs fullerene

English

Alternative forms

• bucky-ball

Etymology

Blend of buckminsterfullerene +? ball, used as an abbreviation for buckminsterfullerene

Noun

buckyball (plural buckyballs)

1. (chemistry, informal) A buckminsterfullerene molecule (C₆₀).
2. (by extension) The most common types of spheroidal fullerenes, C₆₀ and C₇₀ usually, with additionally C₇₂ and C₇₆ also included at times.
3. (by extension) Any spheroidal fullerene, from C₂₀ on upwards.

Coordinate terms

(carbon allotrope):

• graphene
• graphite
• diamond
• carbon nanotube / buckytube
• fullerene
• carbyne
• atomic carbon
• amorphous carbon

See also

• bunnyball
• buckyonion
• (C60): buckminsterfullerene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (spheroidal fullerene): fullerene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

After Richard Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome.

Noun

fullerene (plural fullerenes)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the vertices of a polyhedron having 12 pentagonal and 2 or more hexagonal faces.
2. (organic chemistry) Any closed-cage compound having twenty or more carbon atoms consisting entirely of 3-coordinate carbon atoms.
3. (chemistry, by extension) The class of carbon allotropes consisting of tubular carbon molecules (carbon nanotubes) and spheroidal carbon molecules (traditional fullerenes).

Translations

Related terms

• buckminsterfullerene
• fullerane
• fulleride
• fulleroid

See also

• buckyball
• buckytube
• nanoparticle
• nanotube

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Fullerene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “fullerene”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ful.le?r?.ne/

Noun

fullerene m (plural fullereni)

1. fullerene

Further reading

• fullerene in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana