Buckminsterfullerene #18 Outline

Buckminsterfullerene is a form (allotrope) of carbon. Sixty carbon atoms are arranged in a sphere (actually at the vertices of a truncated icosahedron). Fullerenes have rather exotic properties and these hollow balls of carbon atoms are likely to have many uses.

Illustration ID: Bucky_18_Outline

Illustration size: 144.0 Mpixels (412 MB uncompressed) - 12000x12000 pixels (40.0x40.0 in / 101.6x101.6 cm at 300 ppi)

Illustration keywords: allotrope, atom, atomic, ball, Buckminsterfullerene, bucky, buckyball, C, C60, carbon, fullerene, Fullerenes, molecular, molecule

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