Anecdotes for Chemistry Teachers: The Discovery of Buckminsterfullerene

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The discovery of buckminsterfullerene, the third allotrope of carbon.

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Republic of Ireland
- Leaving Certificate
  - Chemistry
    - Option 2A: Materials
      - 2A.1 Crystals
        Depth of treatment
        Ionic, molecular, metallic and covalent macromolecular crystals - physical properties related to the crystal binding forces.
        Crystal structure is determined by scattering of X-rays by the crystal (non-mathematical treatment only).
        Social and Applied Aspects
        The discovery of buckminsterfullerene (structure not required).
England
- A/AS level
  - OCR Chemistry A
    - Module 6: Organic chemistry and analysis
      - 6.3 Analysis
        6.3.2 Spectroscopy
        ai) analysis of a carbon-13 NMR spectrum of an organic molecule to make predictions about: i) the number of carbon environments in the molecule
Scotland
- Higher
  - SQA Chemistry
    - 1. Chemical changes and structure
      - (a) Periodicity
        covalent molecular — H₂, N₂, O₂, F₂, Cl₂, P₄, S₈ and fullerenes (eg C₆₀)
Wales
- GCSE
  - WJEC Combined science
    - Unit 5: Chemistry 2
      - 5.1 BONDING, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES
        (g) the properties of diamond, graphite, fullerenes, carbon nano-tubes and graphene and how these are explained in terms of structure and bonding
        (h) individual atoms not having the same properties as bulk materials asdemonstrated by diamond, graphite, fullerenes, carbon nano-tubes andgraphene having different properties despite all containing only carbon atoms,and by nano-scale silver…
  - WJEC Chemistry
    - Unit 2: CHEMICAL BONDING, APPLICATION OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
      - 2.1 BONDING, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES
        (g) the properties of diamond, graphite, fullerenes, carbon nano-tubes and graphene and how these are explained in terms of structure and bonding
        (h) individual atoms not having the same properties as bulk materials asdemonstrated by diamond, graphite, fullerenes, carbon nano-tubes andgraphene having different properties despite all containing only carbon atoms,and by nano-scale silver…

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