The discovery of buckminsterfullerene, the third allotrope of carbon.
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Anecdotes for Chemistry Teachers: The Discovery of Buckminsterfullerene
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- Republic of Ireland
- England
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- 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…
- 5.1 BONDING, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES
- Unit 5: Chemistry 2
- 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…
- 2.1 BONDING, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES
- Unit 2: CHEMICAL BONDING, APPLICATION OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
- WJEC Combined science
- GCSE
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