[DOC] [TLE] Buckminsterfullerene - Wikipedia [PAR] Buckminsterfullerene (or bucky-ball) is a spherical fullerene molecule with the 
formula C60. It has a cage-like fused-ring structure (truncated icosahedron) 
which resembles a football (soccer ball), ... One of his designs of a geodesic 
dome structure bears great resemblance to C60; as a result, the discoverers of 
the allotrope... [DOC] [TLE] Fullerene - Wikipedia [PAR] A fullerene is a molecule of carbon in the form of a hollow sphere, ellipsoid, tube, 
and many other shapes. Spherical fullerenes, also referred to as 
Buckminsterfullerenes (buckyballs), resemble the balls used in football (soccer). 
.... Since buckminsterfullerenes have a similar shape to those of such domes, 
they thought the... [DOC] [TLE] GCSE CHEMISTRY - What is Buckminsterfullerene? - What is the ... [PAR] The Structure and Uses of Buckminsterfullerene. ... the ratio of the size of a C60 
molecule to a soccer ball. These are not called giant molecules because there 
are only ... who was famous for designing a large geodesic dome which looked... [DOC] [TLE] Buckyball: The Magic Molecule | Popular Science [PAR] May 2, 2016 ... The molecule's official name is buckminsterfullerene, because it is ... The soccer 
ball geometry of the C-60 molecule was deciphered by Rice ... He theorized that 
carbon molecules might be forged in the atmospheric furnaces of red giant ... The 
other even-numbered geodesic-dome-shaped carbon clusters... [DOC] [TLE] 4. Fullerenes, bucky balls, carbon nanotubes molecular structure ... [PAR] What is the formula and structure of Buckminsterfullerene? ... The carbon-carbon 
bonds in Buckminster Fullerene C60 (shown on right) form a pattern like a soccer 
ball and this ... Fuller who invented the geodesic dome design in building 
construction. ... They are NOT considered giant covalent structures and are 
classed as... [DOC] [TLE] Amazon.com: The Most Beautiful Molecule: The Discovery of the ... [PAR] "The molecule, buckminsterfullerene, is beautiful physically and intellectually. ... 
of carbon and christen it buckminsterfullerene, for its striking resemblance to 
American architect ... with hexagonal and pentagonal configurations similar to 
those found on a soccer ball. ... or buckyball, after the popularizer of the geodesic 
dome. [DOC] [TLE] fullerene | chemical compound | Britannica.com [PAR] Any of a series of hollow carbon molecules that form either a closed cage (
buckyballs) or ... and 20 hexagonal facesa design that resembles a football, or 
soccer ball. ... whose geodesic dome is constructed on the same structural 
principles. ... in the atmosphere of giant stars by turning the vaporization laser 
onto graphite. [DOC] [TLE] The Discovery of Fullerenes - American Chemical Society [PAR] The discovery of new, all-carbon molecules known as fullerenes was the 
unexpected result of research into ... a previously unknown, all-carbon molecule 
known today as a fullerene. Looking Up ... giant stars, and he wanted to test ... 
soccer balls: A spherical shape ... Has anyone seen the geodesic dome at the 
Epcot Center. [DOC] [TLE] Discovery of Fullerenes National Historic Chemical Landmark ... [PAR] Truncated icosahedron: technical term for a soccer ball in the United States, a 
football ... the new carbon allotrope buckminsterfullerene (shortened to fullerenes 
or buckyballs) because the geodesic domes designed by inventor and architect 
... molecules had been created in the atmospheres of carbon-rich red giant stars
... [DOC] [TLE] Weird 'Buckyballs' May Be at Root of Milky Way Mystery - Space.com [PAR] Jul 17, 2015 ... Soccer-ball-shaped carbon molecules known as buckyballs may be ... to the 
architect Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes, a giant example of... [DOC] [TLE] The Chemistry of Carbon [PAR] As a result, a perfect diamond can be thought of as a single giant molecule. ..... 
with the formula C60 were formed that have a structure that has the symmetry of a 
soccer-ball. Because this structure resembles the geodesic dome invented by R. 
... The potential of fullerene chemistry for both practical materials and laboratory... [DOC] [TLE] Materials Science [PAR] Chemists commonly classify solids as either metallic, ionic, molecular, or network 
... as a single

Question: The buckminsterfullerine is a giant molecule of this that resembles a geodesic dome or a soccer ball
Answer: carbon