Creative Science Centre
Creative Science Centre: C60, Buckminsterfullerene
A resource page on C60, Buckminsterfullerene, the third allotropic form of carbon.
Other
Abteilung Andersen: A Brief History of C60
This resource presents a basic description of fullerenes, their properties, and potential uses. It also contains information of R. Buckminster Fuller symmetry of fullerenes.
Creative Science Centre
Creative Science Centre: Making a C60, Bucky Ball, Buckminsterfullerene Model
Shows, through step-by-step pictures, how to construct a C60, Bucky Ball, or Buckminster fullerene model using straws and joiners.
US National Archives
Nara: A New Chemistry for Carbon
This National Archives and Records Administration site describes the discovery of fullerenes, a new allotrope of carbon. The chemical properties of fullerenes, their uses, and possible potential as catalysts or superconductors is mentioned.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Collision Between Molecular Particles
View the interactions between an atom of xenon and a buckyball when they collide.
![[Photo of C60 Buckyball] Graphic](https://d15y2dacu3jp90.cloudfront.net/images/attachment_defaults/resource/large/FPO-knovation.png "[Photo of C60 Buckyball] Graphic")
Curated OER
[Photo of C60 Buckyball]
This National Archives and Records Administration site describes the discovery of fullerenes, a new allotrope of carbon. The chemical properties of fullerenes, their uses, and possible potential as catalysts or superconductors is mentioned.