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fullerene Sir Harold W. Kroto with models of fullerenes, 1996. Figure 42: The structure of C60 (buckminsterfullerene). All the carbon atoms are sp2 hybridized, but double bonds are not shown here in the structure for clarity.
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Sir Harold W. Kroto with models of fullerenes, 1996.
Figure 42: The structure of C60 (buckminsterfullerene). All the carbon atoms are sp2 hybridized, but double bonds are not shown here in the structure for clarity.
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Richard E. Smalley
American chemist and physicist
Sir Harold W. Kroto
British chemist
Robert Curl
American chemist

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