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Not to be confused with Buckminsterfullerene (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene), the intere
by ve55 8y ago
Not to be confused with Buckminsterfullerene (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene), the interesting fullerene inadvertently named after Buckminster Fuller.
- jessriedel 8y agoCan't tell if you're being sarcastic about "inadvertently". The molecule was named buckminsterfullerene after the man Buckminster Fuller. ("-ene" is a word ending for molecules.) Chemists then developed a more general class of molecules which they named "fullerenes", of which the buckminsterfullerene is a special case.
- ve55 8y agoI have read the Wikipedia page I linked so I was aware of it, sorry if my choice of words appeared poor.