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buckminsterfullerene

carbon allotrope
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buckminsterfullerene

Summary

buckminsterfullerene is a type of chemical entity[1]. buckminsterfullerene ranks in the top 3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,387 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • buckminsterfullerene's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • Buckminster Fuller is named after buckminsterfullerene[4].
  • buckminsterfullerene's canonical SMILES is recorded as C12=C3C4=C5C6=C1C7=C8C9=C1C%10=C%11C(=C29)C3=C2C3=C4C4=C5C5=C9C6=C7C6=C7C8=C1C1=C8C%10=C%10C%11=C2C2=C3C3=C4C4=C5C5=C%11C%12=C(C6=C95)C7=C1C1=C%12C5=C%11C4=C3C3=C5C(=C81)C%10=C23[5].
  • buckminsterfullerene's chemical formula is recorded as C₆₀[6].
  • buckminsterfullerene is a type of fullerene[7].
  • buckminsterfullerene's Commons category is recorded as Buckminsterfullerene[8].
  • buckminsterfullerene comprises carbon[9].
  • buckminsterfullerene's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1984[10].
  • buckminsterfullerene's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+1.65'}[11].
  • buckminsterfullerene's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+720.0'}[12].

Why It Matters

buckminsterfullerene ranks in the top 3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,387 views/month).[2] buckminsterfullerene has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] buckminsterfullerene is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Buckminster Fuller

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Sapere Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . chemicalbook.com. chemicalbook.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Buckminster Fuller
    Has part(s) → carbon
    Density → {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+1.65'}
    Instance of → type of chemical entity
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007539299905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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