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Summary

This illustration depicts eight of the allotropes (different molecular configurations) that pure carbon can take:

  • a) Diamond
  • b) Graphite
  • c) Lonsdaleite
  • d) C60 ( Buckminsterfullerene)
  • e) C540 (see Fullerene)
  • f) C70 (see Fullerene)
  • g) Amorphous carbon
  • h) single-walled carbon nanotube

Created by Michael Ströck (mstroeck) on Februar 7, 2006 using iMol for Mac OS X and Photoshop CS2. Released under the GFDL.

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