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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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English: 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
Français : huit Formes allotropiques du carbone :
  • a) Diamant
  • b) Graphite
  • c) Lonsdaléite
  • d) C60 ( Buckminsterfullerène)
  • e) C540, un autre Fullerène)
  • f) C70, encore un Fullerène)
  • g) carbone amorphe
  • h) Nanotube de carbone
Polski: Odmiany węgla:
  • a) diament
  • b) grafit
  • c) Lonsdaleit
  • d) fuleren C60
  • e) fuleren C540
  • f) fuleren C70
  • g) węgiel amorficzny
  • h) nanorurka
Date 7 February 2006
Source Created by Michael Ströck (mstroeck)
Author Created by Michael Ströck (mstroeck)
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