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fullerene

class of allotropes of carbon
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Summary

fullerene is a group or class of chemical substances[1]. fullerene ranks in the top 3% of group or class of chemical substances entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,257 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Buckminster Fuller[3]
  • Subclass of: allotrope of carbon[4]
  • Commons category: Fullerenes[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fullerenes[6]
  • Different from: Fulleren[7]
  • Studied by: fullerene chemistry[8]

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Influence

Things named for fullerene include fullerite[9], a mineral species[10].

Why It Matters

fullerene has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] fullerene is known by 104 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Entities named for fullerene include fullerite[9], a mineral species[10].

Related Entities

Buckminster Fuller Harry Kroto

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14439 → 010789
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14439: 010789"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['2x99RO', '2XGGtn']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0224670-fullereny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0224670-fullereny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → Fulleren
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4725300
    Named after → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 137, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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