buckminsterfullerene
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Buckminsterfullerene is a spherical carbon molecule (C₆₀) resembling a soccer ball, notable as the first discovered fullerene and a key form of carbon with unique chemical and physical properties.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| C60 fullerene molecules | 1 |
| buckminsterfullerene canonical | 1 |
| buckminsterfullerene (C60) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6434779 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: buckminsterfullerene Context triple: [Harry Kroto, discovered, buckminsterfullerene]
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A.
Carbon
Carbon is a now-deprecated C-based application programming interface (API) for macOS that was designed to help developers port and run classic Mac OS applications on Mac OS X.
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B.
Carbon Black
Carbon Black is a cybersecurity company known for its cloud-native endpoint and workload protection platform that helps organizations prevent, detect, and respond to advanced cyber threats.
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C.
Spheriks
Spheriks are a group of animated, spherical characters created as the official mascots for the UEFA European Football Championship.
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D.
Carbost
Carbost is a small village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known for its scenic setting on Loch Harport and as the home of the Talisker whisky distillery.
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E.
Bok globules
Bok globules are small, dense, and dark interstellar clouds of gas and dust that often serve as sites of early star formation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: buckminsterfullerene Target entity description: Buckminsterfullerene is a spherical carbon molecule (C₆₀) resembling a soccer ball, notable as the first discovered fullerene and a key form of carbon with unique chemical and physical properties.
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A.
Carbon
Carbon is a now-deprecated C-based application programming interface (API) for macOS that was designed to help developers port and run classic Mac OS applications on Mac OS X.
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B.
Carbon Black
Carbon Black is a cybersecurity company known for its cloud-native endpoint and workload protection platform that helps organizations prevent, detect, and respond to advanced cyber threats.
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C.
Spheriks
Spheriks are a group of animated, spherical characters created as the official mascots for the UEFA European Football Championship.
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D.
Carbost
Carbost is a small village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known for its scenic setting on Loch Harport and as the home of the Talisker whisky distillery.
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E.
Bok globules
Bok globules are small, dense, and dark interstellar clouds of gas and dust that often serve as sites of early star formation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allotrope of carbon
ⓘ
carbon nanomaterial ⓘ fullerene ⓘ molecule ⓘ |
| associatedNobelPrizeInChemistryYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| belongsToClass | fullerenes ⓘ |
| canBeDopedWith | alkali metals ⓘ |
| canExhibit | superconductivity when alkali-doped ⓘ |
| canForm | alkali-doped fullerides ⓘ |
| canFormAnion |
C602−
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
C60− ⓘ |
| canFormCation | C60+ ⓘ |
| chemicalFormula | C60 ⓘ |
| discoveredAt | Rice University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Harold W. Kroto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James R. Heath NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard E. Smalley NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert F. Curl NERFINISHED ⓘ Sean C. O’Brien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredInYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| element | carbon ⓘ |
| formsCrystalStructure | face-centered cubic ⓘ |
| hasApplicationsIn |
materials science
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medicine research ⓘ nanotechnology ⓘ organic photovoltaics ⓘ |
| hasBondType | alternating single and double bonds ⓘ |
| hasCarbonHybridization | sp2-like ⓘ |
| hasColorInSolution | purple ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | buckyball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHexagons | 20 ⓘ |
| hasIUPACName | (C60-Ih)[5,6]fullerene ⓘ |
| hasPentagons | 12 ⓘ |
| hasPhaseAtRoomTemperature | solid ⓘ |
| hasShape | truncated icosahedron ⓘ |
| hasSymmetryGroup | Ih ⓘ |
| isAromatic | true ⓘ |
| isClosedCageMolecule | true ⓘ |
| isElectrophilic | true ⓘ |
| isFirstDiscoveredMemberOf | fullerenes ⓘ |
| isNeutralMolecule | true ⓘ |
| isPoorlySolubleIn | water ⓘ |
| isSolubleIn |
benzene
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carbon disulfide ⓘ toluene ⓘ |
| isThermallyStable | true ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Buckminster Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfCarbonAtoms | 60 ⓘ |
| resembles | soccer ball ⓘ |
| underwentMassSpectrometricDiscovery | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: buckminsterfullerene Description of subject: Buckminsterfullerene is a spherical carbon molecule (C₆₀) resembling a soccer ball, notable as the first discovered fullerene and a key form of carbon with unique chemical and physical properties.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
buckminsterfullerene (C60)
this entity surface form:
C60 fullerene molecules