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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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