File:Eight Allotropes of Carbon.png

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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.

Description	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
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