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  2. Buckminsterfullerene - Wikipedia

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    Solutions of C 60 dissolved in olive oil or water, as long as they are preserved from light, have been found nontoxic to rodents. [ 52 ] Otherwise, a study found that C 60 remains in the body for a longer time than usual, especially in the liver, where it tends to be accumulated, and therefore has the potential to induce detrimental health effects.

  3. Fullerene - Wikipedia

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    60 and calculated its electronic structure. The paper was published in 1973, [14] but the scientific community did not give much importance to this theoretical prediction. Around 1980, Sumio Iijima identified the molecule of C 60 from an electron microscope image of carbon black, where it formed the core of a particle with the structure of a ...

  4. Building blocks of life found in samples from asteroid Bennu

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    And the other, in the journal Nature, found that the samples contained minerals formed when brine - salty water - evaporated on Bennu's parent body, the type of wet environment where prebiotic ...

  5. Composition of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Body composition may be analyzed in various ways. This can be done in terms of the chemical elements present, or by molecular structure e.g., water, protein, fats (or lipids), hydroxyapatite (in bones), carbohydrates (such as glycogen and glucose) and DNA. In terms of tissue type, the body may be analyzed into water, fat, connective tissue ...

  6. Allotropes of carbon - Wikipedia

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    bct-carbon: Body-centered tetragonal carbon was proposed by theorists in 2010. [31] [32] Chaoite is a mineral believed to have been formed in meteorite impacts. It has been described as slightly harder than graphite with a reflection color of grey to white. However, the existence of carbyne phases is disputed – see the article on chaoite for ...

  7. Carbon-based life - Wikipedia

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    Liquid water is essential for carbon-based life. Chemical bonding of carbon molecules requires liquid water. [30] Water has the chemical property to make compound-solvent pairing. [31] Water provides the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide. Hydration of carbon dioxide is needed in carbon-based life. All life on Earth uses the same ...

  8. Water - Wikipedia

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    In almost all thermal power stations, water is used as the working fluid (used in a closed-loop between boiler, steam turbine, and condenser), and the coolant (used to exchange the waste heat to a water body or carry it away by evaporation in a cooling tower). In the United States, cooling power plants is the largest use of water. [152]

  9. Carbon - Wikipedia

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    This exothermic reaction is used in the iron and steel industry to smelt iron and to control the carbon content of steel: Fe 3 O 4 + 4 C (s) + 2 O 2 → 3 Fe (s) + 4 CO 2 (g). Carbon reacts with sulfur to form carbon disulfide, and it reacts with steam in the coal-gas reaction used in coal gasification: C (s) + H 2 O (g) → CO (g) + H 2(g).