Size of C60 (MPI-FKF)

Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung
*Andersen Group*	*LMTO*	*C60*	GW	*Clusters*

The size of C₆₀

If the C60 molecule were the size of a soccer ball, then the soccer ball in turn would be about the size of the earth.

diameter
earth 12 750 km = 12.75 10^{6 m}
soccer ball 22 cm = 2.2 10^-1 m
C₆₀ molecule 7 Å = 7 10^-10 m

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