TY - BOOK ID - 210496 TI - Natural fullerenes and related structures of elemental carbon PY - 2006 SN - 1280744979 9786610744978 1402041357 1402041349 9048170540 PB - Dordrecht : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Fullerenes. KW - Carbon. KW - Group 14 elements KW - Light elements KW - Carbon KW - Chemistry, Physical organic. KW - Geochemistry. KW - Astronomy. KW - Planetology. KW - Physical Chemistry. KW - Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. KW - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics. KW - Biogeosciences. KW - Planetary sciences KW - Planetology KW - Chemical composition of the earth KW - Chemical geology KW - Geological chemistry KW - Geology, Chemical KW - Chemistry KW - Earth sciences KW - Chemistry, Physical organic KW - Chemistry, Organic KW - Chemistry, Physical and theoretical KW - Physical chemistry. KW - Astrophysics. KW - Atoms. KW - Physics. KW - Geobiology. KW - Matter KW - Stereochemistry KW - Astronomical physics KW - Astronomy KW - Cosmic physics KW - Physics KW - Chemistry, Theoretical KW - Physical chemistry KW - Theoretical chemistry KW - Biology KW - Biosphere KW - Natural philosophy KW - Philosophy, Natural KW - Physical sciences KW - Dynamics KW - Constitution UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:210496 AB - Observational, experimental and analytical data show that C60, larger fullerenes, and related structures of elemental carbon exist in interstellar space, meteorites, and on Earth and are associated with meteorite in impact events and in carbon-rich environments such as coals (shungite) and bitumen. The existence of natural fullerenes is at best contested and incompletely documented; realistically it is still controversial. Their presence in astronomical environments can be experimentally constrained but observationally they remain elusive. Fullerenes formation in planetary environments is poorly understood. They survived for giga-years when the environmental conditions were exactly right but even then only a fraction of their original abundance survived. Natural fullerenes and related carbon structures are found in interstellar space, in carbonaceous meteorites associated with giant meteorite impacts (including at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary) as well as in soot, coal and natural bitumen. This book provides an up-to-date summary of the state of knowledge on natural fullerenes occurrences and the laboratory techniques used to determine their presence at low concentration in rock samples. It demonstrates that natural fullerenes exist and should be searched for in places not yet considered such as carbon-containing deep-seated crustal rocks. Natural Fullerenes and Related Structures of Elemental Carbon is written for professional astronomers, meteoriticists, earth and planetary scientists, biologists and chemists interested in carbon and hydrocarbon vapor condensation. It is an invaluable resource for practicing research scientists and science teachers in Earth and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Carbon Science. ER -