1996年的化学奖也授予一种新的碳形式——巴克敏斯特富勒烯。
The 1996 chemistry prize was also awarded for a new form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene.
一种称作足球烯的碳分子，它是富勒家族中的一员，可以像笼子一样困住别的化学分子。
The carbon molecule known as a buckyball, a member of the fullerene family, can act as a cage for a variety of other chemicals.
Harold Kroto因为发现巴克敏斯特富勒烯，在1996年获得诺贝尔化学奖。巴克敏斯特富勒烯是一种类似足球形状的碳，人们更喜欢叫它巴克球。
Harold Kroto won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, the soccer ball shaped form of carbon better known as buckyballs.
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