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 | | Other fullerenes that have been produced in macroscopic amounts have 70, 76, 84, 90, and 96 carbon atoms, and much larger fullerenes have been found, such as those that contain 180, 190, 240, and 540 carbon atoms. |
 | | Fullerenes were first identified in 1985 as products of experiments in which graphite was vaporized using a laser, work for which R. Curl, Jr., R. Smally, and H. Kroto shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. |
 | | Fullerenes have since been discovered in nature as a result of lightning strikes, in the residue produced by carbon arc lamps, in interstellar dust, and in meteorites. |
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