Saturday 18 June 2022

A Plaque for Sir Harry Kroto


A plaque to Sir Harry Kroto was unveiled yesterday at the Chichester building at the University of Sussex where he discovered a new form of carbon molecule C60. He named this molecule "Buckminsterfullerene" after the the US architect Buckminster Fuller who designed the geodesic dome. The existence of fullerenes had been previously predicted from spectroscopic observations in outer space. 
The plaque was sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemists as part of their 'Chemical Landmark' scheme. There are a further 70 plaques under this scheme throughout the country.

A "Bucky Ball"


The Provost

The President of the Royal Society of Chemists


Lady Kroto 


Sir Harry's resting place  at Clayton Woods Natural Burial Ground


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