C70
Cut along the dashed lines indicated by arrows to cut out the gray hexagons. Next, cut around the perimeter of the pattern. Glue
or tape the two hexagons on both sides of a cut line (dashed) on top of each other, forming a pentagon hole surrounded by 5 paper
hexagons. Continue overlapping the hexagons until you have formed a flattened spherical shape with 25 hexagons and 12 pentagons.
In a C70 molecule, there is a carbon atom at the line intersections, and each line represents a bond between the carbon atoms.
Based on patterns from Beaton, J. M., A Paper-Pattern System for the Construction of Fullerene Molecular Models. Journal of
Chemical Education 1992, 69 (8), 610-612.
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university of wisconsin - madison
nanoscale science & engineering center
ICE
Institute for Chemical Education