Chemistry GCSE
Five-membered rings
What Five-membered rings means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Five-membered rings
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Reference: AQA
Rings containing five carbon atoms that pull the sheet into a dome and help close the cage.
Topics that use Five-membered rings
- Graphene and fullerenes (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Buckminsterfullerene
- Carbon nanotubes
- Electrical conductivity in carbon nanotubes
- Fullerenes
- Structure-property-application links
- Graphene
- Hexagonal rings
- Spherical fullerenes
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