A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, a type of organic chemical compound made up of multiple fused carbon rings.
From corona (crown) plus the chemistry suffix -ene, named for its crown-like molecular structure of fused rings.
Coronene looks like a tiny golden crown when you draw its molecular structure—scientists literally named it after what it looks like under a microscope, which is how many organic chemicals got their names!
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