Buckminsterfullerene is an allotrope of _______.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e Carbon
- Bulkministerfullerene is an allotrope of carbon.
- It comprises of C-50, C-60 carbon atoms.
- It contains pentagonal and hexagonal carbon cycles arranged in a football-shaped.
- It is a radical scavenger and also has vital applications in nanotechnology.
- Fullerene, an allotrope of carbon, is rarely found in nature. It is found in soot and in interstellar space.
- The first example of fullerene is Buckminsterfullerene (C). This allotrope of carbon is named fullerene after the architect Richard Buckminster Fuller because the structure of C resembles the structure of the geodesic dome he designed.
- Harold Kroto, Robert Curl and Richard Smalley were given the Nobel prize in chemistry 1996, for the discovery of this carbon allotrope, fullerene C.