Multiple choice

Buckministerfullerene is an allotropic form of

  1. phosphorous

  2. oxygen

  3. carbon

  4. sulphur

  5. nitrogen
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Explanation

Fullerenes form another class of carbon allotropes. The first one to be identified was C-60, which has carbon atoms arranged in the shape of a football. The molecule was named Buckministerfullerence after the US architect Buckminister Fuller who developed a dome like structure.

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