Question

Name the three common name of allotropes of carbon

Answer 1

Answer:

Different form of an element which have different physical appearance and properties but their chemical properties are same are called Allotropes.

There are three Allotropes of carbon:-

1. Diamond

2. Graphite

3. Fullerene

Explanation:

1. Diamond -

Diamond is a 3-dimensional network of strong carbon-carbon covalent bond.

2. Graphite -

In Graphite each carbon atom is bonded with three other carbon atoms to form hexagonal rings.

3. Fullerene -

It is as same structure as graphite. But also contain pentagonal or heptagonal rings. Spherical fullerene are called Bucky balls and Cyndrical fullerene are called lucky tube or nano tubes.