What are fullerene? How are they distinct from other allotropes of carbon? Explain why graphite is a conductor of electricity while diamond is an insulator?
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- a form of carbon having a large spheroidal molecule consisting of a hollow cage of sixty or more atoms, of which buckminsterfullerene was the first known example. Fullerenes are produced chiefly by the action of an arc discharge between carbon electrodes in an inert atmosphere
- Carbon is capable of forming many allotropes (structurally different forms of the same element) due to its valency. ... Larger scale structures of carbon include nanotubes, nanobuds and nanoribbons. Other unusual forms of carbon exist at very high temperatures or extreme pressure.
- Graphite can conduct electricity because of the delocalised (free) electrons in its structure. ... However, in diamond, all 4 outer electrons on each carbon atom are used in covalent bonding, so there are no delocalised electrons.
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