Question

What is an allotrope of carbon??

Answer 1

Three forms (or 'allotropes') of pure carbon are diamond, graphite and buckminster fullerene (or 'buckyballs'). In all three allotropes thecarbon atoms are joined by strong covalent bonds but in such different arrangements that the properties of the allotropes are very different.

Answer 2

The term allotrope refers to one or more physical forms of a chemical element that occurs in the same physical state.