Question

write a short note of fullerene ?

Answer 1

A fullerene is an allotrope of carbon in the form of a hollow sphere, ellipsoid, tube, and many other shapes. Spherical fullerenes, also referred to as Buckminsterfullerenes or buckyballs, resemble the balls used in association football. Cylindrical fullerenes are also called carbon nanotubes (buckytubes).

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Answer 2

Fullerene is an allotrope of carbon .The first one to be identified was C-60 Which has carbon atoms arranged in the shape of a football .It looked like geodesic dome designed by an U.S architect Buckminster fuller,so it was named as fullerene .
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