Buckminster fullerene is allotropic form of:

sulphur

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phosphorus

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carbon

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boron

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Solution

The correct option is C carbon
Buckminsterfullerene is a spherical molecule with formula C-60. It has cage like fused ring structure which resembles a soccer ball,made of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons with carbon atom at each vertex of each polygon.

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