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Buckyball is the allotrope of:

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phosphorus
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sulphur
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C
carbon
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titanium
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Solution

The correct option is C carbon
Buckyballs, also called fullerenes, were one of the first nanoparticles discovered. This discovery happened in 1985 by a trio of researchers working out of Rice University named Richard Smalley, Harry Kroto, and Robert Curl. Buckyballs are composed of carbon atoms linked to three other carbon atoms by covalent bonds.

Hence, option C is correct.

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