Question

Buckyball or buckminster fullerene is :

• A. An allotrope of carbon
• B. It is referred as ${\text{C}}_{60}$
• C. It has $s{p}^2-$ hybridised nature and resembles with soccer ball
• D. All of these

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of these

Buckminster fullerene or Buckyball is a spherical shaped allotrope of carbon. It has formula $C_{60}$ and have a cage like fused ring structure which resembles a soccer ball, made of $20$ hexagons and $12$ pentagons. Each atom is $s{p}^2$ hybridized and bonded to three other atoms.