Question

$C_{60}$ is called buckminsterfullerene.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

Fullerenes are crystalline allotropes of carbon containing sixty or more carbon atoms covalenty bonded to each other in the shape of a hollow cage.

Buckminsterfullerene is one such fullerene with sixty carbon atoms in its molecule. Its shape resembles to that of a soccer ball as shown below.