Question

Consider the following statements about buckyball:

$A$: It is also called fullerene.
$B$: It is also called Buckminsterfullerene.
$C$: Bucky tubes (made of fullerene) are several times stronger than steel wires.
$D$: Buckyball is a plastic polymer.

Select the correct statement(s).

• A. $A,C,D$
• B. $A,B,C$
• C. $A,B,D$
• D. $B,C,D$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $A,B,C$

A. buckyball is also known as fullerene and the buckminsterfullerene and C60 fullerene is a fullerene.

B. A polyhedral Carbon structure composed of around 60-80 carbon atoms in the pentagon and hexagon configuration, not a plastic polymer.

C. The bucky nanotube is 100 times stronger than steel wire and is one-sixth the weight.

Hence, option A, B and C are correct.