Question

What are fullerenes ? Name the most common fullerene.

Answer 1

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Fullerenes are crystalline allotrope of carbon ,which is also called buckminsterfullerene.The structure of fullerene is made up of a series of hollow carbon molecules, either in the form of closed cages ("buckyballs") or cylindrical tubes (carbon "nanotubes").

Common fullerenes are C - 60 , C – 70 and C – 76