What is buckminsterfullerene? How is it related to diamond and graphite?

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Buckminsterfullerene is an allotrope of carbon. It is a spherically shaped molecule containing 60 carbon atoms, arranged in interlocking 20 hexagonal and 12 pentagonal rings of carbon atoms.
Buckminsterfullerene along with diamond and graphite are allotropes of the element carbon.

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(a) What is buckminsterfullerene? How is it related to diamond and graphite?
(b) Why is diamond used for making cutting tools (like glass cutters) but graphite is not?
(c) Why is graphite used for making dry cell electrodes but diamond is not?

One of the following is not an allotrope of carbon. This is :
(a) diamond (b) graphite (c) cumene (d) buckminsterfullerene

Q. The phenomenon of the existence of a chemical element in two or more forms differ in physical properties but of the same chemical nature is known as Allotropy. Carbon has two major allotropes diamond and graphite and the third one is Buckminsterfullerene. Diamond has a three-dimensional network of covalent bonds and is hard. In graphite, the carbon atoms are arranged in flat parallel layers as regular hexagons resulting in soft and ________ nature.

Q. What is the difference between Diamond and Graphite?

Q. With respect to graphite and diamond, How many statement(s) given below is/are correct
1.Graphite is harder than diamond
2.Graphite has higher electrical conductivity than diamond
3.Graphite has higher thermal conductivity than diamond
4.Graphite has higher

C - C

bond order than diamond

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What is buckminsterfullerene? How is it related to diamond and graphite?

Buckminsterfullerene is an allotrope of carbon. It is a spherically shaped molecule containing 60 carbon atoms, arranged in interlocking 20 hexagonal and 12 pentagonal rings of carbon atoms. Buckminsterfullerene along with diamond and graphite are allotropes of the element carbon.

Buckminsterfullerene is an allotrope of carbon. It is a spherically shaped molecule containing 60 carbon atoms, arranged in interlocking 20 hexagonal and 12 pentagonal rings of carbon atoms.
Buckminsterfullerene along with diamond and graphite are allotropes of the element carbon.