Buckminsterfullerene
Buckminsterfullerene is an allotrope of carbon with 60 atoms
of carbon joined together forming a hollow spherical structure.
Buckminsterfullerene:
properties
1. Dark, solid
2. Neither hard nor soft
3. Weight of buckminsterfullerene is 720.64 g
mol
4. It is a semiconductor
5. When burned only carbon dioxide is
released and no residue is left.
6. Symbol is C60
Buckminsterfullerene:
structure
1. Cluster of 60 carbon joined together
to form small spherical molecule.
2. Football shaped spherical structure
arranged in hexagonal and pentagonal rings of carbon atoms.
3. Hexagonal and pentagonal rings of
carbon atom are interlocked with each other.
4. One molecule of buckminsterfullerene consists
of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons.
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