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Question
What is buckminsterfullerene?
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Solution
Buckminsterfullerene is an allotrope of carbon. It is a spherical shaped molecule containing 60 carbon atoms, arranged in interlocking 20 hexagonal and 12 pentagonal rings of carbon atoms.
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