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Dennis_Churaev [7]
3 years ago
13

An allotrope of carbon called buckminsterfullerene has the shape of _____.

Biology
1 answer:
DaniilM [7]3 years ago
6 0

Answer: D) a hollow soccer ball

Explanation:

Carbon is capable of forming many structurally different forms of the same element due to its valency. These forms are called allotropes. One of these is the buckminsterfullerene. It has a cage-like fused-ring structure made of twenty hexagons and twelve pentagons. If you look at this structure, it resembles a soccer ball.

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