Question

Consider the following statements about buckyball:
A. It is also called fullerene.
B. It is also called Buckminsterfullerene.
C. Bucky tubes (made of tubes) are several times stronger than steel wires.
D. Buckyball is a plastic polymer.
Select the correct statements
I. A,C,D
II. A,B,C
III. A,B,D
IV. B,C,D

Answer 1

Hint: We know that the buckyballs are carbon atoms connected to three other carbon atoms via covalent bonds. However the carbon atoms are connected to each other in a pattern similar to hexagons and pentagons, or we can say as cage-like fused-ring structure as visible as soccer balls, thus giving buckyball a spherical structure.
Complete step by step answer:
Buckyball is also known as fullerene and the buckminsterfullerene and $C60$ fullerene. These were one of the first nanoparticles discovered.
Another property we should know is a polyhedral Carbon structure composed of around $60 - 80$ carbon atoms in the pentagon and hexagon configuration, not a plastic polymer.
The bucky nanotube is $100$ times stronger than steel wire and is one-sixth the weight.
So from the above details we can say that Buckyball is a fullerene, also called buckminsterfullerene and these are several times stronger than steel wires.
Hence we can say that $(ii)$ A, B, C are correct.

Note:
We should note that buckyball is a black solid having the ability to dissolve in hydrocarbon solvents to generate a violet solution. Moreover, in April $2019$, scientists carrying out research with the Hubble Space Telescope, have reported the confirmed occurrence of the huge and complex ionized molecules of buckyballs $\left( {{C_6}0} \right)$ in the interstellar medium spaces between the stars.