The football-shaped allotrope of carbon containing sixty atoms is called
- A.Graphite
- B.Buckminsterfullerene
- C.Coke
- D.Charcoal
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, buckminsterfullerene. It is a molecule of sixty carbon atoms arranged in a closed cage of pentagons and hexagons, exactly like the panels of a football, and it is named after the architect who designed domes of the same geometry. Option A is wrong because graphite is built of flat hexagonal layers stacked over one another, which makes it soft and slippery rather than cage-like. Option C is wrong because coke is the impure carbon left when coal is heated in the absence of air and is used in extracting metals; it is not a crystalline allotrope with a definite molecular formula. Option D is wrong because charcoal is likewise an amorphous form of carbon obtained from wood, valued for adsorbing gases and colouring matter rather than for any regular structure.
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Practice Questions
View allCooking gas (LPG) mainly consists of
- A.Ethene
- B.Ethyne
- C.Propene
- D.Propane and Butane
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Liquefied petroleum gas is a mixture of these two saturated hydrocarbons, which are gases at ordinary pressure but turn liquid under moderate pressure, so a large quantity of fuel fits into a small cylinder; a strong-smelling compound is added so that a leak is noticed.
Read the full explanation →How many isomers does C6H14 have?
- A.3
- B.6
- C.4
- D.5
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Hexane, C6H14, can be drawn as a straight chain of six carbons, as two chains of five carbons with a methyl branch in different positions, and as two chains of four carbons carrying branches, which gives five different structures with the same molecular formula.
Read the full explanation →Compounds with exactly two double carbon to carbon bonds are known as ______.
- A.Terpenes
- B.Dienes
- C.Trialkyne
- D.Dialkyne
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The prefix di stands for two and the ending ene for a carbon to carbon double bond, so a diene is a hydrocarbon carrying exactly two such bonds; buta-1,3-diene, the raw material of synthetic rubber, is the standard example.
Read the full explanation →The first member of the alkyne group of hydrocarbons is
- A.propyne
- B.ethyne
- C.methyne
- D.butyne
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An alkyne contains a carbon to carbon triple bond, which needs at least two carbon atoms, so the series begins with ethyne, C2H2, also called acetylene and used with oxygen in welding.
Read the full explanation →A gas stove flame burns blue because of
- A.Complete combustion of fuel
- B.Presence of hydrogen in the air
- C.Hazardous combustion
- D.Insufficient oxygen
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When enough air reaches the burner, every carbon atom of the fuel is oxidised fully to carbon dioxide and the flame is blue and hot, giving the maximum heat for the gas consumed.
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