Fullerenes

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What are hollow cages of carbon bonded in?
Together in 1 molecule.
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What can fullerenes be arranged as?
A sphere or a tube (nanotube).
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What make the molecules slide over each other?
Molecules held together by weak intermolecular forces.
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Can it conduct electricity?
Yes.
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What was the 1st fullerene and how many atoms did it have?
Buckminsterfullerene was the 1st to be discovered and has 60 carbon atoms.
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What happened to the other fullerenes?
It exists with different numbers of carbon atoms arranged in rings that form hollow shapes.
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What can fullerenes be used as?
Lubricants and drug delivery.
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What are the carbon atoms in nanotubes arranged in?
Cylindrical tubes.
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What’s their high tensile strength?
They’re difficult to break when pulled.
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What does their high tensile strength make them?
Useful in electronics.