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Fullerenes

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Meaning

Fullerenes are allotropes of carbon in which the atoms are bonded in a mixture of hexagonal and pentagonal arrangements to form a sphere.

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A diagram showing the arrangement of carbon atoms in a fullerene.

About Fullerenes

Fullerenes are a giant covalent structure.
Fullerenes and any sphere shaped allotropes of Carbon so they may have many different sizes and numbers of Carbon atoms.