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Buckmisterfullerene ( बकमिंसटर फुलरीन ) is an allotropic form of

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phosphorus

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sulphur

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carbon

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tin

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Buckminsterfullerene is an allotrope of carbon containing clusters of 60 carbon atoms jointed together to form spherical molecules. Its formula is `C_(60)` (C-Sixty). It is a dark (diamond and graphite), it is neither very hard nor soft.
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