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An allotrope of carbon which exhibits only two types of C-C bond distance of 143.5 pm and 138.3 pm, is
Chemistryp Block Elements (Group 13 & 14)KVPYKVPY 2019 (SB/SX)
Options:
  • A charcoal
  • B graphite
  • C diamond
  • D fullerene
Solution:
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The correct answer is: fullerene

In fullerene, each carbon is bonded to three other carbon atoms. Two types of those bonds are of greater single bond character and greater length 143.5 pm and one is of greater double bond character and shorter length 138.3 pm


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