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Which of the following statements correct ?

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Fullerenes have dangling bonds
Fullerenes are cage-like MOLECULES
Graphite is thermodynamically most stable allotrope of carbon
Graphite is slippery and hard and THEREFORE used as a dry lubricant in machines

Solution :Fullerenes are cage like molecules. C-60 molecule has the shape like a SOCCERBALL and called Buckminsterfullerenes. Graphite is thermodynamically most stable allotrope of carbon and therefore, `Delta_f H^ɵ` of graphite is taken as zero. `Delta_f H^ɵ` values of DIAMOND and fullerene, C-60 are 1.90 and 38.1 kJ `"mol"^(-1)`, respectively.


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