Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

Which statement explains the lower melting point of buckminsterfullerene compared with graphite?

  • ABuckminsterfullerene exists as discrete molecules with weak intermolecular bonding.
  • BGraphite is partly ionic as its structure contains mobile electrons and it conducts electricity.
  • CThe carbon-carbon bonds in buckminsterfullerene are shorter and more strained.
  • DThe mobile electrons in graphite mean it has a metallic structure.

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