Buckminster fullerene is an allotrope of A. Boron B. Iron C. Phosphorus D. Carbon

The correct answer is D. Carbon.

Buckminster fullerene is a spherical allotrope of carbon with the formula C60. It is a cage-like molecule with 60 carbon atoms arranged in a truncated icosahedron, resembling a soccer ball. Fullerenes were first discovered in 1985 by Harold Kroto, Robert Curl, and Richard Smalley, for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in