fullurenes and carbon nanotubes

Question 1

what is a fullerene?

Answer 1

molecules of carbon with hollow shapes

Question 2

fullurenes are made of hexagonal rings, however they may also contains rings of _ or _ carbon atoms?

Answer 2

fullerenes are made of hexagonal rings, however they may contain rings of 5 or 7 carbon atoms

Question 3

what was the first fullerene discovered, and how many carbon atoms did it contain?

Answer 3

buckminsterfullerene, with 60 carbon atoms

Question 4

what shape did buckminsterfullerene take?

Answer 4

a sphere

Question 5

what are the 3 uses of fullerenes?

Answer 5

delivering drugs into the body, being used as catalysts and lubricants in machines

Question 6

what are carbon nanotubes?

Answer 6

fullerenes shaped into a cylinder with a small diameter

Question 7

carbon nanotubes have high tensile strength, what does this mean?

Answer 7

they wont break when stretched

Question 8

why are carbon nanotubes conductors of electricty and heat?

Answer 8

because they have delocalised electrons

Question 9

carbon nanotubes can be used to ____ materials?

Answer 9

carbon nanotubes can be used to strengthen materials