C60 is the most stable fullerene. It has the shape of a football and called buckminsterfullerene.
C60 consists of fused five and six membered carbon rings. Each six membered rings surrounded by alternatively by hexagons and pentagons of carbon. While the five membered rings are surrounded by five hexagons carbon rings. Thus in C60 fullerene contains 12 five –membered rings and 20 Six –membered rings.
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