Graphene and fullerene

Question 1

Explain the characteristics of graphene

Answer 1

• Allotrope of carbon
• Singular layer of carbon
• Hexagonal repeating units with strong covalant bonds
• Very strong and can conduct electricity

Question 2

Explain fullerenes

Answer 2

• Graphene is used ot make tubes and spheres known as fullerenes
• used as industrial catalysts, spheres around molecules to deliver drugs around the body, in nanotechnology