Answer to Question #330786 in Atomic and Nuclear Physics for kimm

Question

 What atom consitutes the molecule? how many carbon atoms?

How many electrons, protons, and neutrons do the buckminsterfullerene have.

Answer 1

A tiny particle of a chemical element is called an atom, which may or may not exist independently. Molecules refer to the group of atoms that the bond binds together, representing the smallest unit in a compound. Two or more identical or distinct atoms are chemically bonded.