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Can buckministerfullerenes conduct electricity?

My edexcel chem book says that they're good insulators as the fourth outer electron of each carbon atom are not free to move, but a quick internet check says they can..

Could someone please clarify.

Thanks
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Can buckministerfullerenes conduct electricity?

My edexcel chem book says that they're good insulators as the fourth outer electron of each carbon atom are not free to move, but a quick internet check says they can..

Could someone please clarify.

Thanks


Bit of a grey area ...

The nanotubes are very good conductors along the tube length, but insulators from tube to tube.

The buckyballs logically have no intermolecular connections and must be insulators.

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