Question

The boron bucky ball has _______ metal atoms.

(a) 1

(b) 2

(c) 3

(d) 4

This question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

My doubt stems from Fullerenes and their Properties in portion Nano Materials of Applied Chemistry

Answer 1

The correct answer is (c) 3

To explain I would say: The boron bucky balls have 80 carbon atoms forming a sphere which encloses a complex of three metal atoms and one nitrogen atom.