Manishraj Tomar

Buckminsterfullerene is an artificially synthesised allotrope of carbon. In contrast, diamond and graphite occur naturally. The process of synthesis is quite complicated. It is named after the scientist who first synthesised it. Its structure is also unique, like a soccer ball made up of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons. These hexagons and pentagons are hexagonal and pentagonal rings of carbon, each vertex of hexagon and pentagon represent one carbon atom. So, there are a total of 60 carbons arranged in this manner.
Practically, it is not of much use like other two allotropes, which are widely used in our lives.
It is just another form of carbon, which demonstrates high catenation properties.

You might have heard of Protein.

Ultimately the source of this vital nutrient plants. And nitrogen is essential to make protein. So how do the plants make protein?

Of course, they require nitrogen for that, but plants cannot merely take up nitrogen through stomata like CO2 and O2, so it has to be taken via roots. But how can they absorb a gas through their roots? The answer is, they don't, simply because roots cannot absorb gases. But there is a way called nitrogen fixation, by which some micro-organisms convert gaseous nitrogen into a form that can be absorbed by plants. After nitrogen fixation by micro-organisms, the nitrogen is available in the form of nitrates in an aqueous way which can be absorbed by roots of plants along with water.