GK QUESTION#3282
Which of the following is NOT an allotrope of carbon?
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Answer
A. Trisulfur
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Trisulfur, S₃, consists of sulfur atoms and cannot be a form of elemental carbon. Diamond, graphite and lonsdaleite are carbon structures; lonsdaleite is associated with hexagonal diamond. Allotropy refers to different structural forms of the same element.