Experimental data on measuring the amounts of fullerene-containing soot dep
osited in different areas of a fullerene are are obtained. It is shown that
, relying on a fairly general model of the spectra of clusters, a simple ga
s-dynamic model, and existing knowledge of the transformation stages of car
bon clusters, the area of the are where fullerenes are produced can be dete
rmined. (C) 2001 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica".