Meaning & use
Allotropy
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The existence of a chemical element in two or more different physical or structural forms.
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Carbon's allotropy explains why diamond and graphite have such different properties despite being made of the same element.
Sulfur exhibits allotropy, existing in both rhombic and monoclinic crystal forms.
A note on using this word
From Greek 'allos' (other) and 'tropos' (manner), describing how atoms of the same element can bond differently.
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allotropism
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