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'''Allotropy''' is a phenomenon in chemistry whereby a given chemical element can exist in several different structural forms.<ref>{{GoldBookRef|title=allotropes|file=A00243|accessdate=2010-04-05}}.</ref> Each of these forms is called an '''allotrope'''. The best known example is that of [[diamond]] and [[graphite]], which are both allotropes of [[carbon]].
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'''Allotropy''' is a phenomenon in chemistry whereby a given [[chemical element]] can exist in several different structural forms.<ref>{{GoldBookRef|title=allotropes|file=A00243|accessdate=2010-04-05}}.</ref> Each of these forms is called an '''allotrope'''. The best known example is that of [[diamond]] and [[graphite]], which are both allotropes of [[carbon]].
  
 
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Revision as of 07:08, 5 April 2010

Allotropy is a phenomenon in chemistry whereby a given chemical element can exist in several different structural forms.[1] Each of these forms is called an allotrope. The best known example is that of diamond and graphite, which are both allotropes of carbon.

References

  1. allotropes, <http://goldbook.iupac.org/A00243.html> (accessed 5 April 2010), Compendium of Chemical Terminology Internet edition; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

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