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What is an allotropy?

What is an allotropy? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (chemistry) A property, exhibited by some elements of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures.
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This would be quite in accordance with the chemical notion of allotropy.
Elements exhibiting allotropy include tin, carbon, sulfur, phosphorus, and oxygen.
And this hypothesis is entirely in harmony with the phenomena of allotropy.
Important for the uniqueness of steel is the allotropy of iron that is, its existence in two crystalline forms.
Before leaving this phase of inorganic chemistry, we may mention other historical examples of allotropy.
The phenomenon of allotropy is exhibited when an element exists in two or more distinct forms.

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