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allotrope of carbon ??? explain
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allotropes allotropy is existence of an element in more than one form having the same chemical properties. exists in two allotropic forms crystalline. allotropes amorphous allotropes crystalline allotropes diamond graphite fullerenes amorphous allotropes carbon block lamp block coke charcoal.
Carbon is capable of forming many allotropes due to its valency. Well-known forms of carbon include diamond and graphite. In recent decades many more allotropes, or forms of carbon, have been discovered and researched including ball shapes such as buckminsterfullerene and sheets such as graphene. Larger scale structures of carbon include nano tubes, nano buds and nano ribbons. Other unusual forms of carbon exist at very high temperatures or extreme pressures. Around 500 hypothetical 3-periodic allotropes of carbon are known at the present time according to MACADAM database.