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What are allotropes? ​

Answer 1

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Allotropy or allotropism is the property of some chemical elements to exist in two or more different forms, in the same physical state, known as allotropes of the elements. Allotropes are different structural modifications of an element; the atoms of the element are bonded together in a different manner.

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Answer 2

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Allotropy, the existence of a chemical element in two or more forms, which may differ in the arrangement of atoms in crystalline solids or in the occurrence of molecules that contain different numbers of atoms.

Substance which shows this property is called as allotrope.

eg. diamonds and graphites are allotrope of carbon but have different structures.