Crossword-Solution: ALLOTROPY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Allotropy | n. | The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations. |
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| existence of an element in two or more physical forms | 1 answer |
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Separation.--Crystals from fusion.--Allotropy.--Solution.-- Theory of Allotropy.--Occurrence and purification.--Uses.--- Sulphur dioxide CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Allotropy, or allotropism, is the quality which an element often has of appearing under various forms, with different properties.
How many it has in the allotropic forms, as a solid, is beyond our knowledge; but it seems quite likely that allotropy is due to some change of molecular structure.
Among the special may be named the parallelism between allotropy and isomerism; the numerous lines in the spectrum of each element; and the cyclical law of Newlands and Mendeljeff.
Before leaving this phase of inorganic chemistry, we may mention other historical examples of allotropy.