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What are Allotropes? |
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Answer» The various physical forms in which an element can exsist are called Allotropes of the element. Allotropy is the property by virtue of which an element exists in more than one form and each form has different physical properties but have identical chemical properties. These different forms are allotropes. Allotropes are different structural modifications of an element; the atoms of the element are bonded together in a different manner. Allotropes of carbon: a) Diamond, b) Graphite, c) Lonsdaleite, d) C60 (Buckminsterfullerene or buckyball), e) C540, f) C70, g) Amorphous carbon, and h) single-walled carbon nanotube, or buckytube. |
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