Question

Name the following-

Existence of an element in more than one form in the same physical state.

Answer 1

The existence of an element in more than one form in the same physical state is called allotropy.

Allotropes - The existence of elements in more than one physical form that are having different physical properties but the same chemical properties are called allotropes and properties are known as allotropy.

• Allotropy occurs due to different atomic structures.
• Carbon has three crystalline allotropes-

1. Diamond
2. Graphite
3. Fullerene