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What is an allotrope?

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Allotropes are different forms of the same element. Different bonding arrangements between atoms result in different structures with different chemical and physical properties. Allotropes occur only with certain elements, in Groups 13 through 16 in the Periodic Table.

Eg: Allotropes of carbon are graphite,diamond,lonsdaleite etc

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