allotropy

/uh-lo-truh-pee/US // əˈlɒ trə pi //UK // (əˈlɒtrəpɪ) //

同位素,同素异形体,同素异形,同素异构

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Chemistry.
- : a property of certain elements, as carbon, sulfur, and phosphorus, of existing in two or more distinct forms; allomorphism.

Before leaving this phase of inorganic chemistry, we may mention other historical examples of allotropy.
This would be quite in accordance with the chemical notion of allotropy.
Allotropy has turned the eyes of many back to the remoter past.
Thus carbon occurs as the diamond, and as charcoal and plumbago, and is therefore regarded as a substance subject to allotropy.
The term allotropy (from , of a different nature) was first used by the renowned chemist Berzelius.