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Allotropy vs. Allotroph: What's the Difference?

Allotropy and Allotroph Definitions

Allotropy

The existence of two or more crystalline or molecular structural forms of an element that have different chemical or physical attributes.

Allotroph

(rare) heterotroph

Allotropy

(chemistry) A property, exhibited by some elements, of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures.

Allotropy

The phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms

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