What are allotropes? What are the allotropes of Iron and Carbon?

Sharad Jaiswal
Sharad Jaiswal

Posted On: Dec 28, 2020

 

Allotropy is defined as the existence of a chemical element in more than one crystalline form, which is different in the arrangement of atoms and the occurrence of molecules in crystalline solids that contain different numbers of atoms.

The 4 allotropes of iron are Alpha, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon.

The 2 allotropes of carbon are diamond and graphite.

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