Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Allotropes

What is an allotrope? Give an example of allotrope that you would see and use everyday?

21 comments:

~*Rikki*~ said...

An alltrope are different forms of the same element, have different molecular structure. Silicon is a great example because it has two allotropes.

lj_bierman said...

Allotropes are different forms of the same element, and have different molecular structures. An allotrope of silicon is a grey, hard substance. Another is brown powder.

*Traci K.* said...

Allotropes are different forms of the same elements. They have different molecular structures. Silicon is found in rocks and sand. It has two allotropes. "One is hard and gray and one is a brown powder.

Mike H. said...

They are different forms of the element, i forgot which element has two allotropes but i know they have the same atomic structure just a different form.

roxmysox29 said...

allotropes are different forms of the same elements, have different olecular structures. one allotrope od silicon is a hard, gray substance, and the other is a brown powder.

.Katlyn. said...
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dreenaa. said...

it is an element with more than one natural form. silicon is an good example because it has two allotropes.

daryn(: said...

Alltropes are different forms of the same element, they have different molecular structures. Silicon is a good example, it has 2.

Roop said...

are different forms of the same elements, have different molecular structures. Silicon because it is part of the earth, soil, rocks.

Anonymous said...

They are different forms of the same element. They have different molecular structures.One example is fullerene.

Buckshot said...

An alletrope is a different form of the same elment. they have different molecular structures than the others. a allotrope of carbon is diamond graphit buckminsterfullerene

.Katlyn. said...

Allotropes are two or more forms of the same element in the same physical state (solid, liquid, or gas) that differ from each other in their physical, and sometimes chemical, properties.

Anonymous said...

An allotrope is different forms of the same element having different molecular structures. A great example would be silicon because it has 2 allotropes.

Tim said...

They are different forms of the same element, that have the different molecular structure.

Big "O" said...

Allotrope is different forms of the same element and have a different structure to it. Also it has two allotropes.

EmKay said...

Allotropes are the different forms of the same element. An example of it could be like silcon because we use it a lot and it is one of the most abundant in the earth's crust. People really use it alot and they left it for awhile then went back to using it. Allitropes have many types of different structures from molecels

Mal said...

An allotrope is different forms of the same element. One is silicon. One form is a hard grey substance and the other is a brown powder. Allotrope of carbon is diamonds and another is graphite. We use graphite EVERYDAY in pencils. Some others of carbon is Nanotubes and buckminsterfullerence.

Brandon Erdmann said...

An alltrope are diffents fomrs of a element that are the same andhave a different molecular structure

':=:L^O^G^A^N:=:' said...

An allotrope is a different form of a certain element. It still is the same element, but it has a different structure. Carbon had many allotropes. Some examples are diamonds, or graphite.

trevor said...

a altrope is different forms of the same element but they have diffent molecular sturcture.

Anonymous said...

hmmmmmmm welllllllll.......... Allotrope are the different forms of the same element.... they probably have different molecular structure. And there is an example like silicon and thats because it has two allotropes.