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Unit - 9.1 Occurrence of Carbon And Its Allotropic Forms — CHEMISTRY STD 8 — Question

ICSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8CHEMISTRYUnit - 9.1 Occurrence of Carbon And Its Allotropic Forms2 Marks
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What do you understand by the following terms:
(i) allotropy
(ii) allotropic forms
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Answer

(i) The ability of an element to exist in more than one physical form having the same physical state is called allotropy.
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(ii) The various existing forms of an element bonded to each other in a different manner, exhibiting identical chemical properties but different physical properties are called allotropic forms.

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