English
allotropize
From allotrope + -ize.
Formed from allotrope + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘beyond, other’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos ‘other, another’
Ancient Greek ἄλλος ‘other’
English allotrope
Today it means
verb To change in physical properties but not in substance; to alter the state, crystalline structure or appearance of a chemical while leaving it's atomic composition the same, such as the change of pure carbon from graphite to diamond or a buckyball.
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