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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 704 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALLOTROPY (Gr. liXXor, other, and rpo7ros, manner)  , a name applied by J . J . See also:Berzelius to the See also:property possessed by certain substances of existing in different modifications . See also:Custom has to some extent restricted its use to inorganic See also:chemistry; the corresponding property of organic compounds being generally termed See also:isomerism (q.v.) . Conspicuous examples are afforded by See also:oxygen, See also:carbon, See also:boron, See also:silicon, See also:phosphorus, mercuric See also:oxide and iodide .

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