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allotropy

property of some chemical elements to exist in two or more different forms
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Summary

allotropy is a chemical property[1]. allotropy draws 3,245 Wikipedia views per month (chemical property category, ranking #4 of 32).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: property[3], polymorphism[4]
  • Part of: chemistry[5]
  • Commons category: Allotropy[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Allotropy[7]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[8], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], The New Student's Reference Work[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[13]
  • Partially coincident with: crystal polymorphism[14], isomerism[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
  • Characteristic of: simple substance[17]

Why It Matters

allotropy has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] allotropy is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

chemistry

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007294079505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  2. 23w ago · Cyan Burrito · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → property, polymorphism
    Characteristic of → simple substance
    Part of → chemistry
    Instance of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: crystal polymorphism"
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