allotropize (English, verb)
expansion: allotropize (third-person singular simple present allotropizes, present participle allotropizing, simple past and past participle allotropized)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: allotropizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: allotropizing
tags: participle
present
form: allotropized
tags: participle
past
form: allotropized
tags: past
form: allotropise
tags: alternative