Examples of allotrope in a Sentence
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In 1955, however, labs at General Electric built on earlier research to create diamonds from graphite, another carbon allotrope, that had been subjected to extremes of pressure (nearly 1 million pounds per square inch) and temperature (3,100 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2018
And now, according to a paper today in Science, a team of researchers in Europe has succeeded in creating a strange new allotrope: an 18-carbon ring that had eluded labs for decades.
—Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2019
Graphene is a super material and an allotrope of carbon that’s made up of a layer of atoms arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb nanostructure.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
Therrien is bullish about the long-term potential of geometrical frustration to synthesize novel allotropes of carbon and other elements.
—W. Wayt Gibbs, Science | AAAS, 12 Nov. 2019
Altogether, then, this allotrope of carbon looks likely to have a profitable future.
—The Economist, 5 Oct. 2019
More Biology and Tech The e-tattoo is built from the thermoplastic polyvinylidene fluoride and graphene, which is an allotrope of carbon that's 100 times stronger than steel.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 26 June 2019
In the next step, the carbon ashes are converted into graphite, a stable allotrope of carbon in which the atoms are packed into tight, flat sheets.
—Glenn McDonald, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
What makes us human is doubt, fear, and shame, all the allotropes of unworthiness.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 7 May 2018
Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2018
And now, according to a paper today in Science, a team of researchers in Europe has succeeded in creating a strange new allotrope: an 18-carbon ring that had eluded labs for decades.
—Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2019
Graphene is a super material and an allotrope of carbon that’s made up of a layer of atoms arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb nanostructure.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
Therrien is bullish about the long-term potential of geometrical frustration to synthesize novel allotropes of carbon and other elements.
—W. Wayt Gibbs, Science | AAAS, 12 Nov. 2019
Altogether, then, this allotrope of carbon looks likely to have a profitable future.
—The Economist, 5 Oct. 2019
More Biology and Tech The e-tattoo is built from the thermoplastic polyvinylidene fluoride and graphene, which is an allotrope of carbon that's 100 times stronger than steel.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 26 June 2019
In the next step, the carbon ashes are converted into graphite, a stable allotrope of carbon in which the atoms are packed into tight, flat sheets.
—Glenn McDonald, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
What makes us human is doubt, fear, and shame, all the allotropes of unworthiness.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 7 May 2018
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First Known Use
1833, in the meaning defined above
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allotrope
noun
al·lo·trope
ˈal-ə-ˌtrōp 
: a form showing allotropy
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