allotropize

== English == === Alternative forms === allotropise === Etymology === From allotrope +‎ -ize. === Verb === allotropize (third-person singular simple present allotropizes, present participle allotropizing, simple past and past participle allotropized) (chemistry) 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.