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Allotropes

Allotropes are different forms of the same element just bonded in different structures. Carbon is a good example as it can be in the form of diamond and graphite with different structures and properties

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Giant Covalent Compounds

Giant covalent structures exist when many atoms are covalently bonded in a large structure.

Exceptions to the States of the Periodic Table

Whilst the general trend that metals are solids and non-metal are gases, liquids and solids hold true and as you progress down the non-metals there are more solids there are some key exceptions.

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