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On the Effect of Heat in Changing the Structure of Crystals of Potassium Chlorate

Nature volume 34, pages 66–67 (1886)Cite this article

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IT was observed some time ago by M. Mallard (Bulletin de la Sociélé Minémlogique, 1882, p. 214) that certain crystals, such as boracite and potassium sulphate, have their crystallo-graphic character profoundly modified by exposure to a high temperature, and that in the case of potassium sulphate a number of hemitrope plates are thus formed.

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MADAN, H. On the Effect of Heat in Changing the Structure of Crystals of Potassium Chlorate . Nature 34, 66–67 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034066a0

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