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Science 9 February 1968:
Vol. 159. no. 3815, pp. 629 - 631
DOI: 10.1126/science.159.3815.629
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Carbon Tetrachloride: Plastic Properties

Laird C. Towle 1

1 Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.

The shear strength of solid carbon tetrachloride was measured from 187° to 247°K. A 25-percent discontinuity was observed at the solid- solid transition, at about 225°K. This transition exhibited a distinct hysteresis. The shear strength of both the high- and low-temperature forms increased very rapidly as the temperature was lowered. There was no evidence of a rhombohedral high-temperature phase.

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