A New Phase in p -n-Hexyloxybenzylidene-Amino- p '-Chlorobenzene

Abstract
The heat capacity of p-n-hexyloxy-benzylideneamino-p'-chlorobenzene (abbreviated as HBAC) was measured in the temperature range 15 to 385 K by an adiabatic calorimeter. A new phase was discovered between the crystal and the smectic B phase. Transition temperatures, enthalpies and entropies of the transitions are as follows: Ttr =327.70 K, ΔHtr=10.88 kJ mol-l, and AStr=33.2 J K-1 mol-1 for the crystal-the new phase transition and Ttr=333.90 K, ΔHtr =12.35 kJ mol-l, and ΔStr= 37.0 J K-1 mol-1 for the new phase-the smectic B phase transition, respectively.

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