Evidence for a third phase of mercury

Abstract
It has been found that tensile deformation at liquid helium temperature partially transforms-α-mercury to a γ phase which is distinguished from the α and β phases by having a lower superconducting critical field curve and a lower transition temperature (T =3·74±0·05°K compared with the values found by Schirber and Swenson (1961), T =4·153°K and T =3·949°K). Resistance measurements show that the γ phase transforms back to α-mercury at about 53°K.

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