ANOMALY IN THE HEAT CAPACITY OF CRYSTALLINE CARBON MONOXIDE AT 18 K ASSOCIATED WITH ORIENTATIONAL ORDERING

Abstract
A small anomaly in heat capacity appeared at about 18 K when α-carbon monoxide was annealed at 15–16 K for 20–40 hours. A relaxation phenomenon was observed between 14 and 19 K. The results were tentatively interpreted as due to a glass transition arising from freezing of molecular head-to-tail reorientation.