strange question

Nita DRAGOE ( tdragoe@hongo.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp )
Wed, 15 Oct 1997 17:53:06 +0900

Hello all,

I have a question, maybe you can help me on this.

I have small single crystals of an organic compound, A.
By heating these crystals at about 300 C, a decomposition of A takes place
(nothing wrong, yet) with about 20 percent mass loss. The obtained compound is
in crystalline form, and it seems exactly like A (small needles, crystals-like);
there is no melting or sublimation below 300 (the crystals are too small for a
four-circle tentative).
It this possible ?
Thank you,

Nita DRAGOE
http://www.hongo.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~tdragoe
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