NaNO2, orthorhombic hemihedral at ordinary temperature, shows an abrupt change in the temperature coefficients of the cell constants at about 158°C. At this same temperature the original strong piezo‐electric effect disappears. The change is very probably caused by the occurrence of two symmetrical sets of atomic positions in “averaged structure”.
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Strijk et al. (1943) studied this question.