Abstract
A simple experimental method has been developed for permitting the visual observation of subtle structural transformations in transparent birefringent solids. The method makes use of an optical compensator with a large path difference in conjunction with standard equipment for polarized light microscopy. This method has been applied successfully in the observation of subtle phase transformations in p-diiodobenzene and in phenanthrene.
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