Abstract

Examples known so far of structural phase transitions which can be treated as an instability of a hypothetical parent phase are enumerated. Physical requirements for being reasonable to consider such hypothetical phase are pointed out. The possibility of using this concept for explanation of successive structural phase transitions in Rochelle salt and langbeinites is discussed.

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