title: A thermal expansion investigation of the melting point anomaly in trihalomesitylenes.
abstract: Generally the order of melting point of halogenated compounds is found to be I > Br > Cl whereas, in the series of trihalomesitylenes the order follows as Br > I ≈ Cl. This melting point anomaly has been explained in terms of their thermal expansion behaviours. The order of thermal expansion in this series is found to be Br < I ≈ Cl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, 605014, India. binoypu@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Viswanadha G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Saraswatula
authors.forename: Binoy K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Saha