Thermal expansion of NiS
2 single crystal was measured by strain gauge method with the interest in the crystal distortion below
TN1 and/or
Tc. The lattice contracts abruptly below
Tc. The contractions between
Tc and 15 K along [100], [110] and [111] are
Δ100=12×10
−5,
Δ110=20×10
−5 and
Δ111=24×10
−5, respectively. It is inferred that NiS
2 undergoes a slight distortion from cubic symmetry below
Tc. On the assumption that NiS
2 had been cooled in a stress along the direction of strain gauge, it is concluded that NiS
2 undergoes a tetragonal distortion. The tetragonality (
c−
a)⁄
a is estimated to be 1.6×10
−4.
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