Abstract
Measurements have been made of Young's modulus of pressed bars of Cr2O3 as a function of temperature. Near the Néel temperature an anomalous variation of modulus is observed. The character of this anomaly is however completely different from the anomalies previously observed for NiO and CoO. It is suggested that the difference is a domain phenomenon: the structure of NiO and CoO, but not of Cr2O3, allows the existence of antiferromagnetic domains.