Precise lattice parameter measurements and intensity measurements of s
elected main and satellite reflections of K2CoCl4 have been performed
in the temperature range 100 to 300 K in the vicinity of the low-tempe
rature phase transition (commensurate-commensurate phase transition, T
-c=142 K). A broadening of the FWHM for the h01 reflections was observ
ed below 142 K which suggests a transition from an orthorhombic phase
to a monoclinic phase.