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The transition temperature of ferro- and antiferroelectric crystals can be simply determined by continuous pyroelectric temperature analysis (PTA) of unsintered pressed powder. In order to avoid excessive stored charge the samples were not previously treated by a polarizing electric field. Experiments performed with (NH4)2SO4, KH2PO4 and NH4H2PO4 showed the transition points with a precision of 1°C.