Comment on "Thermodynamic properties of rock-salt ZnO" by Leitner et al. [Thermochimica Acta 572 (2013) 1-5]

Abstract

Very recently Leitner et al. [Thermochimica Acta 572 (2013) 1-5] have tried to extract the thermodynamic data of rock-salt ZnO from ab initio and experimental data available in the literature. In this Comment we show that neglecting (i) the strongly pronounced kinetic features of the pressure-induced phase transition in ZnO at room temperature and (ii) results of calorimetric measurements available in the literature [Russ. Chem. Bull. 59 (2010) 325-328] makes the proposed set of thermodynamic functions completely incorrect.

arXiv commentThis Comment on the paper published in Thermochimica Acta was deemed unpublishable because "it is out of the scope for Thermochimica Acta" (Editor's decision of 4 November 2013)