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Chatterjee et al. [Phys. Rev. C 44, R2249 (1991)] report that the shar
ing of dissipated energy in the Ni-58 + Pb-208 reaction at E/A=6.5 MeV
is not influenced appreciably by the direction and magnitude of net c
harge (and mass) transfer. We point out that neither this conclusion n
or one arguing for a correlation between mass flow and excitation ener
gy division is supported by the data and analysis presented in their c
ommunication.