2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/118701We point out that a recent model for the heat capacity of alpha-U that invokes CDW collective modes is unphysical. We show instead that the features in the heat capacity of both single-crystal and polycrystalline alpha-U can be accounted for by a number of Peierls transitions that are subject to increased disorder in the polycrystalline sample.1 page, 1 figureStrongly Correlated Electronstext