Recently reported work by Kliwer does not represent the first instance in which pulsed lasers were used to deposit thin films of metals for elemental analysis. Moreover, the results of a large number of elemental analyses of thin alloy films deposited by laser‐induced evaporation do not agree with the assertion that stoichiometry of the alloy is preserved through the evaporation process. The disparity between Kliwer's results and those of the present work requires that the analytical chemical significance of samples prepared by laser‐induced vaporization be assessed with caution.