RETRACTED: Designed pendant chain covalently bonded to analogue of heulandite for removal of divalent toxic metals from aqueous solution: Thermodynamic and equilibrium study

Fraudulent results have been found in this article and other publications in Elsevier journals by the same authors, namely: J. Colloid Interf. Sci., 337 (2009) 122-130; Inorg. Chem. Commun., 12 (2009) 1145-1149; J. Environ. Radioactiv., 101 (2010) 122-133; Process Saf. Environ., 88 (2010) 53-61; J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 70 (2009) 1413-1421; Appl. Surf. Sci., 256 (2009) 702-709; Inorg. Chem. Commun., 11 (2008) 20-23; Inorg. Chem. Commun., 12 (2009) 1107-1111; J. Hazard Mater., 172 (2009) 507-514; J. Hazard Mater., 171 (2009) 514-523; J. Colloid Interf. Sci.,338 (2009) 30-39. Publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is an important building-block in the development of science. Elsevier has defined policies and ethical guidelines that have to be obeyed by authors and editors and Elsevier takes its duties of guardianship over the scholarly record extremely seriously. The Editors of the Elsevier journals involved found that the allegations of fraud are conclusive and they have decided that these papers should be retracted from the journals.