RETRACTED: Application of modified attapulgites as adsorbents for uranyl uptake from aqueous solution—Thermodynamic approach

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This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors of Process Safety and Environmental Protection as fraudulent results have been found in this article and other publications in Elsevier journals by the same authors, namely - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 337 (2009) 122–130 - Inorganic Chemistry Communications 12 (2009) 1145–1149 - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 101 (2010) 122–133 - Process Safety and Environmental Protection 88 (2010) 53–61 - Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 70 (2009) 1413–1421 - Applied Surface Science 256 (2009) 702–709 - Inorganic Chemistry Communications 11 (2008) 20–23 - Inorganic Chemistry Communications 12 (2009) 1107–1111 - Journal of Hazardous Materials 172 (2009) 507–514 - Journal of Hazardous Materials 171 (2009) 514–523 - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 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. For more information on retractions please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal ( http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy ).