RETRACTED: Influence of untreated coal and recycled aggregates on the mechanical properties of green concrete

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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal ( http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy) . This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors. Following receipt of whistle-blower complaints, an investigation of this and related papers was conducted. The Editor-in-Chief no longer has confidence in the scientific integrity of this paper as similar images have been used in various articles in multiple journals claiming varying conditions, which violates our publishing policies. The XRD pattern in Figure 5 in this article was reported differently in previous articles (e.g., Construction and Building Materials, 2021, 267, pp.121806, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121806) . These results are carefully checked and reviewed by a duly constituted expert committee, and are concluded to be unreliable findings. Communication with the corresponding author raised further concerns with the integrity of this work and proposed revisions deepened, rather than clarified, the uncertainty as to what materials were used in this study. One of the conditions of submission of a paper for publication is that authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable. As such this article represents a misuse of the scientific publishing system. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter and apologies are offered to readers of the journal that this was not detected during the submission process.