RETRACTED: Modification of magadiite surface by organofunctionalization for application in removing As(V) from aqueous media: Kinetic and thermodynamic

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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal ( http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy ). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors of Applied Surface Science as fraudulent results have been found in this article and other publications in Elsevier journals by the same authors, namely, J. Colloid Interface Sci. , 337 (2009) 122–130, doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.05.013 ; Inorg. Chem. Commun. , 12 (2009) 1145–1149, doi: 10.1016/j.inoche.2009.08.029 ; J. Environ. Radioact. , 101 (2010) 122–133, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.09.005 ; Process Saf. Environ. Prot. , 88 (2010) 53–61, doi: 10.1016/j.psep.2009.10.002 ; J. Phys. Chem. Solids , 70 (2009) 1413–1421, doi: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2009.08.012 ; Appl. Surf. Sci. , 256 (2009) 702–709, doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2009.08.045 ; Inorg. Chem. Commun. , 11 (2008) 20–23, doi: 10.1016/j.inoche.2007.09.029 ; Inorg. Chem. Commun , 12 (2009) 1107–1111, doi: 10.1016/j.inoche.2009.08.033 ; J. Hazard. Mat. , 172 (2009) 507–514, doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.07.016 ; J. Hazard. Mat. , 171 (2009) 514–523, doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.06.032 ; J. Colloid Interface Sci. , 338 (2009) 30–39, doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.06.004 . 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.