J. Cent. South Univ. (2020) 27: 2792
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-020-4499-3
Retraction note to “Development and characterization of hot dip aluminide coated stainless steel 316L”
(J. Cent. South Univ., 10.1007/s11771-018-3937-y)
Sehrish MUKHTAR1, Waqas ASGHAR2, 3, Zubair BUTT4, Zaheer ABBAS2,Mudaser ULLAH5, 6, Rana ATTA-UR-REHMAN2
1. College of Engineering and Emerging Technologies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan;
2. University of Engineering and Technology Taxila, 47050, Taxila, Pakistan;
3. Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Ningbo 315201, China;
4. Mechatronics Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology Taxila,Chakwal Campus, 48800, Chakwal, Pakistan;
5. MOE Key Lab for Liquid-Solid Structure Evolution and Materials Processing,Institute of Materials Joining, Shandong University, Ji’nan 250061, China;
6. Department of Mechanical Engineering, CET, University of Sargodha, Pakistan
Central South University Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article [1] because Figures 11 and 12 appear to be identical with Figures 3 and 4 respectively from a previously published article [2].
Sehrish MUKHTAR, Waqas ASGHAR, Zubair BUTT, Zaheer ABBAS, Mudaser ULLAH and Rana ATTA-UR-REHMAN did not respond to correspondence about this retraction.
[1] MUKHTAR S, ASGHAR W, BUTT Z, et al. Development and characterization of hot dip aluminide coated stainless steel 316L [J]. J Cent South Univ, 2018, 25(11): 2578–2588. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-018-3937-y.
[2] ARENAS MA, FRUTOS E, SALDANA L, et al. Corrosion behaviour and biocompatibility of a novel Ni-free intermetallic coating growth on austenitic steel by hot dipping in an Al–12.6%Si alloy [J]. J Mater Sci: Mater Med, 2011, 22: 1005–1014. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10856-011-4284-9