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Retraction: Effectiveness of some novel heterocyclic compounds as corrosion inhibitors for carbon steel in 1 M HCl using practical and theoretical methods
Abd El-Aziz S. Fouda, Samir A. Abd el-Maksoud, Elsherbiny H. El-Sayed, Hazem A. Elbaz, Ashraf S. Abousalem
TL;DR
This retraction notice addresses a previously published study on the effectiveness of novel compounds in preventing steel corrosion in acidic conditions.
Contribution
The paper retracts prior findings, indicating errors or issues in the original research on corrosion inhibition.
Findings
The original study's claims about novel heterocyclic compounds as corrosion inhibitors are retracted.
The retraction highlights the need for verification of the study's results and conclusions.
Abstract
Retraction of ‘Effectiveness of some novel heterocyclic compounds as corrosion inhibitors for carbon steel in 1 M HCl using practical and theoretical methods’ by Abd El-Aziz S. Fouda et al., RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 19294–19309, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RA03083C.
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TopicsCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition · Concrete Corrosion and Durability
The Royal Society of Chemistry hereby wholly retracts this RSC Advances article due to concerns with the reliability of the data.
The AFM images in Fig. 10A and B were the same as those published by the authors in other papers.^1–10^ The authors stated that the AFM imaging was carried out outside the faculty and was distributed across the research group.
The authors alerted us to this error and requested a correction for these images, however given the significance of these concerns, the Editor has lost confidence that the findings presented in this paper are reliable.
The author Ashraf S. Abousalem has also requested their affiliation is updated, as their 2nd affiliation was not where the work was conducted and should not have been included on the manuscript.
This retraction supersedes the information provided in the Expression of Concern related to this article.
The authors were informed about the retraction of the article, Abd El-Aziz S. Fouda disagreed with the retraction on behalf of all authors, but the other authors have not indicated whether they agree with the decision to retract.
Signed: Laura Fisher, Executive Editor, RSC Advances
Date: 4th June 2025
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