Abnormal Data on 10.1021/acsomega.0c03688

Here, we report some abnormal data on 10.1021/acsomega.0c03688:

(1) Figure 5b: most parts of the pink line and the green line are identical.

(2) One data on Table 6 (C2 peak position for ZnCl2 sample) and one data on Table 7 (C content for H3PO4 sample) miss significant digit(s). Considering authors did not delete “0” at 534.40 (Table 3), 286.30 (Table 6) and 284.80 (Table 6), those two data were likely manipulated.

Article Information

Title: Preparation of Acid- and Alkali-Modified Biochar for Removal of Methylene Blue Pigment

Authors: Can Liu, Wendong Wang, Rui Wu, Yun Liu, Xu Lin, Huan Kan, Yunwu Zheng

Journal: ACS Omega

DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c03688

UPDATE (2024.08.12)

The 5GH team currently received a document [1] from the author(s), providing data for the pink line and green line in Figure 5b. Although the data suggested the two line had same noise, the author(s) provided no physics explanation for the origin of the noise.



Reference

[1] DATA






Author: WU Guangheng

Founder and Chair of the 5GH Foundation

E-Mail: wu@5gh.org.cn

Document ID: 5GH-WuGH-20240811.001

中文

Publication Date: 2024.08.11

This article is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License

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