Retraction note: Evaluation of hardness values and corrosion behavior of laser alloyed 20Al-20Sn-60Ti on UNS G10150 mild steel (The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, (2016), 86, 1-4, (291-301), 10.1007/s00170-015-8111-1)

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article. After publication, a number of concerns were raised by a third-party. There appear to be areas of overlap within Fig. 2b and 2c. Furthermore, concerns were raised regarding the validity of the spectra, specifically the peak representing carbon. Furthermore, both the spectrum and the micrograph in Fig. 2a appear to overlap with a number of articles published before and after this article by some of the same authors, sometimes representing different samples, and sometimes without the anomalous peak in the spectrum [1, 2, 3–4]. The authors were unable to provide a sufficient response to concerns. The Editor has lost confidence in the data and conclusions of this article. The authors did not respond to correspondence from the publisher regarding this retraction.