Retraction notice to “Mechanical and thermal characterization of bio-sourced mortars made from agricultural and industrial by-products”[Case Stud. Constr. Mater. 18 (2023) e01939] (Case Studies in Construction Materials (2023) 18, (S2214509523001183), (10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e01939))

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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors-in-chief. The editors received a formal request from UNILASALLE to retract this paper. UNILASALLE has provided evidence that SEM and pycnometer data reported in this paper was produced at UNILASALLE in April and May 2021 by the first author. Most data in this paper is reported in the first author's September 2021 Master's thesis submitted to Universite Clermont-Auvergne and supervised jointly with faculty from UNILASALLE. A copy of this thesis submission has been reviewed by the editors. Neither UNILASALLE nor Universite Clermont-Auvergne is acknowledged in this work. Furthermore, a July 2024 Corrigendum (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2024.e03132) requested by the authors provides acknowledgement of the work having been carried out at different laboratories altogether. No corroborating evidence for this has been provided. As a result, the editors no longer have any confidence in the content of this paper. The authors agree with the need to retract this paper.