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Table 4 Hydric parameters of the thirteen ceramic samples

From: Chemical, mineralogical and physical study of Late Iron Age ceramics from Nditam: Cameroon (West central Africa)

Samples

Ab

Af

Ax

Po

Di

ρa

ρr

S

CNDI 01

24

25

5

38

0.91

1.49

2.40

88

CNDI 02

22

23

5

37

0.92

1.58

2.49

88

CNDI 03

20

21

4

32

0.93

1.58

2.33

88

CNDI 04

20

21

7

33

0.93

1.55

2.31

87

CNDI 05

14

15

9

26

0.94

1.71

2.32

80

CNDI 06

20

22

7

35

0.92

1.62

2.50

89

CNDI 07

18

20

8

33

0.93

1.70

2.55

91

CNDI 08

20

21

4

34

0.93

1.61

2.44

90

CNDI 09

20

21

4

35

0.92

1.66

2.56

91

CNDI 10

18

21

16

34

0.93

1.60

2.43

82

CNDI 11

18

20

9

33

0.93

1.68

2.51

85

CNDI 12

21

22

2

36

0.92

1.62

2.52

95

CNDI 13

19

21

11

36

0.92

1.66

2.58

87

  1. Ab free water absorption (%); Af forced (under vacuum) water absorption (%); Ax  degree of pore interconnection (%); Po  open porosity (%); Di drying index; ρa apparent density (g cm−3); ρr real density (g cm−3); S  saturation coefficient (%)
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