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Table 1 Chemical composition of the metal taken from the base of Christ

From: Patina in the construction of the poetic bronze image: science of materials, art and philosophy

Element

% weight

Analysis 1

Analysis 2

Analysis 3

Analysis 4

Analysis 5

Analysis 6

Analysis 7

Average % weight

Error 1 Sigma (wt%)

Cu

76.41

77.7

74.06

71.15

75.03

70.38

75.45

74.3

2.06

Zn

20.59

21.43

19.09

19.82

16.69

17.13

19.78

19.2

1.47

Sn

–

1.00

1.06

0.58

–

1.19

0.37

0.8

0.37

Pb

3.10

0.26

2.93

2.41

2.25

4.47

1.79

2.5

1.18

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