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Table 1 Chemical composition of the sword and the silver sheet

From: Characterization of the microstructural features and the rust layers of an archaeological iron sword in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (380–500 A.D.)

The area	Method	Spectrum	Fe	Si	Al	Ca	P	C	Ag	Cu	AS
The sword	SEM–EDS	Spectrum 1	96	3.2	0.8
		Spectrum 2	99	0.4
		Spectrum 3	94	3.6	1.1	0.8	0.4
	CSA	Spectrum 1						0.4
	CSA	Spectrum 2						0.5
The silver sheet	pXRF	Spectrum 1							96	2.9	0.3
		Spectrum 2							96	3.2	0.3
		Spectrum 3							97	2.7	0.3

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