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Table 4 Chemical composition data determined by PIXE for the green glaze expressed in mass% for major and minor elements and ppm for traces (“0” means below the detection limits)

From: Archaeometric characterization of Byzantine pottery from Păcuiul lui Soare

 

MgO (mass%)

Al2O3 (mass%)

SiO2 (mass%)

K2O (mass%)

CaO (mass%)

TiO2 (mass%)

MnO (ppm)

Fe2O3 (mass%)

NiO (ppm)

CuO (ppm)

ZnO (ppm)

Sb2O5 (mass%)

PbO (mass%)

P1

1.4

5.7

20.4

0.5

1.9

0.3

456

2.5

1847

596

140

1.3

65.4

P2

1.1

3.6

12.5

0.5

0.9

0.3

451

3.2

2228

1351

162

0.6

75.7

P3

2.2

4.8

20.3

0.6

3.4

0.2

633

2.2

1894

1127

506

0

65.4

P4

0.8

4.8

23.0

1.2

2.1

0.4

0

2.1

1855

537

123

0

65.3

P5

1.6

5.5

25.3

1.3

12.8

0.3

0

1.9

1548

443

190

0

50.4

P6

0.7

4.4

24.0

1.5

1.1

0.2

0

1.7

1974

759

0

0

65.9

P7

1.1

6.5

24.8

1.2

2.3

0.3

238

2.5

1745

4059

87

0

60.6

  1. Results were normalized to 100%; “0” values in the table means below the detection limits—see Table 2