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Table 4 Summary of the findings made in the present study

From: Applying micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) and Raman spectroscopy for non-invasive characterization of coating and coating pigments on ancient Chinese papers

Lab. no.

Paper name

Coating pigment

Wax

Coloring materials (pigment and dye)

Raman

Raman

hhXRF/Raman

QP

Lajian

Lead white

n.d.

Red lead, kermesic acid

QY

Lajian

Lead white

Beeswax

Gamboge

QR

Lengjinjian

Kaolin

n.d.

Cinnabar, purpurin (?)

ENA#1

raw xuan

None

None

None

ENA#2

bamboo paper

None

None

None

  1. n.d. not detectable, ? uncertain