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Table 2 SEM/EDS data and expressed as normalized wt%. Numbers within brackets refer to layers in Fig. 7

From: The Samuel F. B. Morse statue in Central Park: scientific study and laser cleaning of a 19th-century American outdoor bronze monument

 

S

Fe

Cu

Sn

Zn

SiO2

Al2O3

K2O

P2O5

SO3

Cl

FeO

CuO

SnO2

Bare alloy (1)

  

91.0

6.4

2.6

         

Red corrosion layer (2)

         

0.8

1.0

 

85.5

12.5

Green corrosion layer (3)

     

0.2

  

0.3

18.1

0.1

0.5

55.8

25.1

Very thin green

corrosion layer (4)

     

1.6

0.9

0.2

0.3

23.5

2.2

0.5

70.3

0.6

Copper sulfide particle

21.4

0.2

78.4

           

Zinc sulfide particle

33.1

0.3

4.4

 

62.2

         

Zinc sulfide particle

32.9

0.6

5.7

0.3

60.5

         

Zinc sulfide particle

33.1

0.4

4.2

0.2

62.1

         

Zinc sulfide particle

34.1

0.5

4.9

 

60.6

         

Zinc sulfide particle

33.6

0.4

4.0

 

62.0