Table 4 EDS point analysis of different regions (wt%)

From: Corrosion mechanisms of a bluish-white porcelain of Hutian kiln excavated from Nanhai No. 1 shipwreck

Position

C

N

O

Na

Al

Si

S

Cl

K

Ca

Fe

Zr

Fillers

Surface

P1

5.3

/

2.5

/

0.3

1.7

/

/

/

0.3

90.0

/

Cross-section

P2 (near surface)

21.5

/

26.8

/

/

1.1

/

/

/

/

45.9

3.2

P3 (further from surface)

24.5

/

18.3

/

0.3

0.7

17.7

/

0.2

/

35.0

3.2

Skeleton of porous structures

surface

P4 (near fillers)

6.9

/

26.2

/

0.7

2.1

0.7

0.3

/

/

63.2

/

P5 (further from fillers)

18.1

/

25.4

0.4

2.4

12.2

0.6

0.2

0.3

0.2

40.2

/

Cross-section

P6 (further from fillers)

28.3

/

36.8

/

0.3

19.8

/

/

/

/

19.8

/

P7 (in shallow pits)

20.3

/

47.1

/

/

31.1

/

/

/

/

1.5

/

Brown deposits

Surface

P8

6.4

/

28.6

/

3.0

7.7

0.5

/

2.4

/

51.5

/

Cross-section

P9 (the outermost layer)

71.7

/

10.1

1.3

1.3

2.2

0.8

1.1

0.4

0.1

0.4

/

P10 (the bottommost layer)

11.0

1.7

31.1

/

9.2

3.4

1.7

/

/

/

41.8

/

Translucent granules

Cross-section

P11 (in porous skeletons)

13.3

2.4

40.6

/

/

38.1

/

/

/

/

0.3

/