Fig. 7: Scatterplot of Ag/Cu ratios showing the variability in copper content among the silver alloys for each part analysed.
From: Beyond the aesthetics of Tang and Liao dynasties artifacts in the British Museum’s collection
The eutectic point of the Ag-Cu alloy is provided (≈28 wt% Cu / 72 wt% Ag), (see Discussion and conclusions section). All the analyses were carried out on abraded spots. Analyses are shown in wt% normalised to 100%.
