Table 1 XRF analysis of the Gyula and antiquarian photographs performed at three different sites: the cardboard frame (XA; A), pale foxing sites (XB; B) and dark foxing sites (XC; C).

From: Microbial communities affecting albumen photography heritage: a methodological survey

Elements

Gyula photograph

Antiquarian photograph

Cardboard frame (XA) %

Foxing PS (XB) %

Foxing DS (XC) %

Cardboard frame (A) %

Foxing PS (B) %

Foxing DS (C) %

Ag

n.d.

n.d.

0.1 ± 0.0

0.5 ± 0.1

n.d.

1.1 ± 0.2

Al

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

0.9 ± 0.1

n.d.

0.2 ± 0.0

Ba

9.76 ± 0.1

8.81 ± 0.1

11.83 ± 0.1

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

Br

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

0.3 ± 0.0

0.4 ± 0.1

Ca

0.2 ± 0.0

0.3 ± 0.1

0.4 ± 0.0

0.4 ± 0.1

0.3 ± 0.1

0.6 ± 0.0

Cu

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

0.5 ± 0.0

n.d.

n.d.

Fe

0.1 ± 0.0

0.1 ± 0.0

0.2 ± 0.0

0.3 ± 0.0

0.2 ± 0.0

0.4 ± 0.0

Mg

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

0.9 ± 0.1

n.d.

n.d.

S

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

2.5 ± 0.2

2.8 ± 0.1

3.2 ± 0.1

Si

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

2.5 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.0

0.6 ± 0.0

Sr

0.6 ± 0.0

0.5 ± 0.0

0.6 ± 0.0

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

Ti

11.4 ± 0.1

5.9 ± 0.0

6.4 ± 0.04

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

Zn

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

0.3 ± 0.0

n.d.

  1. n.d.: not detected.