Table 1 Elemental composition obtained by WDXRF for mortar samples from the Carthage aqueduct

From: The materials of historical monuments: characterisation of the mortars of the Roman aqueduct of Zaghouan-Carthage

Samples

Function

Period

CaO

SiO2

Al2O3

Fe2O3

K2O

MgO

SO3

Na2O

Cl

Others

AG9

S

U

46.87

39.68

6.20

3.42

1.22

1.13

0.45

-

0.39

0.65

HAF31

S

U

78.16

13.49

2.81

2.26

0.69

0.66

0.44

-

1.10

0.39

AG29

S

U

85.10

6.62

1.91

1.27

0.36

1.33

2.54

-

0.54

0.33

HAF42

S

Me

54.19

28.10

7.41

4.37

1.89

1.84

0.31

-

1.04

0.70

AG14

S

Ro

16.11

79.93

1.82

0.68

0.28

0.28

0.62

-

0.12

0.17

AJ21

S

Ro

44.1

51.1

1.26

0.44

0.22

1.12

1.06

-

0.33

0.37

AJ22

S

Ro

33.61

54.32

2.74

1.08

0.91

1.76

1.59

1,31

2.20

0.48

AJ24

S

Ro

29.79

64.98

1.39

0.78

0.38

1.00

1.12

-

0.31

0.25

BR3

S

Ro

63.25

31.12

2.81

1.41

0.21

0.75

0.22

-

0.03

0.20

HAF34

S

Me

78.38

14.20

3.18

1.89

0.72

0.89

0.24

-

0.05

0.45

AG10

S

Ro

40.68

48.18

3.71

1.57

0.35

0.77

3.81

-

0.63

0.31

CR4b

R

Ro

60.53

27.79

4.86

3.27

0.42

1.09

0.95

-

0.48

0.61

CR12

R

Ro

47.09

33.19

8.39

5.24

0.89

1.78

0.78

-

1.85

0.80

CR20

R

Ro

31.49

46.02

10.5

3.73

3.84

0.92

0.71

1,26

0.79

0.74

AG5

R

U

51.76

40.81

3.48

1.59

0.67

0.73

0.43

-

0.24

0.29

CR13

R

Me

54.86

32.92

5.29

2.59

0.33

1.50

0.87

-

0.90

0.75

HAF38

R

Me

59.67

25.99

6.44

3.89

0.67

1.51

0.54

-

0.68

0.62

CR11

R

U

56.15

25.61

7.68

5.02

1.08

1.67

0.33

-

0.99

1.46

CR17

R

U

59.79

25.5

7.15

3.56

1.42

1.39

0.32

-

0.26

0.62

CR18a

R

U

44.90

32.90

10.10

5.52

1.52

2.13

0.29

0,94

0.66

1.05

CR23

R

U

36.17

39.17

9.95

5.40

1.12

6.83

0.23

-

0.12

1.00

CR27

R

U

56.00

30.04

5.53

3.83

0.14

1.56

0.63

-

1.08

1.19

CR28a

R

U

39.93

33.24

7,79

3.58

1.64

12.08

0.51

-

0.36

0.86

TB33

R

Mo

48.02

42.12

4.64

1.59

0.86

0.85

0.55

-

1.11

0.27

HAF26b

R

Mo

54.66

35.94

4.80

1.85

0.59

0.73

0.11

-

0.03

1.28

ARR32

R

Mo

74.19

16.00

3.01

2.45

0.30

1.05

0.82

-

1.55

0.63

CR19

R

Mo

54.70

30.90

6.38

4.18

0.58

1.80

0.69

-

-

0.77

ARR1

U

Mo

50.88

35.25

3.06

3.84

0.65

5.53

0.35

-

0.21

0.23

ARR6

U

Mo

63.39

27.17

3.92

2.01

0.70

1.01

0.52

-

0.12

1.16

TB8

U

Mo

63.64

24.59

4.87

4.16

0.79

1.02

0.58

-

0.05

0.30

TB25

U

Mo

84.10

9.32

2.85

1.53

0.49

1.18

0.17

-

0.02

0.34

HAF7

U

Me

58.67

26.38

5.22

4.83

0.47

1.00

1.38

-

1.36

0.69

AG16

U

Me

72.33

17.78

4.12

2.40

0.76

1.13

0.19

-

0.71

0.59

HAF35

U

Me

57.62

28.51

6.52

3.67

0.40

1.39

0.82

-

0.40

0.68

HAF37

U

Me

59.00

26.5

7.02

4.39

0.76

1.25

0.31

-

0.11

0.66

BR36

U

Ro

44.87

44.67

5.70

2.54

0.80

0.87

0,13

-

0.04

0.39

AG2

U

U

41.03

47.03

6.20

2.70

1.70

0.60

0.11

-

0.08

0.54

AG39c

U

U

60.68

27.19

5.16

2.84

0.97

0.99

0.84

-

0.41

0.92

AG40a

U

U

71.65

18.49

4.79

2.2

0.82

0.95

0.31

-

0.36

0.44

AG41

U

U

54.19

28.10

7.41

4.37

1.89

1.84

0.31

-

1.20

0.70

  1. S structural mortar, R rendering mortar, Me medieval, Mo modern, Ro Roman, U undefined. (-) not detected; Others = NiO, ZnO, Rb2O, SrO, ZrO2, As2O3, BaO, Nb2O5.
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