Compositional and structural analysis of engineered stones and inorganic particles in silicotic nodules of exposed workers

Table 4 EDX measured for atomic contents of Si, Al and others (C, O, N, Na, P, S) for regions A to D from all biopsy samples

Sample	Region	Si (%)	Al (%)	Others (%)
S1	A	0.11	0.14	99.75
	B	0.08	0.03	99.91
	C	0.06	0.03	99.89
	D	0.03	0.01	99.96
S2	A	1.81	0.44	97.75
	B	0.44	0.14	9.42
	C	0.11	0.04	99.85
	D	0.02	0.04	99.94
S3	A	2.09	0.68	97.23
	B	1.32	0.24	98.44
	C	1.04	0.24	98.72
	D	0.08	0.07	99.85
S4	A	2.91	0.79	96.3
	B	0.83	0.18	98.99
	C	0.55	0.16	99.29
	D	0.12	0.10	99.78
S5	A	0.08	0.12	99.80
	B	0.05	0.11	99.84
	C	0.05	0.10	99.85
	D	0.02	0.02	99.96
S6	A	0.18	0.14	99.68
	B	0.08	0.43	99.49
	C	0.08	0.12	99.80
	D	0.00	0.00	100.00
S7	A	0.96	0.10	98.94
	B	0.08	0.09	99.83
	C	0.03	0.07	99.90
	D	0.04	0.01	99.95

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