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AW of zinc carbonate = 65.38 (= AW of Zn) + 12.011 (= AW of carbon)
+ 3*15.9994 (= AW of three oxygen) = 125.3892 g/m

AW of calamine brass = (2/7)*63.546 (= AW of copper)
+ (5/7)(125.3892) = 107.7197 g/m

5
This AW is used for nechoshet, related to as “brass .”
Comments
The above calculation should be regarded as approximate due to the nonprecise
weights given to the copper and calamine ingredients that comprise the calamine-
brass alloy.

For the six materials addressed in this section, Table 13.2 displays the numeri-
cal values of Hebrew names (material numeric value, MaNV ), together with the
AWs and their RAWs (reciprocal atomic weights).

13.4 Statistical Analysis
13.4.1 Metals

In this section, we apply linear regression for all metals—namely, the four transi-
tion metals (gold, silver, iron, and copper) and the two basic metals, tin and lead .

The data for this analysis are displayed in Table 13.1. The response used is RAW,
the reciprocal of the metal AW , and the regressor (the independent variable) is the
Hebrew name’s numerical value (metal numeric value, MNV ).
Linear regression analysis was implemented. It was realized that lead , a basic
metal, does not belong in this analysis, and it was removed from this set of (mostly)

transition metals to the more general set of “substances” (to be analyzed in the
following subsection). Tin , the other basic metal , also deviates slightly from the
general pattern displayed by the transition metals. However, since the tin observa-
tion still falls within the 95% confidence limits (after the removal of lead from the

analysis), we decided to include it in the analysis of metals.
The results are displayed in Figure 13.1. The MNV values are given atop each

observation for easy identification (refer to Table 13.1).
For n = 5, the model F-ratio is 67.78, which is highly significant (p = 0.003752).

As alluded to earlier, the tin observation in Figure 13.1 is somewhat deviant
(probably since it is the only nontransition metal). However, it still resides within

the 95% confidence interval limits.