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Table. 4.

Elemental composition of the specimen in groups A, B, and C

Weight percentage (wt%) Atom percentage (at%)
Group A Group B Group C P-value Group A Group B Group C P-value
Ca 20.72±5.31 17.48±3.02 17.18±6.98 0.258 9.55±2.77 8.22±1.51 7.28±3.31 0.153
C 22.36±4.50 15.33±.02 31.98±16.64 0.006* 31.85±5.29 23.92±6.40 40.00±19.24 0.039*
O 36.77±7.63 38.31±0.70 29.24±3.21 0.016* 42.03±9.27 45.95±3.46 30.52±4.33 0.002*
Cu 13.39±0.00 - - - 4.62±0.00 - - -
F 5.89±1.30 2.15±0.00 10.38±4.24 0.137 6.08±.1.27 2.2±0.00 9.59±4.17 0.194
N 14.68±5.63 7.93±3.39 7.93±3.39 0.031* 17.77±6.33 10.47±3.90 14.78±5.39 0.114
Na 2.22±0.47 2.27±0.72 3.81±2.49 0.178 1.89±4.18 1.85±0.53 2.89±2.02 0.311
P 11.08±6.57 13.75±4.86 4.79±4.53 0.233 6.97±4.18 8.45±3.14 2.63±2.48 0.217
Si 9.29±6.59 5.74±4.43 3.76±2.88 0.158 6.16±4.50 3.61±2.69 2.34±1.86 0.139
Zn 10.68±0.00 - - - 3.59±0.00 - - -
Zr 7.41±0.00 3.51±0.00 - - 1.59±0.00 0.75±0.00
Fe - 0.87±0.00 - - - 0.30±0.00 - -
Mg 1.76±0.28 2.54±0.53 2.89±1.54 0.182 1.41±0.23 1.96±0.36 2.09±1.15 0.283

*P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.

One-way ANOVA test was used for comparison between groups.
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