Table 4.
Trace mineral contents of domestic mudflat solar salts and foreign salts

Type2) Trace mineral (ppm)
Li Al Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Se Sr Ag U
MSS .79a,1) 8.34a 1.11a 3.56c 7.16a 0.01b 1.18a 2.63a 7.79a 0.14b 50.23a 0.03a 0.00a
(n=15) ±0.28 ±2.58 ±0.63 ±0.96 ±2.64 ±0.00 ±0.86 ±1.37 ±3.16 ±0.04 ±13.03 ±0.01 ±0.00
FSS 0.30a 4.45a 0.21a 0.42a 9.92ab 0.00a 0.26a 0.55a 8.12a 0.03ab 45.99a 0.02a 0.00a
(n=23) ±0.16 ±0.88 ±0.07 ±0.25 ±3.49 ±0.00 ±0.15 ±0.22 ±2.11 ±0.01 ±9.63 ±0.01 ±0.00
FLSS 0.49a 21.14b 0.44a 3.47bc 32.69b 0.00ab 0.07a 0.47a 3.02a 0.08ab 48.27a 0.11a 0.01a
(n=8) ±0.13 ±7.02 ±0.15 ±0.68 ±12.49 ±0.00 ±0.04 ±0.16 ±0.94 ±0.02 ±11.62 ±0.07 ±0.00
FRS 0.21a 6.42a 0.36a 0.61ab 10.48ab 0.00a 0.11a 0.45a 3.69a 0.01a 15.52b 0.16a 0.00a
(n=7) ±0.08 ±2.09 ±0.16 ±0.23 ±3.29 ±0.00 ±0.04 ±0.26 ±1.22 ±0.01 ±4.53 ±0.10 ±0.00
F-value 1.394ns,3) 5.822** 1.427ns 7.803*** 3.762* 0.551ns 1.046ns 1.869ns 0.864ns 0.366ns 3.163* 2.714ns 0.299ns
Values are mean±SE.
MSS: Mudflat solar salt produced in Korea, FSS: Foreign sea salts, FlSS: Foreign large solar salts, FRS: Foreign refined salts.
ns; No significant.
a-cThe different letters in the same column is significant difference at the p<0.05 level by ANOVA.