Table 2.
Reference and measured values (mean ± s) of three certified IAEA water samples (IAEA-B1, IAEA-B2 and IAEA-B3), and results of Student's t-test comparison.
| IAEA-B1 |
IAEA-B2 |
IAEA-B3 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediterranean Sea | Groundwater | Groundwater | |
| δ11B (‰)a | 37.67 ± 2.09 (n = 11) | 13.59 ± 2.62 (n = 9) | −21.33 ± 0.90 (n = 10) |
| δ11B (‰)meas | 37.00 ± 1.35 (n = 3) | 14.23 ± 0.41 (n = 3) | −20.61 ± 0.14 (n = 3) |
| Student-test | tcal = 0.52 | tcal = 0.41 | tcal =1.34 |
| ttab(df = 12) = 2.18 | ttab(df = 10) = 2.23 | ttab(df = 11) = 2.20 | |
| P = 0.61 | P = 0.69 | P = 0.21 |