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Table 2 Results of Mann Whitney U test of ion release after different times of AgCuLi NRs and AgCu NRs

From: Antibacterial activity of multi-metallic (Ag–Cu–Li) nanorods with different metallic combination ratios against Staphylococcus aureus

Metal measured

Release time (hrs.)

Type of metallic NRs

Na

Sum of ranks

Mean rank

Mann–Whitney U

Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed)

Cu

2

Tri

32

796

24.8

268.00

0.00

Bi

36

1550

43.0

24

Tri

32

765.5

23.9

237.50

0.00

Bi

36

1580.5

43.9

Ag

2

Tri

32

992.0

31.0

464.00

0.169

Bi

36

1354.0

37.6

24

Tri

32

1050.0

32.8

522.00

0.50

Bi

36

1296.0

36.0

  1. aSize of the sample