borderline significancep = 0.05
son between metals in this group revealed significantly higher fusion rates with strontium compared to magnesium ( p < 0.001), silicon, and tantalum ( p < 0.001 for all comparisons) and significantly higher fusion rates with titanium compared to magnesium ( p = 0.002) and tantalum ( p = 0.005) with borderline significance compared to silicon ( p = 0.05).