## 3 Results and Discussion
### Major Mineral Composition
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Mineral**} & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Ripening Time (Days)**} \\ \cline{2-10}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**10**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**60**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**90**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**180**} \\ \cline{2-10}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**TC**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**SST**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**TC**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**SST**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**TC**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**SST**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**TC**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**SST**} \\ \hline Calcium & 422.58 \(\pm\) 19.34 \({}^{\ast}\) & 290.67 \(\pm\) 81.27 \({}^{\ast}\) & 415.74 \(\pm\) 93.71 \({}^{\ast}\) & 363.99 \(\pm\) 94.00 \({}^{\ast}\) & 450.60 \(\pm\) 29.00 \({}^{\ast}\) & 413.09 \(\pm\) 74.07 \({}^{\ast}\) & 372.33 \(\pm\) 52.00 \({}^{\ast}\) & 359.97 \(\pm\) 28.60 \({}^{\ast}\) \\ \hline Magnesium & 26.24 \(\pm\) 1.42 \({}^{\ast}\) & 21.47 \(\pm\) 4.01 \({}^{\ast}\) & 28.18 \(\pm\) 3.91 \({}^{\ast}\) & 24.60 \(\pm\) 3.28 \({}^{\ast}\) & 29.91 \(\pm\) 1.47 \({}^{\ast}\) & 28.42 \(\pm\) 4.04 \({}^{\ast}\) & 27.85 \(\pm\) 3.57 \({}^{\ast}\) & 25.92 \(\pm\) 1.99 \({}^{\ast}\) \\ \hline Potassium & 98.09 \(\pm\) 4.65 \({}^{\ast}\) & 82.68 \(\pm\) 10.67 \({}^{\ast}\) & 104.80 \(\pm\) 22.94 \({}^{\ast}\) & 92.73 \(\pm\) 10.86 \({}^{\ast}\) & 108.54 \(\pm\) 0.19 \({}^{\ast}\) & 108.46 \(\pm\) 11.64 \({}^{\ast}\) & 120.09 \(\pm\) 22.39 \({}^{\ast}\) & 130.12 \(\pm\) 4.05 \({}^{\ast}\) \\ \hline Sodium & 2421.42 \(\pm\) & 279.99 \(\pm\) 247.68 \(\pm\) & 247.16 \(\pm\) & 2371.95 \(\pm\) & 2046.38 \(\pm\) & 2224.34 \(\pm\) & 2255.00 \(\pm\) 2234.93 \(\pm\) \\  & 539.25 \({}^{\ast}\) & 164.04 \({}^{\ast}\) & 407.09 \({}^{\ast}\) & 169.13 \({}^{\ast}\) & 57.98 \({}^{\ast}\) & 2183.7 \({}^{\ast}\) & 171.84 \({}^{\ast}\) & 369.30 \({}^{\ast}\) \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* \({}^{\mathrm{a,b}}\) Means in each parameter with different superscripts for TC and SST values differ statistically significantly (\(p>0.05\)) in each time interval.  
\end{table} 
Table 4: Major mineral concentration (mg/100g) of brines during ripening and preservation in tin containers (TC) and stainless steel tanks (SST). (Means \(\pm\) S.D.). \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Mineral**} & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Ripening Time (Days)**} \\ \cline{2-10}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**1\({}^{\ast}\)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**10**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**60**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**90**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**180**} \\ \cline{2-10}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**TC**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**SST**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**TC**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**SST**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**TC**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**SST**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**TC**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**SST**} \\ \hline Calcium & 358.04 \(\pm\) & 270.51 \(\pm\) & 242.27 \(\pm\) & 267.70 \(\pm\) & 243.94 \(\pm\) & 313.65 \(\pm\) & 280.59 \(\pm\) & 223.96 \(\pm\) & 235.05 \(\pm\) \\  & 78.03 & 37.39 \({}^{\ast}\) & 80.76 \({}^{\ast}\) & 42.22 \({}^{\ast}\) & 25.43 \({}^{\ast}\) & 44.41 \({}^{\ast}\) & 63.60 \({}^{\ast}\) & 56.13 \({}^{\ast}\) & 62.78 \({}^{\ast}\) \\ \hline Magnesium & 23.26 \(\pm\) & 19.43 \(\pm\) & 17.60 \(\pm\) & 17.40 \(\pm\) & 16.58 \(\pm\) & 19.39 \(\pm\) & 17.23 \(\pm\) & 14.62 \(\pm\) & 14.30 \(\pm\) \\  & 4.11 & 1.93 \({}^{\ast}\) & 3.60 \({}^{\ast}\) & 1.53 \({}^{\ast}\) & 1.01 \({}^{\ast}\) & 1.75 \({}^{\ast}\) & 3.16 \({}^{\ast}\) & 2.79 \({}^{\ast}\) & 1.73 \({}^{\ast}\) \\ \hline Potassium & 77.36 \(\pm\) & 63.11 \(\pm\) & 53.11 \(\pm\) & 62.29 \(\pm\) & 59.42 \(\pm\) & 86.95 \(\pm\) & 75.72 \(\pm\) & 48.65 \(\pm\) & 59.79 \(\pm\) \\  & 12.73 & 1.49 \({}^{\ast}\) & 10.19 \({}^{\ast}\) & 4.