Table 3 Statistical test performed for each mathematical model regarding moisture and solid transfer during immersion

Model		Test	Brine concentration (%)
			2.5	5	10	15
			Newton	MR	R2	0.9529	0.9519	0.9058	0.4171
SSE	0.0045	0.0057			0.0115	0.0129
RMSE	0.0671	0.0756			0.1073	0.1136
χ2	0.0012	0.0012			0.0019	0.0013
SR	R2	0.9162		0.9785	0.9052	0.9736
	SSE	0.0431		0.0124	0.0202	0.0111
	RMSE	0.2076		0.1113	0.1421	0.1054
	χ2	0.0014		0.0011	0.0023	0.0014
Henderson Pabis	MR	R2		0.9529	0.9515	0.9058	0.4171
		SSE	0.0025	0.0042	0.0128	0.0094
		RMSE	0.0500	0.0650	0.1130	0.0968
		χ2	0.0012	0.0012	0.0019	0.0013
	SR	R2	0.9162	0.9785	0.9052	0.9736
		SSE	0.0348	0.0024	0.0189	0.0166
		RMSE	0.1866	0.0495	0.1375	0.1288
		χ2	0.0014	0.0011	0.0023	0.0012
	Page	MR	R2	0.9736	0.9607	0.8596	0.1436
SSE			0.0043	0.0058	0.0184	0.0779
RMSE			0.0654	0.0761	0.1357	0.2792
χ2			0.0013	0.0013	0.0013	0.2060
SR		R2	0.9927	0.9955	0.9790	0.9934
		SSE	0.0008	0.0023	0.0152	0.0113
		RMSE	0.0274	0.0480	0.1234	0.1064
		χ2	0.0014	0.0011	0.0023	0.0012
Weibull		MR	R2	0.9736	0.9651	0.8981	0.4238
	SSE		0.0637	0.0019	0.0086	0.1606
	RMSE		0.2525	0.0442	0.0927	0.4007
	χ2		0.0011	0.0011	0.0017	0.0308
	SR	R2	0.9900	0.9974	0.9777	0.9944
		SSE	0.0014	0.0021	0.0130	0.0065
		RMSE	0.0367	0.046	0.1142	0.0805
		χ2	0.0010	0.0010	0.0010	0.0009