\begin{table}%t4 \caption{\label{12745tb4}Averages of Si, Fe, Ni abundances and Si/Fe, Ni/Fe ratios for the cool core cluster sample in solar units. } \small%\centerline { \begin{tabular}{l c c} \hline\hline {\it mekal} model & & \\ \hline Metal & mean & scatter \\ \hline Si & $0.75\pm 0.03$ & $0.22\pm 0.03$ \\ Si no Cent. & $0.72\pm 0.03$ & $0.17\pm 0.02$ \\ \hline Fe & $0.51\pm 0.02$ & $0.11\pm 0.01$ \\ Fe no Cent. & $0.49\pm 0.01$ & $0.07\pm 0.01$ \\ \hline Ni & $1.28\pm 0.08$ & $0.45\pm 0.06$ \\ Ni no Cent. & $1.18\pm 0.07$ & $0.34\pm 0.06$ \\ \hline Si/Fe & $1.47\pm 0.05$ & $0.27\pm 0.05$ \\ Si/Fe no Cent. & $1.45\pm 0.05$ & $0.30\pm 0.05$ \\ \hline Ni/Fe & $2.41\pm 0.13$ & $0.60\pm 0.12$ \\ Ni/Fe no Cent. & $2.40\pm 0.14$ & $0.63\pm 0.13$ \\ \hline & & \\ & & \\ \hline\hline {\it apec} model & & \\ \hline Metal & mean & scatter \\ \hline Si & $0.83\pm 0.04$ & $0.23\pm 0.03$ \\ Si no Cent. & $0.80\pm 0.03$ & $0.19\pm 0.03$ \\ \hline Fe & $0.53\pm 0.02$ & $0.12\pm 0.01$ \\ Fe no Cent. & $0.51\pm 0.01$ & $0.08\pm 0.01$ \\ \hline Ni & $1.07\pm 0.10$ & $0.53\pm 0.07$ \\ Ni no Cent. & $0.96\pm 0.08$ & $0.39\pm 0.06$ \\ \hline Si/Fe & $1.56\pm 0.05$ & $0.25\pm 0.05$ \\ Si/Fe no Cent. & $1.56\pm 0.05$ & $0.26\pm 0.05$ \\ \hline Ni/Fe & $1.88\pm 0.14$ & $0.67\pm 0.14$ \\ Ni/Fe no Cent. & $1.83\pm 0.15$ & $0.67\pm 0.15$ \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \smallskip Mean values are given both for the total sample and with the exclusion of the peculiar Centaurus cluster. Average abundance values and intrinsic scatters are computed with the maximum likelihood method described in \citet{maccacaro88}. \end{table}