**Table 6:** Elemental ratios ([X/H]) for stars in NGC 6253: Si, Ca, Ti, Cr, Ni, and Ba. Errors are the rms $\sigma _1$ - due to EW uncertainties - on [X/H]. The solar abundances we found are also shown ( $\log n$ (X) $_{\odot }$ ).
Element	069885	023501	023498	024707	105495	Sun ( $\log n$ (X) $_{\odot }$ )
Si I	+0.44 $\pm$ 0.12	+0.21 $\pm$ 0.04	+0.35 $\pm$ 0.98	+0.40 $\pm$ 0.17	+0.35 $\pm$ 0.17	7.60 $\pm$ 0.03
Ca I	+0.50 $\pm$ 0.08	+0.32 $\pm$ 0.12	+0.32 $\pm$ 0.10	+0.35 $\pm$ 0.12	+0.25 $\pm$ 0.10	6.35 $\pm$ 0.04
Ti I	+0.44 $\pm$ 0.10	+0.30 $\pm$ 0.10	+0.21 $\pm$ 0.08	+0.59 $\pm$ 0.11	+0.34 $\pm$ 0.08	4.93 $\pm$ 0.03
Cr I	+0.45 $\pm$ 0.09	+0.29 $\pm$ 0.07	+0.36 $\pm$ 0.11	+0.49 $\pm$ 0.17	+0.33 $\pm$ 0.15	5.66 $\pm$ 0.03
Ni I	+0.44 $\pm$ 0.09	+0.34 $\pm$ 0.09	+0.38 $\pm$ 0.08	+0.50 $\pm$ 0.09	+0.67 $\pm$ 0.11	6.26 $\pm$ 0.02
Ba II	+0.75 $\pm$ 0.13	+0.40 $\pm$ 0.15	+0.63 $\pm$ 0.14	+0.57 $\pm$ 0.16	+0.73 $\pm$ 0.04	2.13*

* The solar Ba abundance is from Anders & Grevesse (1989).