When tested with an XRF instrument (all accessible components tested) this Brandywine Stainless Steel Finish knob set from Home Depot (pictured here) had the following readings (with each reading done for at least 60 seconds):
Main part of Knob / Handle that you touch:
Stainless Steel # 304
Metals not detected by the XRF are not listed.
- Chromium (Cr): 162,200 +/- 1,000 ppm
- Bromine (Br): 26 +/- 12 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 148 +/- 42 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 6,074 +/- 436
- Nickel (Ni): 94,400 +/- 1,300 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 714,500 +/- 1,900 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 683 +/- 185 ppm
- Molybdenum (Mo): 2,340 +/- 113 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 3,397 +/- 1,070 ppm
- Magnesium (Mn): 15,700 +/- 1,000 ppm
Rounded part of shaft of latch:
[Metal -Zn]
- Chromium (Cr): 2,960 +/- 417 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 351,300 +/- 3,500 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 639,600 +/- 2,500 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 3,736 +/- 1,189 ppm
- Magnesium (Mn): 976 +/- 445 ppm
Rectangular part of shaft of latch:
- Zinc (Zn): 429,400 +/- 5,000 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 561,400 +/- 2,500 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 3,472 +/- 1,111 ppm
- Magnesium (Mn): 905 +/- 439 ppm
“Tongue” of latch (moving part):
- Chromium (Cr): 700 +/- 196 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 996,700 +/- 12,000 ppm
Chromed “Collar” (that goes around tongue of latch):
- Chromium (Cr): 3,870 +/- 132 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 295,600 +/- 2,100 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 697,100 +/- 1,800 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 140 +/- 66 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 229 +/- 93 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 2,042 +/- 869 ppm
- Magnesium (Mn): 653 +/- 315 ppm
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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
Leslie says
Hello! I’m so glad I stumbled upon your website. I’m planning on updating all the door knobs in our house. I see based on your tests that stainless steel is a good option. Have you tested any stainless steel that has a finish? Trying to see if there is a correlation between black finishes and lead. Thank you!
Elizabeth says
Hi,
I found these in Home Depot and on their website (12/16/23)and both carry the prop 65 warning. I had an employee search using the bar code and the warning was on their search results as well. Mabe they put the warning on all of their products? Or they are made differently since this article was written? Anyone have any luck finding lead free door knobs?