Salt Shaker Test Results
When tested with an XRF instrument this vintage crystal salt shaker had the following readings:
Crystal base of the shaker:
- Lead (Pb): 11,500 +/- 300 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 2,628 +/- 125 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): 1,502 +/-63 ppm
- Bromine (Br): 64 +/- 7 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 4,582 +/- 179 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 353 +/- 135 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 74 +/- 36 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 733 +/- 70 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 1,573 +/- 123 ppm
Glass lid of the shaker:
(I thought this was plastic initially!)
- Lead (Pb): 15,100 +/- 300 ppm
- Antimony (Sb): 115 +/-16 ppm
- Selenium (Se): 59 +/- 13 ppm
- Bromine (Br): 93 +/- 6 ppm
- Gold (Au): 130 +/- 30 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 51 +/- 15 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 320 +/- 92 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 61 +/- 27 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 117 +/- 26 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 250 +/- 40 ppm
Each component was tested for a minimum of 60-seconds for each (repeated) test to make sure to report the most accurate possible reading.
I will update this post with more information shortly, but in the meantime – please read some of the other posts I have written to better understand the test results reported on this website.
Additional reading you may find interesting:
- To see more Salt & Pepper shakers I have tested, click here.
- To see more vintage items I have tested, click here.
- To see more crystal items I have tested, click here.
As always – thank you for reading and for sharing my posts.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
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