Brown ceramic tile sample. I will post more information about this tile after I hear back from the owner (if she knows the brand / source information).
Sample 1 – Brown glazed front of tile
- Barium (Ba): 965 +/- 85 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 4,208 +/- 306 ppm
- Zirconium (Zr): 16,200 +/- 600 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 19,400 +/- 700 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 463 +/- 77 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 279 +/- 106 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 4,634 +/- 417 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 1,660 +/- 188 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 5,078 +/- 406 ppm
Sample 1 – Unglazed back of tile
- Barium (Ba): 436 +/- 44 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 30 +/- 13 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 499 +/- 52 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 16,000 +/- 700 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 304 +/- 90 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 4,609 +/- 313 ppm
Sample 2 – Brown glazed front of tile
- Barium (Ba): 992 +/- 86 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 2,402 +/- 224 ppm
- Zirconium (Zr): 16,900 +/- 600 ppm
- Platinum (Pt): 299 +/- 132 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 19,100 +/- 700 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 442 +/- 75 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 275 +/- 104 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 3,977 +/- 385 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 1,838 +/- 197 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 5,406 +/- 424 ppm
Sample 2 – Unglazed back of tile
- Lead (Pb): 30 +/- 13 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 361 +/- 40 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 144 +/- 65 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 26 +/- 12 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 391 +/- 44 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 14,500 +/- 600 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 264 +/- 68 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 4,286 +/- 255 ppm
Thanks for reading and for sharing my posts. As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
Where can I buy lead free and antimony free etc porcelain floor tile? Is any flooring safe?
Sometimes my readers who are re-doing a floor or other surface with tile will send me a tile to test to confirm the content before doing their installation. Here’s how to do that:
https://tamararubin.com/2019/08/tamara-can-i-send-you-one-of-my-dishes-to-test-for-lead/
Tamara