2017 Spectr Design “Coffee before Talkie” ceramic mug: 59 ppm Lead (safe by all standards).

When tested with an XRF instrument the 2017 Spectr Design “Coffee before Talkie” ceramic mug (pictured here) had the following readings:

Focus on the blue of the mug:
60-second test

• Lead (Pb): 24 +/- 10 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 68 +/- 33 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 3,170 +/- 81 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 252 +/- 99 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 31,500 +/-700 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 72 +/- 33 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 2,212 +/- 182 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 15,600 +/- 900 ppm

Focuse on the black printed words:
60-second test

• Lead (Pb): 59 +/- 12 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 11 +/- 5 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 101 +/- 31 ppm
• Chromium (Cr): 6,406 +/- 402 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 25 +/- 11 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 15,700 +/- 400 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 129 +/- 35 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 650 +/- 85 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 5,840 +/- 259 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 25,300 +/- 700 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 721 +/- 237 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 9,876 +/- 690 ppm

Focus on the white of the mug (which is also the interior glaze):
60-second test

• Lead (Pb): 31 +/- 11 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 157 +/- 33 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 1,715 +/- 46 ppm
• Platinum (Pt): 497 +/- 103 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 32,600 +/- 700 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 2,418 +/- 186 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 586 +/- 201 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 16,000+/- 900 ppm

Focus on the logo on the bottom of the mug:
30-second test

• Zirconium (Zr): 4,209 +/- 147 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 31,600 +/- 1,000 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 2,100 +/- 250 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 15,800 +/- 2,400 ppm

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