Faux stone glaze ceramic kitchen tile c. 2000-2008
XRF Test results for the tile pictured.
60-second tests.
Glazed faux-stone surface of tile
- Barium (Ba): 481 +/- 65 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 1,911 +/- 290 ppm
- Zirconium (Zr): 27,600 +/- 900 ppm
- Platinum (Pt): 314 +/- 115 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 19,500 +/- 600 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 583 +/- 70 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 3,816 +/- 323 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 5,368 +/- 625 ppm
Back of tile (with honeycomb pattern)
- Barium (Ba): 200 +/- 24
- Bismuth (Bi): 32 +/- 8 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 440 +/- 30 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 440 +/- 30 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 263 +/-112 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 3,639 +/- 316 ppm
As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for reading and for sharing my posts.
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
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I don’t know the significance or safety limits of those metals? Where is that information?