Vintage Inox Stainless Steel (304) fork with floral pattern: Non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic

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On fork tines
Stainless Steel 304
30-second test:

Lead (Pb): non-detect
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): 16 +/- 8 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 184,900 +/- 700 ppm
Vanadium (V): 912 +/- 157 ppm
Manganese (Mn): 11,600 +/- 500 ppm
Iron (Fe): 701,400 +/- 1,200 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 94,500 +/- 800 ppm
Copper (Cu): 2,219 +/- 157 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 76 +/- 35 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 432 +/- 184 ppm
Molybdenum (Mo): 2,899 +/- 74 ppm
Tin (Sn): 121 +/- 17 ppm
No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.

On fork’s decorative handle
Stainless Steel 304
30-second test:

Lead (Pb): non-detect
Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
Mercury (Hg): non-detect
Bromine (Br): 17 +/- 8 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 184,600 +/- 700 ppm
Vanadium (V): 696 +/- 148 ppm
Manganese (Mn): 11,000 +/- 500 ppm
Iron (Fe): 700,700 +/- 1,100 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 95,900 +/- 800 ppm
Copper (Cu): 2,280 +/- 154 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 170 +/- 41 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 515 +/- 182 ppm
Molybdenum (Mo): 2,996 +/- 72 ppm
Tin (Sn): 129 +/- 17 ppm
No other metals were detected in consumer goods mode.

NOTE:

Stainless steel cutlery without decorative elements (specifically without decorative elements made of materials other than Stainless Steel) is normally negative for Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, Cadmium and Antimony.