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 ...
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Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 25,800 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the hand-painted Mexican tile pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 25,800 +/- 1,000 ppm
Barium (Ba): 538 +/- 130 ppm
This tile was non-detect (negative) for: Antimony (Sb), Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Mercury (Hg) and ...
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Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 28,500 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the hand-painted Mexican tile pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 28,500 +/- 900 ppm
Barium (Ba): 700 +/- 115 ppm
This tile was non-detect (negative) for: Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Mercury (Hg), Antimony (Sb) and ...
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Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 57,900 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the hand-painted Mexican tile pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 57,900 +/- 2,600 ppm
Barium (Ba): 4,614 +/- 448 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 7,268 +/- 1,069 ppm
This tile was non-detect (negative) for: Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Mercury ...
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Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 46,200 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the hand-painted Mexican tile pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 46,200 +/- 2,300 ppm
Barium (Ba): 3,011 +/- 366 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 6,308 +/- 1,185 ppm
This tile was non-detect (negative) for: Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Mercury ...
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Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 74,000 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the hand-painted Mexican tile pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 74,000 +/- 3,200 ppm
Barium (Ba): 2,522 +/- 281 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 5,608 +/- 914 ppm
Antimony (Sb): 2,438 +/- 210 ppm
This tile was non-detect (negative) for: ...
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Mexican tiles often have unsafe levels of Lead. Tile pictured: 49,100 ppm Lead. > 90 ppm is illegal in modern house paint.
When tested with an XRF instrument, the hand-painted Mexican tile pictured here had the following readings:
Lead (Pb): 49,100 +/- 2,100 ppm
Barium (Ba): 3,765 +/- 367 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 5,400 +/- 947 ppm
This tile was non-detect (negative) for: Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Mercury (Hg), ...
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Wood-Look “SOCI” Ceramic Tile, Marquette Trellis Pattern: Lead Free (Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free too)
When tested with an XRF instrument the tiles pictured here had the following readings:
Glazed surface of the tile:
No metals detect in Consumer Goods mode.
Back (unglazed) side of the tile:
Vanadium (V): 121 +/- 51 ppm
No other metals detected.
Metals not found are not listed. ...
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White Subway-Tile Style Ceramic Tile by “Cabinet Concepts”: 110 +/- 17 ppm Lead (in substrate), safe by all standards.
When tested with an XRF instrument the tiles pictured here had the following readings:
Glazed surface of the tile:
Barium (Ba): 548 +/- 105 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 65,900 +/- 2,100 ppm
Copper (Cu): 361 +/- 75 ppm
Iron (Fe): 657 +/- 178 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 214 +/- 68 ppm
Zirconium (Zr): ...
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Wood-Look (Gray-ish) Ceramic Tile: Lead Free (Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free too)
When tested with an XRF instrument the tiles pictured here had the following readings:
Glazed surface of the tile:
Barium (Ba): 162 +/- 55 ppm
Chromium (Cr): 950 +/- 94 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 10,600 +/- 400 ppm
Copper (Cu): 120 +/- 43 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 230 +/- 77 ppm
Iron (Fe): 1,825 ...
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Hexagon Polished Wooden Beige Tile: Lead Free (Cadmium Free, Arsenic Free too)
When tested with an XRF instrument the tiles pictured here had the following readings:
Glazed surface of the tile:
Iron (Fe): 428 +/- 138 ppm
some readings were also negative for all metals (depending on the color-range of the glaze captured in the scope of the XRF.)
Back (unglazed) ...
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New (2019) tiles I tested for a friend. Click the image to see the Lead levels for each of the tiles pictured.
I tested these tiles (shown in the picture) using an XRF instrument and they had the following Lead readings (see the image below).
I am sharing this with my readers really just "for fun" to show the range of Lead one might find in brand new (2019) tiles. I may update this post with more ...
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Elara Dolomite Matte Marble Look Porcelain Tile from tilebar: Non-detect for Lead
When tested with an XRF instrument, the tile pictured here had the following readings (metals not listed were not detected, tests were done for a minimum of 60 seconds):
Barium (Ba): 191 +/- 78 ppm
Zinc (Zn): 9,576 +/- 350 ppm
Copper (Cu): 412 +/- 67 ppm
Iron (Fe): 1,244 +/- 219 ppm ...
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