How does one test for lead or aluminum in cookware?
I have a super maid cookware pan from around 1930-ish and I wanted to know if there were any simple tests I could use to figure out its chemical compostion. I left my mass spectrometer and chromotagrophy equipment at my friends so thats not possible for the moment.
Sites You May Find Helpful
- Mass Spectrometry of Proteins and Peptides: Methods and Protocols, Second Edition | Optimum Protein
- Mass Spectrometry at EuCheMS | Mass Spectrometry Blog
Carefully add a few drops of pool acid (Muriatic Acid). It is its Aluminum.. you will notice it eats away the cookware.
Bee very careful when doing this.