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What are Glowing Lead Tests
Glowing lead tests or glow lead tests are a new class of chemical lead detection technology, developed first in 2018, a mixture of...
Mar 24, 20243 min read
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How do chemical tests stack up against XRF for surface lead detection of paint?
How do chemical tests stack up against XRF? to find out I did a little study where i produced several paint samples. These paint samples...
Jan 17, 20242 min read
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What are chemical tests for lead
Let me first address the largest drawback of chemical tests, they do not test below the surface. They cannot replace an inspection...
Jan 15, 20243 min read
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XRF's influence on lead detection
X-RAY fluorescence spectroscopy is a means to detect lead in substrates. if there's over painting there still could be buried lead in the...
Jan 15, 20242 min read
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What Do X-Rays have to do with Lead?
If you live in the US, Nearly Everything. Lead detection, professionally speaking is relegated almost exclusively to XRF. EPA Regulations...
Jan 6, 20242 min read
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PPM Explained With Grains of Rice
After my last article i wanted to describe PPM in a way that was more accessible, as a result i made a video and posted it to Instagram....
Jan 6, 20243 min read
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What is PPM?
PPM or Parts Per Million is a term used to define tiny amounts of material within other material. 1 part per million is 1/1,000,000 while...
Jan 4, 20242 min read
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Lead In Paint: How widespread is it in American Homes?
In 2001 the federal government estimated there were about 60 Million homes with lead in them, they also estimated that it would be too...
Jan 2, 20242 min read
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Understanding Our Lead Burden - Paint
Lead is everywhere, I know this sounds alarmist but hear me out. Lead in it metallic form is more or less used in battery's, bullets and...
Jan 1, 20243 min read
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What is lead?
Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin word "plumbum") and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal found in nature...
Dec 30, 20231 min read
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Welcome to Detect Lead . Com, A little Background to start
Hello everybody, my name is Eric - I've wanted to do this for a while now but the complexities of running a business have gotten in the...
Dec 30, 20233 min read
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