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Novel Techniques in Nutrition and Food Science

Chemical Characterizations of Local Aluminum Kitchen Utensils in Burkina Faso

  • Open or CloseJacques Sawadogo1* and Jean Boukari Legma2

    1National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research (CNRST), 01 BP 476 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso

    2Saint Thomas Aquinas University (USTA), Faculty of Science and Technologies, 06 BP 10212 Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso

    *Corresponding author:Jacques Sawadogo, National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research (CNRST), 01 BP 476 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso

Submission: January 21, 2021;Published: February 16, 2021

Volume5 Issue4
February, 2021

Abstract

As part of the reclamation of materials of Burkina Faso’s artisanal origin, two samples of kitchen utensils (artisanal pots) made of aluminum were collected and analyzed chemically. Craftsman poses the problem of the quality of the finished products of the country especially when we know that they are used for everyday cooking. This work is a contribution to the chemical characterization of craft pots in the central region of Burkina Faso. The X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis indicates that the majority of the samples studied contain approximately 87.3% aluminum and a small amount of Silicon, Copper, Magnesium and Zinc. Also, a measurement by colorimetry makes it possible to highlight the presence of aluminum in solution.

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