Institute of Making paper on the taste of materials published
05 July 2011
The Institute of Making’s study of the taste of metallic materials has now been published in Food, Quality and Preference’s October 2011 issue. Entitled, “The use of standard electrode potentials to predict the taste of solid metals”, the paper by Zoe Laughlin, Martin Conreen, Harry J. Witchel and Mark Miodownik, involved asking 32 participants to taste seven spoons of identical dimension, which were plated with different metals: gold, silver, zinc, copper, tin, chrome and stainless steel. The findings showed that the electrode potential was a good indicator of metallic taste with the strongest tasting spoons exhibiting the lowest potentials.
To read the publication, visit:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950329311000693
Full citation:
Z. Laughlin, M. Conreen, H. J. Witchel and M. Miodownik, The use of standard electrode potentials to predict the taste of solid metals, Food, Quality and Preference, 2011,22(7), 628-637