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MATERIAL FILE

Commercial Name: PIETRA DEL CARDOSO
Scientific Name: ARENARIA METAMORFICA
Location of Quarries: CARDOSO DI STAZZEMA

 


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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

 
  CHEMICAL ELEMENT           PERCENTAGE
(Expressed in Oxides)
 
SiO2
56,65  
  Al2O3 10,96  
  Fe2O3 2,16  
  CaO 7,39  
  MgO 3,48  
  Na2O 2,76  
  K2O 1,26  
  MnO 0,15  
  TiO2 0,95  
  P2O5 0,05  

 

PHYSICAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

 
TYPE OF TEST 
Unit of Measure
VALUE
  Compression Breaking load Kg/cm 1183
  Breaking unit load - Breakage by bending Kg/cm2 225,85
  Module of Linear Elasticity (young's) Km/cm2 512000
 

Double Cycle Compression Breaking Freeze/thaw Load 

Kg/cm2 1021,8
  Thermal Linear Dilatation   E-06/C° 8,85
  Coefficient of Water Imbibition % 0,245
  Weight per Unit of volume Kg/m3 2696,5
  Resistance to Impact cm 107,5
  Resistance to Abrasion Kg/m 6,4

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