Item Details
Quarry Location:
Quixaba Mine, Pio Ix City, Piaui State
Water Absorption:
0.09 %
Density:
2899 kg/m³
Flexural Strength:
10.31 MPa
Compressive Strength:
121.7 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Exterior - Interior wall and floor applications, monuments, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and
Finishing Surface:
Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Speranza, Verde Speranza Granite, Speranza Granite
Description:
PHYSICAL TESTING
Apparent density (dry) kg/m3 2,899
Apparent density (saturated) kg/m3 2.901
Apparent Porosity % 0,25
Water absorption % 0,09
Bending strength – Breaking strength (dry) (kgf/cm2) 279,30*
Bending strength – Breaking strength (saturated) kgf/cm2 267,40*
Propagation speed of longitudinal ultrasonic wave (dry) m/s 5.397*
Propagation speed of longitudinal ultrasonic wave (saturated) m/s 264*
Bending strength – breakdown strength (dry) (kgf/cm2) 103,10**
Bending strength – Breakdown strength (saturated) kgf/cm2 74,30**
Propagation speed of longitudinal ultrasonic wave (dry) m/s 5.547**
Propagation speed of longitudinal ultrasonic wave (saturated) m/s 6.029**
Bending strength – Breaking strength (dry) (kgf/cm2) 79,53***
Bending strength – Breaking strength (saturated) kgf/cm2 77,77***
Bending strength – Breaking strength (dry) (kgf/cm2) 72,49****
Bending strength – Breaking strength (saturated) kgf/cm2 64,16****
Uniaxial compression – Breaking strength (dry) kgf/cm2 1.217 (1)
Uniaxial compression - Breaking strength (saturated) kgf/m2 1.032 (1)
Uniaxial compression - Breaking strength (after freezing and thawing)) kgf/m2 1.298 (1)
Propagation speed of longitudinal ultrasonic wave (dry) m/s 6.214(1)
Propagation speed of longitudinal ultrasonic wave (saturated) m/s 5.572 (1)
Propagation speed of longitudinal ultrasonic wave (freezing/thawing) m/s 5.361 (1)
Uniaxial compression – Breaking strength (dry) kgf/cm2 1.234 (2)
Uniaxial compression - Breaking strength (saturated) kgf/m2 1.054 (2)
Uniaxial compression - Breaking strength (after freezing and thawing)) kgf/m2 1.167 (2)
Propagation speed of longitudinal ultrasonic wave (dry) m/s 6.179 (2)
Propagation speed of longitudinal ultrasonic