Brown - Sandstone
Italy
Item Details
Quarry Location:
Carniglia, Bedonia, Provincia di Parma, Emilia-Romagna
Water Absorption:
0.59 %
Density:
2650 kg/m³
Flexural Strength:
30.8 MPa
Compressive Strength:
220.0 - 232.0 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Wall and floor applications, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills
Finishing Surface:
Sawn Cut, Sanded, Combed, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled, Thermalled, Natural Cleft, Weatheredge
Additional Names:
Bedonia Brown Sandstone,Arenaria di Bedonia,Arenaria Bedonia,Bedonia Beige Sandstone,Pietra Bedonia,Bedonia Sandstone
Description:
Petrographic definition: sandstone
Unit Volume: 2650 -2700 kg/m3
Water absorption: 0.59 %
Compression breaking load Simple: 232 MPa
Compression breaking load after freezing: 220 MPa
Tangent elastic modulus: 44,600 MPa
Elastic Modulus Secant: 34,200 MPa
Indirect traction resistance by Flex: 30-33 MPa
Coefficient corresponding Abrasion (referred to Granite St. Fedelino): 0.63
Impact resistance: minimum fall height: 106 cm
Coefficient of thermal linear expansion: 10.1 x 10-5 0C-1
Knoop microhardness: 4983 MPa
non-uniformity index of hardness: 3.51
Source: Università di Parma