White - Marble
Italy
Item Details
Quarry Location:
Arni, Carrara, Provincia di Massa Carrara, Toscana
Water Absorption:
0.06 %
Density:
2705 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
16.9 MPa
Compressive Strength:
131.0 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Countertops, monuments, mosaic, stairs, exterior - interior wall and floor applications, fountains,
Finishing Surface:
Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Carrara Bianco A,Carrara White A,White Carrara A Marble,Bianco Arni, in China stone market:卡拉拉白 A(Kǎlā lā bái A),Bianco Carrara A
Description:
Petrographic definition: Marble
Massa Unit Volume: 2705 kg/m3
Water Absorption: 0.06%
Breaking Load Compression Simple: 131 MPa
Compression breaking load after freezing: 126 MPa
Tangent elastic modulus: 75,000 MPa
Elastic Modulus Secant: 83,600 MPa
Tensile Strength through indirect Flex: 16.9 MPa
Its coefficient of Abrasion (referred to Granite St. Fedelino): 0.52
Impact resistance: minimum fall height: 61 cm
Linear thermal expansion coefficient of 6.8 x 10-5 0C-1
Knoop microhardness: 1463 MPa
Index unevenness of hardness: 1.28
Source: Politecnico di Torino