White - Marble
Italy
Item Details
Quarry Location:
Carrara, Provincia di Massa Carrara, Toscana
Water Absorption:
0.10%
Density:
2710 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
19.8 MPa
Compressive Strength:
127.0 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 Venato C,Bianco Venato C Marble,Bianco Carrara Venato C
Description:
Petrographic definition: Marble
Massa Unit Volume: 2710 kg/m3
Water Absorption: 0.10%
Breaking Load Compression Simple: 127 MPa
Compression breaking load after freezing: 125 MPa
Tangent elastic modulus: 62,400 MPa
Tensile Strength through indirect Flex: 19.8 MPa
Its coefficient of Abrasion (referred to Granite St. Fedelino): 0.63
Impact resistance: minimum fall height: 75 cm
Linear thermal expansion coefficient of 3.7 x 10-5 0C-1
Knoop microhardness: 1285 MPa
Index unevenness of hardness: 1.26
Source: Università di Pisa - Politecnico di Torino