Pink - Limestone
France
Item Details
Quarry Location:
Buxy (Saône-et-Loire), 17 km au sud-ouest de Chalon-sur-Saône
Water Absorption:
% by volume 14.22 - 16.22
Density:
2600 - 2700 kg/m3 (NF B 10-503)
Flexural Strength:
14.32 MPa
Compressive Strength:
86.66 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Building stone,countertops, sinks, monuments, pool coping, sills, ornamental stone, interior, exterr
Finishing Surface:
Honed, Aged, Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Buxy Rouge,Buxy Nuance, Buxy Bayadere Limestone,Buxy Bayadere
Description:
APPARENT DENSITY: 2600-2700 kg / m3 (NF B 10-503)
Porosity: 1 to 3% (NF B 10-503)
sound propagation speed: 4600-5000 m / s (NF B 10-505)
ties resistance (3cm) TYPE I: 150 to 200 daN (NF B 10-514)
compression strength: 80 to 130 MPa (NF B 10-509)
flexural strength (concentrated load): 11 to 14 MPa (NF EN 12372)
Wear the metal disc: 27-35 mm (NF B 10-508)
Capillarity C1: <1 g.cm-2.mn-0.5 (NF B 10-502)
Capillarity C2 <1 g.cm-2.mn-0.5 (NF B 10-502
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ASTM Imperial --- Metric
Absorption by weight ASTM C97 3% 3%
Compressive strength ASTM C170 18 854Psi 130Mpa
Density ASTM C97 169lb/ft3 2 700kg/m3
Modulus of rupture ASTM C99 2 091Psi 14,4Mpa