Grey - Marble
Italy
Item Details
Quarry Location:
Taormina, Province of Messina, Sicilia
Water Absorption:
0.16%
Density:
2705 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
18.0 MPa
Compressive Strength:
118 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Exterior - Interior wall and floor applications, monuments, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills
Finishing Surface:
Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Grey Taormina Marble,Taormina Grey Marble,Grigio San Marco Marble,Fatima Brown Tipo Grigio, Fatima Brown Marble,Grigio Taormina Marble
Description:
Petrographic definition: limestone
Massa Unit Volume: 2705 Kg/m3
Water absorption: 0.16%
Compression breaking load Simple: 118 MPa
Compression breaking load after freezing: 118 MPa
Tangent elastic modulus: 77,000 MPa
Elastic Modulus Secant: 77,100 MPa
Indirect Tensile Strength by bending: 18,0 MPa
Coefficient corresponding Abrasion (referred to Granite St. Fedelino): 0.62
Impact resistance: minimum fall height: 33 cm
Coefficient of linear thermal expansion: 6.9 x 10-5 0C-1
Knoop microhardness: 1775 MPa
non-uniformity index of hardness: 1.36
Source: Politecnico di Torino