Red - Granite
Italy
Item Details
Quarry Location:
Luras, Sassari, Provincia di Olbia-Tempio, Sardinia
Water Absorption:
0.44 %
Density:
2595 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
17.5 MPa
Compressive Strength:
179.0 - 188.0 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Bathroom tops, Wall cladding, Counter top, Shower, Dimensional stone, Flooring residential
Finishing Surface:
Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Rosa Francesco,Rosa San Francesco,San Francesco, Rosa Nule Granite, Granito Rosa Nule,Rosa Nule
Description:
Petrographic definition: Granite
Massa Unit Volume: 2595 Kg/m3
Water absorption: 0.44 %
Compression breaking load Simple: 188 MPa
Compression breaking load after freezing: 179 MPa
Indirect Tensile Strength by bending: 17,5 MPa
Coefficient corresponding Abrasion (referred to Granite St. Fedelino): 0.99
Impact resistance: minimum fall height: 72 cm
Coefficient of linear thermal expansion: 7.5 x 10-5 0C-1
Knoop microhardness: 5376 MPa
non-uniformity index of hardness: 1,81
Source: Politecnico di Torino