Grey - Granite
Italy
Item Details
Quarry Location:
Val Masino, Provincia di Sondrio, Lombardia
Water Absorption:
0.28 %
Density:
2820 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
21.2 MPa
Compressive Strength:
166 - 180 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Exterior - Interior wall and floor applications, coluntertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills
Finishing Surface:
Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Serizzo Scuro Valmasino,Sarizzo Valmasino,Serizzo Val Masino Granite,Serizzo Valmasino
Description:
Petrographic definition: granodiorite/orthogneiss
Mass of Unit Volume: 2820 Kg/m3
Water absorption: 0.28 %
Simple Compression tensile strength: 180 MPa
Tensile strength at simple compression after freezing: 166 MPa
Indirect tensile strength through bending: 21.2 MPa
Relative Abrasion coefficient (referring to s. Fedelino Granite): 0.62
Impact resistance: minimum height of fall: 92 cm
Linear thermal expansion coefficient: 5 x 10-7.4 OV-1
Knoop microhardness: 5209 MPa
Index of non-uniformity of hardness: 1.91
Source: Università di Pisa - Politecnico di Torino