BIANCO CARRARA “C/D”
ORIGIN
BLOCK SIZES
COLOUR UNIFORMITY
AVAILABILITY
PREVAILING USE
POLISHING TREATMENT | ITALY
NORMAL DIMENSIONS
GOOD
LIMITED
INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR
VERY GOOD |
OTHER SURFACE TREATMENTS POSSIBLE GENERAL COMMENTS :
TYPICAL CARRARA MARBLE, EVERYWHERE ALL OVER THE WORLD KNOWN. WHEN NOT POLISHED IS SUITABLE ALSO FOR BIG EXTERNAL JOBS. THE BEST RESULT IS GIVEN WITH A ROUGH COARSE FINISHING OR AT LEAST AN HONED SURFACE FINISHING. A MOCK-UP, PRIOR SELECTION AND A CONSTANT PROCESS CONTROL ARE RECOMMENDED CHEAP BAD IMITATIONS ARE ALWAYS ON THE MARKET. A SPECIAL CARE REGARDING THE SETTING IS WARMLY SUGGESTED.
| EXAMPLES OF TEST RESULTS : | | | | COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH | 1209 Kg./cm.² | 1211 Kg./cm.² | | DITTO AFTER GELIVITY | 1181 Kg./cm.² | 1185 Kg./cm.² | | WATER ABSORPTION | 0,16 % | 0,18 % | | ULTIMATE TENSIL STRENGTH | 174 Kg./cm.² | 177 Kg./cm.² | | IMPACT TEST-MIN. FALL HEIGHT | 73,8 cm. | 75,8 cm. | | THERMAL COEFF. EXPANSION | 0,0072 mm./m. °C | 0,0075 mm./m. °C | | ABRASION COEFFICIENT | 4,72 mm. | 4,75 mm. | | BULK DENSITY | 2688 Kg./m.³ | 2705 Kg./m. 3 | | ELASTICITY MODULE | 742000 Kg./cm.² | 745000 Kg./cm.² | | KNOOP MICROHARDNESS | ————— | ————— | | FLEXURAL STRENGTH | ————— | ————— | | POROSITY | ————— | ————— |
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