Grey - Limestone
Quarry Location: Quinta do Escarpão, Albufeira, southern Algarve
Water Absorption: 0.2 %
Density: 2700 Kg/m3
Flexural Strength: 22.0 - 27.2 MPa
Compressive Strength: 223 MPa
Recommended Usage: Wall and floor applications, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills
Finishing Surface: Honed, Aged, Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled
Additional Names: Lagos Azul Limestone, Azul Lagos Limestone, Azul AL Limestone
Azul AL Limestone is a medium grain, deep grey to blue with a cozy and attractive light grayish color shade fossilized sedimentary rock.
PHISICAL-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Compression Breaking Load: 223 MPa
Flexural Strenght: 27,2 MPa
Flexural Strenght after Frost Resistance: 22,0 MPa
Apparent Density: 2700 Kg/m3
Water Absorption: 0,2 %
Open Porosity: 0,7 %
Thermal Shock Resistance (change in mass): -
Abrasion Resistance: 19,0 mm
Thermal Linear Expansion Coefficient: 5,8 10^6 per oC
Freeze-Defreeze cycles (no alteration after): 104 cycles