Item Details
Quarry Location:
Ampilly-le-Sec, Dept. Cote-d'Or, 10 Km south of Châtillon-sur-Seine
Water Absorption:
0.5 %
Density:
2360 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
7.5 MPa
Compressive Strength:
67.8 - 74.9 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Elevations, drip courses, string courses, cornices, balconies, plinths, bridge piers, Cladding floor
Finishing Surface:
Honed, Aged, Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Limestone Ampilly, Ampilly Limestone, Avignon Limestone Limestone, Pierre de Ampilly, Pierre de Bourgogne Ampilly, Pierre d'Ampilly Medium, Pierre Ampilly Tigre, Pierre Ampilly
Description:
ASPECT : LIGHT COLORED BEIGE LIMESTONE WITH SMALL GRAIN
EXTRACTION SITE : AMPILLY LE SEC (COTE D'OR), 10 KM SOUTH OF CHATILLON SUR SEINE
CHARACTERISTICS
Apparent density 2360 kg/m
3 NF EN 1936 EUROFINS M121163/MvNt 05/11/2012
Open porosity 8,3 % EUROFINS M121163/MvNt 05/11/2012
Flexural strength 7,5 Mpa NF EN 12372 EUROFINS M121163/Rf 05/11/2012
CHARACTERISTICS OF USE
Compressive strength 74,9 Mpa NF EN 1926 EUROFINS M061817/Rc 106/06/2006
Average speed of parallel sound propagation 5 171 m/s NF EN 14579 EUROFINS M061817/Vs2 06/06/2006
Average speed of perpandicular sound propagation 5 108 m/s EUROFINS M061817/Vs2 06/06/2006
Water absorption coefficient c1 8,3 g.m-2.s
-0.5 EUROFINS M061817/Capil2 06/06/2006
Water absorption coefficient c2 6,8 g.m-2.s
-0.5 EUROFINS M061817/Capil2 06/06/2006
Abrasion resistance 23,4 mm NF EN 14157 EUROFINS M061817/Usure 06/06/2006
Freeze thaw test 240 cycles NF EN 12371 EUROFINS M061817/Gel 23/11//2006
Slipping resistance – sawn finish NF EN 14231 EUROFINS M121163 Glis 05/11/2012
in dry conditions 59
in humid conditions 58
USES : Elevations, drip courses, string courses, cornices, balconies, plinths, bridge piers. Cladding flooring, staircases, internal or external use under any climate, decoration, building stone, carving.