Item Details
Quarry Location:
Provincia di Siena, Toscana
Water Absorption:
0.43%
Density:
2555 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
15.2 MPa
Compressive Strength:
126 - 129 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:
Nocciola Travertine, Nocciola Travertino, Travertino Nocciola
Description:
Petrographic definition: vacuolar limestone
Unit Volume: 2555 Kg/m3
Water absorption: 0.43 %
Compression breaking load Simple: 126 MPa
Compression breaking load after freezing: 129 MPa
Indirect Tensile Strength by bending: 15,2 MPa
Coefficient corresponding Abrasion (referred to Granite St. Fedelino): 0.45
Impact resistance: minimum fall height: 29 cm
Coefficient of linear thermal expansion: 5.8 x 10-5 0C-1
Knoop microhardness: 1423 MPa
non-uniformity index of hardness: 2.25
Source: Università di Pisa - Politecnico di Torino