Item Details
Quarry Location:
Rapolano Terme, Provincia di Siena, Toscana
Water Absorption:
0.81 %
Density:
2380 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
13.4 MPa
Compressive Strength:
84.7 - 92.9 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:
Travertino Rosato Unito Venato, Travertino Toscano Rosato
Description:
Petrographic definition: vacuolar limestone
Unit Volume: 2380 Kg/m3
Water absorption: 0.81 %
Compression breaking load Simple: 92.9 MPa
Compression breaking load after freezing: 84.7 MPa
Tangent elastic modulus: 64,700 MPa
Indirect Tensile Strength by bending 13.4 MPa
Coefficient corresponding Abrasion (referred to Granite St. Fedelino): 0.44
Impact resistance: minimum fall height: 26 cm
Coefficient of linear thermal expansion: 4.5 x 10-5 0C-1
Knoop microhardness: 1167 MPa
non-uniformity index of hardness: 1,79
Source: Università di Pisa - Politecnico di Torino