TECHNICAL DATAS
The stone’s technical specifications, obtained from the trials run at the Politecnico di Torino, have the following mean values:
| Apparent volume Mass | 2620 kg/mc. |
| Imbibition coefficient | 3,11 ‰ |
Simple compressione ultimate strenght | 162,4 MPa |
| Simple compressione ultimate strenght (load direction parallel to schist layers) | 92,8 MPa |
| Simple compressione ultimate strenght after freezing (load direction perpendicular to schist layers) | 159,9 MPa |
| Simple compressione ultimate strenght after freezing (load direction parallel to schist layers) | 100,1 MPa |
| Tangent elastic modulus | 63845 MPa |
| Secant elastic modulus | 46470 MPa |
| Tensile strenght by flexion | 21,7 MPa |
| Sliding friction wearing: abrasion coefficent by tribometer | 2,41 mm |
| Shock breaking test: minimum fall height | 84 mm |
| Thermal linear dilatation coefficen | 3,3*10^-6/K |
| Knoop micro hardness | 4777 MPa |
