About
Material Type:
Slate
Origin:
Italy
((Cicagna, Isolona, Lorsica, Moconesi, Orero, Val Fontanabuona, Provincia di Genova, Liguria))
Priamry Color(s):
Black
Recommended Usage:Building stone, roof covering, countertops, sinks, monuments, pool coping, sills, ornamental stone,
Additional Names:Ardesia Ligure,Ardesia Di Liguria Slate
Finished Surface:Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled, Thermalled, Natural Cleft, Weatheredge
Testing
Water
Absorption:0.39 By weight %, 1.1 By volume %
Density:2715 kg/m3
Compressive
Strength:130.0 - 147.0 MPa
Description
Petrographic definition: sedimentary slate rock
Massa Unit Volume: 2715 kg/m3
Water Absorption: 0.39 %
Breaking Load Compression Simple: 147 MPa
Compression breaking load after freezing: 130 MPa
Tensile Strength through indirect Flex: 57.3 MPa
Its coefficient of Abrasion (referred to Granite St. Fedelino): 0.37
Impact resistance: minimum fall height: 94 cm
Linear thermal expansion coefficient of 6.6 x 10-5 0C-1
Knoop microhardness: 882.9 MPa
Index unevenness of hardness: 1.31
Source: Università di Pisa - Politecnico di Torino
Item Details
Quarry Location:
(Cicagna, Isolona, Lorsica, Moconesi, Orero, Val Fontanabuona, Provincia di Genova, Liguria)
Recommended Usage:
Building stone, roof covering, countertops, sinks, monuments, pool coping, sills, ornamental stone,
Additional Names:
Ardesia Ligure,Ardesia Di Liguria Slate
Finished Surface:
Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled, Thermalled, Natural Cleft, Weatheredge
Water Absorption:
0.39 By weight %, 1.1 By volume %
Density:
2715 kg/m3
Compressive Strength:
130.0 - 147.0 MPa
Description
Petrographic definition: sedimentary slate rock
Massa Unit Volume: 2715 kg/m3
Water Absorption: 0.39 %
Breaking Load Compression Simple: 147 MPa
Compression breaking load after freezing: 130 MPa
Tensile Strength through indirect Flex: 57.3 MPa
Its coefficient of Abrasion (referred to Granite St. Fedelino): 0.37
Impact resistance: minimum fall height: 94 cm
Linear thermal expansion coefficient of 6.6 x 10-5 0C-1
Knoop microhardness: 882.9 MPa
Index unevenness of hardness: 1.31
Source: Università di Pisa - Politecnico di Torino