About
Material Type:
Travertine
Origin:
Italy
((Rapolano Terme, Provincia di Siena, Toscana))
Priamry Color(s):
Beige
Recommended Usage:Wall and floor applications, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills
Additional Names:Travertino Rosato Unito Venato
Finished Surface:Honed, Aged, Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled
Testing
Water
Absorption:0.81 %
Density:2380 kg/m3
Compressive
Strength:84.7 - 92.9 MPa
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
Item Details
Quarry Location:
(Rapolano Terme, Provincia di Siena, Toscana)
Recommended Usage:
Wall and floor applications, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills
Additional Names:
Travertino Rosato Unito Venato
Finished Surface:
Honed, Aged, Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled
Water Absorption:
0.81 %
Density:
2380 kg/m3
Compressive Strength:
84.7 - 92.9 MPa
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