Australian Adelaide Black granite |
TEST |
| COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (Mpa) |
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| Unaxial unconfined |
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Dry |
219 |
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Wet |
192 |
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Ratio wet/dry |
0.88 |
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| YOUNG'S MODULUS OF ELASTICITY (Gpa) |
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| Static, mid-third |
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Dry |
92.6 |
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Wet |
89.5 |
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| PISSON.S RATIO |
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| Dynamic |
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Dry |
0.35 |
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Wet |
0.33 |
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| FLEXURAL STRENGTH (Mpa) |
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| Orientation x |
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Dry |
15.5 |
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Wet |
18.5 |
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Ratio wet/dry |
1.19 |
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| Orientation y |
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Dry |
15 |
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Wet |
17.7 |
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Ratio wet/dry |
1.18 |
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| Ratio top-bottom/east-west, dry |
0.96 |
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| ULTRASONIC PULSE VELOCITY (m/sec) |
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| Cores, normal to dominant plane |
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Orientation x |
7128 |
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Orientation y |
6874 |
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| Block |
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| Normal dominant plane |
6700 |
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Orientation x |
8665 |
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Orientation y |
6660 |
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| BULK DENSITY (kg/m3) |
2970 |
| WATER ABSORPTION (%) |
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| By volume |
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At atmospheric pressure |
0.17 |
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Under vacuum |
0.21 |
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| By weight |
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At atmospheric pressure |
0.06 |
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Under vacuum |
0.07 |
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| SATURATION COEFFICIENT |
0.81 |
| RESISTANCE TO SALT CRYSTALLISATION |
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| (% weight loss) |
0.03 |
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| ABRASION RESISTANCE |
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| Table index |
126 |
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| SHORE HARDNESS |
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Dry |
52 |
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Wet |
52 |
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| DIMENSIONAL STABILITY (% linear change) |
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| Normal to dominant plane |
-0.002 |
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Orientation x |
-0.003 |
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Orientation y |
-0.002 |
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| COEFF OF LINEAR THERMAL EXPANSION |
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| (mm/mm/C x 10) |
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| Normal to dominant plane |
5.2 |
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Orientation x |
4.6 |
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Orientation y |
5.4 |
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| MICROCRACK DENSITY (cracks per 100mm) |
4 |