Australian Calca Granite (Empire Red) |
TEST |
| COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (Mpa) |
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| Unaxial unconfined |
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Dry |
150 |
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Wet |
148 |
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Ratio wet/dry |
0.99 |
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| YOUNG'S MODULUS OF ELASTICITY (Gpa) |
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| Static, mid-third |
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Dry |
61.8 |
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Wet |
61.3 |
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| PISSON.S RATIO |
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| Dynamic |
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Dry |
0.28 |
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Wet |
0.29 |
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| FLEXURAL STRENGTH (Mpa) |
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| Orientation x |
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Dry |
10.9 |
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Wet |
11.5 |
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Ratio wet/dry |
1.05 |
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| Orientation y |
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Dry |
9.5 |
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Wet |
10.6 |
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Ratio wet/dry |
1.11 |
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| Ratio top-bottom/east-west, dry |
0.87 |
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| ULTRASONIC PULSE VELOCITY (m/sec) |
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| Cores, normal to dominant plane |
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Orientation x |
6213 |
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Orientation y |
6243 |
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| Block |
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| Normal dominant plane |
5620 |
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Orientation x |
5500 |
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Orientation y |
5190 |
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| BULK DENSITY (kg/m3) |
2610 |
| WATER ABSORPTION (%) |
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| By volume |
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At atmospheric pressure |
0.43 |
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Under vacuum |
0.46 |
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| By weight |
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At atmospheric pressure |
0.17 |
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Under vacuum |
0.18 |
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| SATURATION COEFFICIENT |
0.95 |
| RESISTANCE TO SALT CRYSTALLISATION |
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| (% weight loss) |
0.06 |
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| ABRASION RESISTANCE |
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| Table index |
133 |
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| SHORE HARDNESS |
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Dry |
57 |
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Wet |
56 |
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| DIMENSIONAL STABILITY (% linear change) |
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| Normal to dominant plane |
-0.002 |
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Orientation x |
-0.004 |
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Orientation y |
+0.001 |
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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 |
7.5 |
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Orientation x |
7 |
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Orientation y |
7.9 |
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| MICROCRACK DENSITY (cracks per 100mm) |
15 |