Technical Information
Absorption:
Tested in accordance with UBC Standard No. 32-12.
Color:
Tested in accordance with ASTM C979.
Compressive Strength:
Tested in accordance with UBC Standard No. 26-10, Parts I & IV.
Also tested in accordance with ASTM C513.
Density:
Tested in accordance with ASTM C567 (Dry density).
Shipping weight is approximately 9-11 pounds per square foot.
Flexural Strength:
Tested in accordance with ASTM C348.
Freeze Thaw:
Tested in accordance with ASTM C67.
Also tested in accordance with ASTM C666A.
Shear Bond (Adhesion Strength):
Tested in accordance with ASTM C482 using a unit thickness approximately the same as the stone unit.
Tensile Strength:
Tested in accordance with ASTM C190.
Thermal Resistance:
Tested in accordance with ASTM C177-71.
Weight:
Density is determined in accordance with ASTM C 567. Shipping weight is approximately 7-10 lbs per sq. ft.
Thermal Conductivity:
Determined by an independent laboratory under conditions of thermal equilibrium in a 3 ½ square guarded hot plate apparatus complying with that described in ASTM specification C 177.
Test Results: - Product Thickness: .75 inches on average conditioned at room temperature
- Absorption: 22 percent
- Color: Permanent mineral oxides with particle diameters ranging from 80 to 0.3 µm with tailored distributions
- Compressive Strength: 2,500 psi (17 MPa)
- Density (lbs. Per cu. Ft.): 77.8
- Freeze Thaw: 0.67 percent
- Shear Bond: 50 psi (335 kPa)
- Temperature Hot Side (F): 82
- Temperature Cold Side (F): 75.8
- Average Mean Temperature (F): 80.2
- Thermal Conductivity (k): 2.82
- Thermal Resistance R factor: 0.60 (0.11) (varies for various stone thickness)
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