About
Material Type:
Travertine
Origin:
Italy
((Tivoli, Provincia di Roma, Lazio))
Priamry Color(s):
Beige
Recommended Usage:Exterior - Interior wall and floor applications, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping
Additional Names:Tivoli Travertine,Travertino Classico Tivoli,Tivoli Travertino Paglierino,Travertino Paglierino Tivoli,Tivoli Stone Classico
Finished Surface:Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Testing
Water
Absorption:0.80 %
Density:2475 kg/m3
Compressive
Strength:90.7 - 109.0 MPa
Description
Petrographic definition: limestone vacuolar
Massa Unit Volume: 2475 kg/m3
Water Absorption: 0.89%
Breaking Load Compression Simple: 90.7 MPa
Compression breaking load after freezing: 81.7 MPa
Tensile indirectly through Flex: 12.5 MPa
Its coefficient of Abrasion (referred to Granite St. Fedelino): 0.38
Impact resistance: minimum fall height: 36 cm
Linear thermal expansion coefficient of 4.6 x 10-5 0C-1
Knoop microhardness: 1305 MPa
Index of non-uniformity of hardness: 1.29
Source: Università di Pisa - Politecnico di Torino
Item Details
Quarry Location:
(Tivoli, Provincia di Roma, Lazio)
Recommended Usage:
Exterior - Interior wall and floor applications, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping
Additional Names:
Tivoli Travertine,Travertino Classico Tivoli,Tivoli Travertino Paglierino,Travertino Paglierino Tivoli,Tivoli Stone Classico
Finished Surface:
Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Water Absorption:
0.80 %
Density:
2475 kg/m3
Compressive Strength:
90.7 - 109.0 MPa
Description
Petrographic definition: limestone vacuolar
Massa Unit Volume: 2475 kg/m3
Water Absorption: 0.89%
Breaking Load Compression Simple: 90.7 MPa
Compression breaking load after freezing: 81.7 MPa
Tensile indirectly through Flex: 12.5 MPa
Its coefficient of Abrasion (referred to Granite St. Fedelino): 0.38
Impact resistance: minimum fall height: 36 cm
Linear thermal expansion coefficient of 4.6 x 10-5 0C-1
Knoop microhardness: 1305 MPa
Index of non-uniformity of hardness: 1.29
Source: Università di Pisa - Politecnico di Torino