Basaltina Stone

Basaltina has been quarried for millennia, and was widely used during the Roman Empire for a variety of construction purposes. It is a fine grained stone, with shades that vary between black and grey. <ul class="dati-generali"> <li class="field-carico_di_rottura_a_compressione"><span class="label-det">Compression tensile strength: </span><span class="value-det">856 kg/cm² </span></li> <li class="field-carico_di_rottura_dopo_cicli_gelivita"><span class="label-det">Tensile strength after freeze-thaw cycles: </span><span class="value-det">897 kg/cm² </span></li> <li class="field-coefficiente_dilatazione_termica"><span class="label-det">Heat expansion coefficient: </span><span class="value-det">0,0050 mm/m˚C </span></li> <li class="field-coefficiente_imbibizione_acqua"><span class="label-det">Water imbibition coefficient: </span><span class="value-det">3,00% </span></li> <li class="field-usura_per_attrito"><span class="label-det">Frictional wear: </span><span class="value-det">0,54% </span></li> <li class="field-peso_per_unita_di_volume"><span class="label-det">Mass by unit of volume: </span><span class="value-det">2229 kg/m²</span></li> </ul>