New Balmoral has a strong red colour. This beautiful, durable granite breathes an atmosphere of dignity and luxury. Small-grained New Balmoral is ideal for small and medium-scale projects as well as for monuments.
TECHNICAL PROPERTIES
| Water absorption (%) mean value | 0,14 |
| Standard deviation (%) | 0 |
| Apparent Density (kg/m3) mean value | 2630 |
| density from … To …(kg/m3) | 2630 to 2630 |
| Standard deviation(kg/m3) | 0 |
| Open porosity (%) mean value | 0,44 |
| standard deviation (%) | 0,01 |
| Flexural strength (MPa) mean value | 15,4 |
| Standard deviation(MPa) | 0,5 |
| Min exp value(MPa) | 14,4 |
| Flexural strength after frost (MPa) mean value | 15,3 |
| Change in mean flexural strength after 48 cycles (%) | 0,6 |
| Standard deviation(MPa) | 0,3 |
| Min exp value(MPa) | 14,8 |
| Compression strength (MPa) mean value | 216 |
| Standard deviation(MPa) | 20,5 |
| Min exp value(MPa) | 170 |
| Compression strength after frost (MPa) mean value | 227 |
| Standard deviation(MPa) | 31,6 |
| Min exp value(MPa) | 164 |
| Water absorption by Capillarity C (g/m2s0,5) mean value | 0,666 |
| Standard deviation(g/m2s0,5) | 0,081 |
| Skid resistance – dry polished mean value | 46,1 |
| Skid resistance – wet polished mean value | 11,2 |
| Skid resistance – dry honed mean value | 52,1 |
| Skid resistance – wet honed mean value | 39,1 |
| Abrasion resistance (mm) mean value | 17 |
| Resistance at the anchoring system | |
| Mean breaking Load(N) | 2900 |
| Min exp value (N) | 2363 |
| Standard deviation (N) | 300 |
| d1(mm) | 10,3 |
| bA(mm) | 43,3 |
| Resistance to Thermal shock | NPD |
| visual changes | |
| max Mass change (%) | |
| max res. Freq. change (%) | |
| Water absorption by Capillarity C (g/m2s0,5) | no directions |
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| Standard deviation | |
| Water vapour resistance factor μ dry | 10000 |
| Water vapour resistance factor μ wet | 10000 |
