Natural and artificial stone materials with laboratory

Module Laboratory of natural and artificial stone materials

1. Acquire the basic skills to perform mineralogical, petrographic, geochemical and petrophysical analyses of natural and artificial stone materials
2. Knowing how to interpret analytical data for the use of stone materials in industry and in the field of Cultural Heritage, also through practical examples

exercises with the guide of the teacher in the laboratories of the Department. Students will carry out brief reports on practical activities

• Errors of measurement
• Exercises on the determination of the physical characteristics of stone materials: determination of the resistance to crystallization of salts; water absorption test by capillarity; water absorption test by total immersion; determination of open porosity, Determination of drying index, Determination of apparent and actual specific weight.
• Microscope exercise on mortars and ceramics.

ELEMENTI DI PETROGRAFIA APPLICATA Piero Comin-Chiaramonti & Maurizio Mazzucchelli

Le malte antiche e moderne tra tradizione ed innovazione Elena Pecchioni,Fabio Fratini,Emma Cantisani