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Table 2 Porosity properties of the three Carrara Bianco marbles

From: Effective cleaning of rust stained marble

Marble type

Water absorption As(%)

Capillarity Cmean (g/m2 s0.5)

Carrara Fabricotti

10.99

1.41

Carrara Vagli

12.82

5.05

Carrara La Piana

36.76

7.28

  1. Characterization of the porosity of three marble types by European standards. Water absorption by immersion in water at atmospheric pressure, DS/EN 13755:2008, and water absorption coefficient by capillarity, DS/EN 1925:1999
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