Issue 74

N. Meddour et alii, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 74 (2025) 227-261; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.74.16

Sample shape

Sample Name/Number PE1(1-2-3-4-5-6)

Type of analysis

Stone type Block

D, Ca, Po, UCS, UWV, WA, Petr, XRD, XRF, SEM EDX, Du-Cryst, Cra, Mpal

E1

Cylindrical

T1

D, Ca, Po, UCS, WA, Petr

E3

Cylindrical

PE3 (1-2-3-4-5-6)

D, Ca, Po, UCS, WA, Petr, XRD, XRF, SEM-EDX, Cra ,Du-Acd, Mpal

E2

Cylindrical

PE2 (1-2-3-4-5-6)

T2

D, Ca, Po, UWV,SHR, WA, Petr, FST

E4

Parallipipedic

PE4 (1-2-3)

D =density, Ca =capillarity, Po =porosity, UCS =Uniaxial compressive strength, UWV =Ultrasonic wave velocity, WA =water absorption, Petr = Petrography, Du-Cryst = Durability test by salt crystallization, Du-Acd = Durability with accelerated ageing with HCl , XRD =X-ray diffraction, XRF = X-ray fluorescence, SEM-EDX =Scanning Electron Microscopy, Cra = Micro-cracks measurement, SHR = Schmidt hammer rebound, FST = Flexural strength test, Mpal = Micropaleontological study Table 1: Samples description and the relative tests.

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(c5) (c8) Figure 4: (a) the raw samples of the E1 and E2 stone type (b) thin section of two stone samples for a micropalaeontological study (c) micropaleontological results of the stone sample type E1 (From c1 to c6) and E2 (c7 and c8). (c6) (c7)

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