Ylamaa Group
Kuru Grey

Kuru Grey

Finnish Kuru Grey is a dark grey, fine-grained granite, which has excellent technical properties. It creates an atmosphere of harmony in both modern and classic surroundings. Kuru Grey is also very popular stone for monuments.

Technical properties

Water absorption (%) mean value0,15
Standard deviation (%)0
 
Apparent Density (kg/m3) mean value2630
density from ... To ...(kg/m3)2620 to 2630
Standard deviation(kg/m3)4
 
Open porosity (%) mean value0,47
standard deviation (%)0,02
 
Flexural strength (MPa) mean value18,6
Standard deviation(MPa)0,7
Min exp value(MPa)17,1
 
Flexural strength after frost (MPa) mean value17
Change in mean flexural strength after 48 cycles (%)8,6
Standard deviation(MPa)1
Min exp value(MPa)15
 
Compression strength (MPa) mean value225
Standard deviation(MPa)29,5
Min exp value(MPa)163
 
Compression strength after frost (MPa) mean value229
Standard deviation(MPa)31,8
Min exp value(MPa)162
 
Water absorption by Capillarity C (g/m2s0,5) mean value0,452
Standard deviation(g/m2s0,5)0,037
 
Skid resistance - dry polished mean value57,3
Skid resistance - wet polished mean value9,8
Skid resistance - dry honed mean value49,6
Skid resistance - wet honed mean value25,1
 
Abrasion resistance (mm) mean value18
 
Resistance at the anchoring system
Mean breaking Load(N)3450
Min exp value (N)2350
Standard deviation (N)600
d1(mm)10
bA(mm)43,5
Resistance to Thermal shock 
visual changesyes colour
max Mass change (%)0,1
max res. Freq. change (%)6,8
 
Water absorption by Capillarity C (g/m2s0,5)no directions
parallel mean value
Standard deviation
 
Water vapour resistance factor μ dry10000
Water vapour resistance factor μ wet10000