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. 2018 Dec 20;12(1):8. doi: 10.3390/ma12010008

Table 2.

Properties of solid ceramic bricks.

Core Sample Code	Core Sampling Depth, cm	Compressive Strength, MPa		Water Absorption, wt.%		Volumetric Density, kg/m³
Core Sample Code	Core Sampling Depth, cm	Specimen f_i	Normalised ** f_bi	Specimen	Average	Specimen	Average
N2	280–320	12.9	10.7	17	16 8.4 *	1870	1840 4.2 *
N7	200–220	18.0	14.4	15		1850
N7	200–220	30.2	24.1	14		1750
N8	420–450	36.4	29.5	17		1760
N8	420–450	31.0	25.5	17		1830
N10	700–730	22.1	18.5	15		1950
Note: specimens are 50 × 50 × 50 mm cubes * variation, % the normalised compressive strength f_bi was calculated according to LST EN 772-1 standard [23] by applying the capacity reduction factor d (f_bi = f_i*·d). Average normalised compressive strength f_b* = 20.5 MPa (variation 33.5%)