TABLE 2.
Physical measurements of the five stone substrata employed in this study.
Substratum | Thermal Conductivity (W m–1 K–1) @ 30°C | Internal surface area (m2/g) | Internal pore volume (mm3/g) | Overall porosity (%) | Surface roughness (Ra, μm) |
LIMESTN | 0.44 | 0.099 | 8.27 | 6.95 | 2.21 |
MARBLE | 0.45 | 0.0025 | 0.79 | 0.43 | 1.79 |
SANDSP | 0.40 | 0.98 | 61.87 | 31.91 | 8.07 |
SANDSV | 0.41 | 2.02 | 6.83 | 19.29 | 6.56 |
GRANITE | 0.45 | 0.13 | 0.96 | 6.28 | 3.30 |
CONCRO | 4.05 | 19.38 | 4.44 | 25.15 | |
CONCTN | 3.79 | 20.12 | 4.63 | 6.81 | |
CONCTR | 3.34 | 21.29 | 4.86 | 11.84 |
Note concrete coupons were not able to be measure for thermal conductivity using our laboratory protocols/equipment.