Influence of Dolomite and Granite Waste Content on The Properties of Artificial Marble

摘要

The main objective of this work is to characterize and investigate the effect of mineral dolomite and granite waste content on the physical and mechanical properties of artificial marble.Five different samples of artificial marble were prepared with different proportions of fillers.In this study,granite waste is used a filler by substitute the dolomite content from 10 wt% to 40 wt%.Test specimens were evaluated for water absoiption analysis,flexural,compression and Barcol hardness properties.It is found that the optimum 10 wt% of granite waste in the composition has increase the flexural and compression strength and reduces the water absorption rate,while the substitution of granite waste does not change significantly the Barcol hardness properties.