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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Properties of the limestone VMV15-F

From: Structural, physical and mechanical changes of cement-bonded particleboards during sudden fluctuations in temperature and moisture

Chemical composition

CaO

CO2

SiO2

Al2O3

Fe2O3

Alkali

MgO

[mass %]

52.4

41.6

1.2

0.3

0.1

0.06

0.6

Specific surface area

 

Specific weight

Granulometric curve

487 m2/kg

 

2697 kg/m3

see Fig. 1

Mineralogic composition (XRD analysis)

    

Calcite, aragonite, traces of magnesite and quartz