Mosaicoland
The Land of The Mediterranean Tiles
2008 The Little Tangerine Enterprise
Mediterranean Cement Tiles Specifications
Denomination:
Cement tile triple layer.
Decorative pigmented cement tile for exterior and interior use.
Applied Normes
UNE-EN 1339 ( AENOR, European Normes )
Composition
Portland Cement, marble powders, pigments for cements, (iron oxides, chrome, cobalt, magnesium and titanium).
Guaranteed asbestos free.
Dimensions
(standard tile of 200X200X16 mm)
Lenght and width : +/- 0,3 mm
Thickness : +/- 0,6 mm
Diagonal : +/- 0,2mm
Fire resistency
Class A1
Surface and curve
(standard piece 200X200X16 mm)
Convexity observed : nul
Maximum concavity: 0,5 mm
Concavity (distribution)
85% of the tiles studied, concavity < 0,3 mm
Climate resistance
Water absorbtion : 6,3% in volume
(Tile without treatment, totally immersed in water for 24 hours)
Ice and ice melting resistance :
( Test ARDEX Gmbh )
Not a single crack or deformation after 25 cicles de ice and ice melting (5Fº to 140ºF)
Loading resistance
(standard tile de 200X200X16 mm)
Federal Office of tests of construction materials MPA Dortmund - Germany -
Loading ressitance : 6,0 N/mm2
Abrasion resistance
(standard tile of 200X200X16 mm)
Federal Office of tests of construction materials MPA Dortmund - Germany -
Method : Test on a 50mm disk, results in mm
Classification of hardiness:
Slate
31,0
Marble
27,3
Mosaic Tile "Mosaic del Sur" (Mediterranean Tile)
22,3 and 21,2
Natural sandy stone
21,7 and 18,7
Porcelain floor tiles
19,2 and 18,3
Natural volcanic stone - Basalt
18,0
Natural volcanic stone - Granite
16,6
- Harder than Marble or Slate, somehow similar to the not volcanic natural stone -
Date of tests june 2005 (*)