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CRUSHED MARBLE [4 records]

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Record 1 2019-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Quarried Stone - Various
  • Pools
CONT

Swimming pool plaster is composed of white cement and crushed marble.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pierres diverses (Carrières)
  • Piscines
CONT

L'enduit silico-marbreux est composé de ciment blanc, de poudre de marbre et de divers adjuvants et liants. Ce revêtement de piscine peut être coloré dans la masse par des pigments.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials
  • Applications of Concrete
DEF

Precast concrete made with careful attention to appearance, frequently in imitation of natural stone.

CONT

Marble chips are graded for making artificial stone.... Crushed and ground [marble] products are used for... cast stone....

OBS

The following sources do not distinguish this concept from the concept of "cast stone" (or "reconstructed stone, also called "pattent stone"): ARCCO 1975, p. 26; BRILM 1976, p. 99; HOMAT 1971, p. 622.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie
  • Utilisation du béton
DEF

Béton dont le liant est en général du ciment blanc et l'agrégat de la pierre concassée, particulièrement choisie pour sa couleur ou sa dureté.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec la pierre artificielle (voir fiche).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Materiales de albañilería
  • Utilización del hormigón
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Record 3 2000-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
  • Waterproofing (Construction)
DEF

The top layer or layers of a roof covering, specified or designed to protect the underlying roofing from direct exposure to the weather.

CONT

Surface coatings. Where the slope of a roof deck is 2 inch on 12 inch or more, it is difficult to retain slag or gravel surfacing applied to bitumen roofing to prevent flowing.

CONT

Built-up-roof (BUR): Traditional hot asphalt or coal tar built-up roofing membrane assembly consists of alternating layers of felts, fabrics, or mats saturated with bitumen during manufacture, assembled in place, and adhered with applied layers of hot bitumen. Surfacing for the hot BUR can be aggregate embedded in hot asphalt; mineral-surface cap sheets; modified bitumen cap sheets; or smooth-surface applications or coatings.

CONT

Built-up roofs... The top layer of felt may be covered with crushed stone, marble chips, or gravel as a protective covering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Étanchéité (Construction)
CONT

Le terme "protection" désigne l'ouvrage, ou l'ensemble d'ouvrages, destiné à limiter l'action des agents atmosphériques [...] sur le revêtement et à permettre la circulation pour l'entretien ou le passage. [...] La protection meuble est réalisée au moyen d'un lit de granulats minéraux libres. La protection dure est constituée de matériaux agglomérés par des liants hydrauliques ou de matériaux minéraux [...] La protection asphalte est formée d'asphalte coulé gravillonnaire.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials
  • Applications of Concrete
DEF

A highly refined building stone manufactured from a mixture of Portland cement, coarse aggregates, and fine aggregates, to simulate natural cut stone.

CONT

Cast stone, another concrete product, is used for interior as well as exterior facing. It is usually made from portland cement mortar and some normal- or light-weight aggregate, molded in various sizes ... to represent roughhewn stone.

CONT

Marble chips are graded for making artificial stone.... Crushed and ground [marble] products are used for... cast stone....

OBS

The following sources do not distinguish this concept from the concept of "artificial stone": ARCCO 1975, p. 26; BRILM 1976, p. 99; HOMAT 1971, p. 622.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie
  • Utilisation du béton
DEF

mélange de ciment (pouvant être coloré), d'eau, de granulats et éventuellement d'adjuvants qui, une fois durci et convenablement traité par différents procédés, présente l'aspect de certaines pierres naturelles. (Il s'agit le plus souvent d'éléments préfabriqués.)

CONT

Des pierres artificielles. Il s'agit de véritables pierres reconstituées, fabriquées à partir de mortiers ou bétons particuliers où le granulat est constitué par des déchets de carrière, réduits par broyage à une grosseur analogue à celle des grains de la pierre à reproduire.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec la pierre reconstituée (en anglais, «artificial stone»).

Spanish

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