Marble vs. Limestone
Both marble and limestone are natural stone.
For each property being compared, the top bar is marble and the bottom bar is limestone.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 540 | |
| 700 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 54 | |
| 77 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.2 | |
| 0.25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 30 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 9.0 | |
| 100 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 250 | |
| 360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 920 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 3.1 | |
| 2.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 8.0 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 8.5 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 47 | |
| 55 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 0.93 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 3.6 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 1.3 | |
| 0.88 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 0.57 | |
| 12 |