Granite
Granite is a type of common industrial natural stone. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare granite to other natural stone materials (top) and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Compressive (Crushing) Strength
2200 MPa 320 x 103 psi
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
70 GPa 10 x 106 psi
Flexural Strength
24 MPa 3.5 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.25
Shear Modulus
27 GPa 3.9 x 106 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
39 MPa 5.7 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
350 °C 660 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
840 J/kg-K 0.2 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
2.7 W/m-K 1.5 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
7.4 µm/m-K
Other Material Properties
Density
2.9 g/cm3 180 lb/ft3
Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential)
8.5 kV/mm 0.33 V/mil
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
48 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
3.8 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
9.0 points
Thermal Diffusivity
1.1 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
5.4 points