Types Of Artificial Stone

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What Is Artificial Stone?

Artificial stone, also known as cast stone is produced from cement, sand, and natural aggregates such as crushed stone with desired surface finish. Sometimes, suitable pigments may also be added to obtain certain color. But the addition of coloring pigments should not exceed 15% by volume. The proportion of cement and aggregates in artificial stone is 1:3. In this article, we will discuss different types of artificial stones such as artificial marble, victoria stone, imperial stone, etc are used in building construction.

Types Of Artificial Stones

The different types of artificial stones are as follows:

Concrete Block
Ransom Stone
Artificial Marble
Bituminous Stone
Victoria Stone
Imperial Stone
Garlic Stone

1. Concrete Block

Concrete blocks are made from a mixture of cement, sand, aggregates, and water. They are cast at construction sites for piers or cast in mold for walls, steps, sills, windows, etc.

2. Ransom Stone

Ransom stone, also known as chemical stone is prepared by mixing soda silicate and cement. These stones provide pleasing and decorative flooring. The compressive strength of ransom stone is 32 N/mm2.

3. Artificial Marble

Artificial marble is made from marble debris, crushed stone powder, cement, sand, gypsum, and unsaturated polyester resin after molding, grinding, and polishing are made.

Artificial marbles are available in various colors. They have a uniform and more polished look than natural marble. Artificial marbles are very costly and are used for external works.

4. Bituminous Stone

Bituminous stones are produced by impregnated granite and diorite with refined tar. These stones are used to provide noise, wear, and dust-resistant stone surfaces.

5. Victoria Stone

Granite pieces with the surfaces hardened by keeping submerged in soda silicate for 2 months to form victoria stones.

6. Imperial Stone

Imperial stone is an American-made artificial stone that comes in 5 colors. It has the look of natural stone with white veining. It provides unique stone tile looks and designs.

Imperial stone is similar to victoria stone. It is produced by mixing finely crushed granite with portland cement. The mixture is molded in the desired shape and then stem cured for 24 hours. The cured blocks are finally submerged in silicate tanks for 3 days.

7. Garlic Stone

Garlic stone is produced by mixing iron slag with portland cement and molding it into the desired shape. Garlic stones are used as flagstones, surface drains, etc.

Advantages Of Artificial Stone

1. Artificial stone can be molded into any complex form.

2. Cavities can be kept to convey pipes, electric wires, etc.

3. Strong and durable than natural stone. Its service life is relatively long.

4. These stones are more resistant to abrasion, acid, high temperature, impact, press, flexural, and osmosis.

5. It has a certain temperature resistance.

6. Can be easily cast at the job site which saves transportation costs.

7. It is easy to carve artificial stone.

8. It does not require any precaution regarding natural bed as there is no natural bed is present in artificial stones.

9. Artificial stone is free from defects as they are produced carefully.

10. It is relatively environmentally friendly.

11. Lightweight.

8. Less costly than natural stone.

Disadvantages

1. The texture is soft and easy to scratch.

2. Poor shrinkage performance

3. Extreme hardness is sometimes worse.

4. Though it has certain temperature resistance, the high temperature makes artificial stone tarnish.