Design and Building of A Chamber To Examine The Effect of Temperature on Properties of Stone & Marble

Abstract

Stone and marble sector is one of the most important industrial and commercial sectors in Palestine since the area is rich with this high quality natural resource. It was given the name of (white gold) for its weight in the general national product and economic returns. Stone is one of the basic elements in any building for its physical properties and it significant impact in high lighting the architectural and aesthetic shape of building . The aim of this project is to serve the stone and marble sector in terms of finely building a device that simulate the changing climatic condition stone and marble exposed to (such as temperature) . As this device is commensurate with global standers in the application of thermal testing of stone and marble . The system includes refrigeration cycle (heat pump), insulated room with a special thermal specifications , in addition to complete easy to use conditional system which includes a provision for testing standard condition . It is hoped that this project will serve the practical side of the stone and marble sector , through the provision of this device to conduct tests on samples of different types of stone and marble available in the local market and go out with data tables that define the thermal characteristics of each type of stone and marble .