Estimating Deterioration Rate of Some Carbonate Rocks Used as Building Materials under Repeated Frost Damage Process, China

Table 1

Mean physical characteristics of studied rock samples.

Rock type	Dry bulk density ρdry (g/cm^3)	Saturated bulk density ρsat (g/cm^3)	Effective porosity ne (%)	Absorption Waps (%)
Limestone type 1	2.62	2.63	0.11	0.03
Limestone type 2	2.60	2.62	0.33	0.13
Limestone type 3	2.58	2.59	0.80	0.33
Limestone type 4	2.61	2.61	0.62	0.24
Limestone type 5	2.61	2.62	0.47	0.20
Limestone type 6	2.56	2.58	1.32	0.51