| MATERIALS | TEST SETUP | TEST SAMPLES | THERMAL TREATMENT | INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUE | REF. |
| Greek and Turkish marble | Uniaxial | Cubic specimens of 50 mm side length | 100˚C, 200˚C, 300˚C, 400˚C for one hour | Ultrasonic Polarizing light microscope X-ray diffraction | [69] |
| Carrara marble/ in Italy | Uniaxial and triaxial | Cylindrical specimens | Maximum temperature 600˚C, 12 hours of heating and cycles. | Pressure Sensors | [70] |
| Dolomitic marble/China | Uniaxial | Ø50 mm, h: 100 mm | 600˚C with a heating rate of 10˚C/min. | Optical Microscope | [71] |
| Marble/China | Uniaxial | Ø50 mm, h: 100 mm | 20˚C, 400˚C, 600 ˚C for 4 hours | Acoustic Emission | [72] |
| Carrara marble/ in Italy Macedonian marble | Uniaxial | 45 × 140 × 3 mm | Influence of temperature Low temperature 293 K, humidity 47% - 50% Intermediate temperature 323 - 324 K, humidity 50% High temperature 351 K, humidity 50% Influence of relative humidity Low humidity 5% - 7%, 323 K Intermediate humidity 50%, 323 - 324 K High humidity 89% - 92%, 323 - 324 K | Optical-Digital Microscope | [73] |
| Mugla marble/Turkey | Uniaxial | Ø54 mm, h: 108 mm | 24 h/400˚C Cycle heating-cooling 24 h/−24˚C Cycle of freeze-thaw | Ultrasonic | [74] |
| Marble/China | Uniaxial | Ø50 mm, h: 100 mm | Room Temperature, 100˚C, 200˚C, 400˚C, 600˚C, 800˚C, 1000˚C, heating rate of 10˚C/min. Once reached, is kept Constant for 2 h. | Pressure sensor | [75] |
| Marble/ China | Uniaxial and triaxial | Ø50 mm, h: 100 mm | 200˚C, 400˚C, 600˚C for a period of 4 h, heating rate of 10˚C/min. Once reached, is kept Constant for 4 h. | Polarizing Microscopy Ultrasonic | [76] |
| Marble/ China | Uniaxial | Ø50 mm, h: 100 mm | Room Temperature (25˚C), 200˚C, 400˚C, 600˚C, heating rate of 10˚C/min. Once reached, is kept Constant for 4 h. | Ultrasonic Pulse transmission technique | [77] |
| Marble/ China | Uniaxial | Ø25, 50, 75 and 100 mm specimens have a length to diameter ratio of 2. | Room Temperature (25˚C), 200˚C, 400˚C, 600˚C, heating rate of 10˚C/min. Once reached, is kept Constant for 4 h. | Ultrasonic Pulse transmission technique | [78] |
| Off-white colour marble/China | Uniaxial | Ø100 mm, h: 50 mm | 25˚C, 100 ˚C, 200˚C, 400˚C, 600˚C, 800˚C and 1000˚C, heating rate of 10˚C/min. Once reached, is kept Constant for 3 h. | Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Device | [79] |
| Muğla marble/Turkey | Uniaxial | Ø54 mm, h: 110 mm | 400˚C ≥ thermal treatment In water for a duration of 24 h. 24 h for each thermal cycle. (1/2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 cycles) | Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) | [80] |
| Black marble/Italy Whitish-pink limestone/Italy | Uniaxial | Cubic about 70 mm edge specimens | 230˚C, 400˚C, 500˚C 400˚C, 470˚C, 600˚C Heating rate of 2.4˚C/min. Cooling rate of 0.23˚C/min. | Ultrasonic Polarising Optical Microscope | [81] |
| Marble/Greece |
| 185 × 35 × 20 mm | The humidity ranges 18% - 85%, 72˚C - 22˚C, 95 cyles The humidity ranges 50%, 80˚C - 25˚C, Temperature from 25 to 80 over 200 of 3 h. | Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) | [82] |
| White macael marble Tranco macael marble Yellow macael marble/Spain |
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| 20˚C → 45˚C → 90˚C returns to 20˚C. heating rate of 1˚C/min. 3 dry cycles and 7 wet cycles, 10 cycles in total 15 h in dry Conditions, 17 h in wet Conditions. | Hot stage Scanning Electron Microscopy Ultrasound Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry | [83] |
| Five well-known marble lacations: Carrara/Turkey/ Rosa Estremos/ Wachau/ Wunsiedel |
| Cuboid 10 × 10 × 50 mm | 80˚C ≥ upper Temperature limit only one heating/cooling cycle | Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) | [84] |