What is the difference between natural stone and artificial stone?

1. The pattern hue of the stone is different: natural stone texture and color are naturally formed.Natural formation of texture disorder, such as: golden thread rice yellow, silver line rice yellow. The texture of artificial stone is to imitate the texture of natural stone, and its regular lines are clear and single.
2. The weight of the stone is different: Two kinds of plates under the same specification, The weight of natural stone is very heavy, Artificial stone is lighter in weight.
3. The wear resistance of stone is different: The abrasion resistance of artificial stone itself is not as good as that of natural stone.
4. The acid and alkali tolerance of stone is different: By hydrochloric acid test, droplets on the surface of natural marble will appear rich foam, artificial marble will not appear obvious foam.
5. The permeability of the stone is different: natural stone is more permeable than artificial stone. The color of liquid drops on the surface of natural stone, color will penetrate into the stone interior, it is not easy to remove the traces left, And the permeability of artificial stone is poor and the color is slow to penetrate. If you clean it in time, you will not leave any trace.

Natural stone has a relatively large density, hard texture, excellent scratch resistance and good wear resistance. Moreover, the texture is very beautiful, and the cost is low. It is an economical and practical table material.

Artificial stone is made of unsaturated polyester resin as bonding agent, mixed with natural marble or calcite, dolomite, silica sand, glass powder and other inorganic materials, as well as a proper amount of flame retardant, color, etc. Through mixing, casting, vibration compression, extrusion and other methods. Compared with natural stone,artificial stone has the advantages of bright color, high gloss, uniform color, high resistance to resistance, good toughness, good toughness, compact structure, strong durability, light weight, no water absorption, erosion weathering, small color difference, color faded, low radioactivity and so on. It has the advantage of comprehensive utilization of resources and plays an important role in environmental protection and energy saving. It is also a veritable green environmental protection product of building materials. It has become the first choice material for modern architecture.