Answer / suresh

for a good stone percentage absorption by weight after 24 hours should not exceed 0.6.

Answer / aditya richie

stone soked in water for 24 hours weighed ,it is then oven
dried for 4 hours and weighed . Difference in weights gives
water absorbed by stone . water absorption is calculated by
dividing water absorbed by dry weight of stone and
multiplying it with hundred .

Answer / guest

5%

Answer / babu

5% of on it's weight

Answer / lavanya

should not absorb water more than 20% of its own weight when soaked for 24 hours

Answer / ramamurthy l

It should be less than 10%

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