Albedo Of Granite. The albedo of dark coloured wet and very rough soils ranges between 0 05 and 0 15 while the albedo of light coloured dry and smooth soils varies between 0 35 and 0 40 dobos 2006. You are practically guaranteed to find something that you like when looking for granite countertops or other home fixtures. The amount of incoming radiation which is reflected from the earth albedo has an important bearing on the earth s response to climate change.
As increasing the albedo is a strategy to improve thermal comfort santamouris et al 2012 wang and akbari 2016a the amount of albedo has changed to 0 7. Gray type i ii portland cement left albedo 0 32 and white type i portland cement.
This low grade granite is usually imported from china and sold through granite liquidators big box stores or cut into tile.
The current situation pavement is composed of granite with albedo of 0 4. As increasing the albedo is a strategy to improve thermal comfort santamouris et al 2012 wang and akbari 2016a the amount of albedo has changed to 0 7. Granite coarse or medium grained intrusive igneous rock that is rich in quartz and feldspar. High albedo pavement ha scenario.
