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Six Macigno sandstone prisms (20 mm \u00d7 20 mm \u00d7 200 mm), three with the longitudinal axis orthogonal to bedding (MTO) and three parallel to bedding (MTP), were examined after drying at 60 \u00b0C and after sequential thermal conditioning at 350 and 500 \u00b0C. At each stage, hydric deformation was continuously monitored during 8400 min of water immersion, and at the end of each test, water absorption and ultrasonic pulse velocity were measured on the samples. Mean final hydric deformation in the 60 \u00b0C reference state was 0.54 mm m\u22121 for MTO and 0.44 mm m\u22121 for MTP. Along the sequential conditioning path, it decreased to 0.18 and 0.10 mm m\u22121, respectively, at 500 \u00b0C, whereas water absorption increased from about 0.42 to 0.58\u20130.59 wt.%. Ultrasonic pulse velocity decreased from 4347 to 3915 m s\u22121 for MTO and from 4770 to 4437 m s\u22121 for MTP. 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