Sample Preparation Methods
type: Ontology
type: Concept Scheme
Date Created: 2020-02-07
creator: Geological Survey of Queensland
Date Modified: 2023-03-16
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
publisher: Geological Survey of Queensland
registry status: stable
definition: The methods used to prepare samples for analyses.
has top concept: Acidify
has top concept: Aggregate
has top concept: Beneficiate
has top concept: Chelate
has top concept: Compress
has top concept: Concentrate
has top concept: Condense
has top concept: Cool
has top concept: Crush
has top concept: Crush and Sort
has top concept: Cut
has top concept: Deacidify
has top concept: Decompress
has top concept: Deposit
has top concept: Dessicate
has top concept: Dilute
has top concept: Disaggregate
has top concept: Dissolve
has top concept: Distill
has top concept: Electrolysis
has top concept: Extract
has top concept: Filter
has top concept: Freeze
has top concept: Grind
has top concept: Heat
has top concept: Hydrate
has top concept: Ionise
has top concept: Laser Ablate
has top concept: Melt
has top concept: Mount
has top concept: Precipitate
has top concept: React
has top concept: Recombine
has top concept: Refine
has top concept: Refining by-product
has top concept: Rough Extract
has top concept: Sieve
has top concept: Sort
has top concept: Sublimate
has top concept: No Processing
has top concept: Unspecified
has top concept: Vaporise
has top concept: Wash
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods

Mine Processing
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: Sample preparation steps and multi-step processes that concentrate, refine, or prepare a raw material into a saleable product.

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Acidify
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: The process of making a material more acidic.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:acidify

Aggregate
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: To collect or gather into a mass or whole
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:aggregate

Beneficiate
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: A composite process that may include any combination of washing, crushing, and concentrating
link: /v/collection/smpl-prprtn-mthds:mine-processing/smpl-prprtn-mthds:beneficiate
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:beneficiate

Chelate
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: A chemical process to cluster metallic ions.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:chelate

Compress
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: The action of increasing pressure on a sample.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:compress

Concentrate
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: Preparation by removing or reducing the diluting agent(s) or material.
link: /v/collection/smpl-prprtn-mthds:mine-processing/smpl-prprtn-mthds:concentrate
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:concentrate

Condense
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: To change a gas to a liquid. Typically through decreasing temperature or increasing pressure.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:condense

Cool
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: The process of reducing the sample temperature.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:cool

Crush
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: The deformation or pulverization of material by compressing forcefully.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:crush

Crush and Sort
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: A composite process of deformation or pulverization of material by compressing forcefully (crushing) followed by separation of material components based on a physical property such as size or density (sort).
link: /v/collection/smpl-prprtn-mthds:mine-processing/smpl-prprtn-mthds:crush-sort
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:crush-sort

Cut
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: Prepartion by bifurcating any number of times to produce fresh faces or a smaller overall sample.
link: /v/collection/smpl-prprtn-mthds:mine-processing/smpl-prprtn-mthds:cut
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:cut

Deacidify
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: The process of making a material more alkaline.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:deacidify

Decompress
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: The action of decreasing pressure on a sample.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:decompress

Deposit
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: To change a gas to a solid. Typically through decreasing temperature or increasing pressure.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:deposit

Dessicate
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: The removal of a liquid component from a solid.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:dessicate

Dilute
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: Preparation by addition of the solvent or diluting agent(s).
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:dilute

Disaggregate
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: To separate into component parts
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:disaggregate

Dissolve
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: The process of dissolving a material in a solvent.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:dissolve

Distill
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: The action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:distill

Electrolysis
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: A technique that uses direct electric current to drive an otherwise non-spontaneous chemical reaction. Electrolysis is commercially important as a stage in the separation of elements from naturally occurring sources such as ores using an electrolytic cell.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:electrolysis

Extract
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: A separation process consisting in the separation of a substance from a matrix. Common examples include liquid-liquid extraction, and solid phase extraction.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:extract

Filter
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: An operation that separates solid matter and fluid from a mixture with a filter medium that has a complex structure through which only the fluid can pass.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:filter

Freeze
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: To change a liquid to a solid. Typically through decreasing temperature or increasing pressure.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:freeze

Grind
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: Reduce of material to small particles or powder by crushing it.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:grind

Heat
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: The process of applying thermal radiation to a material in order to raise its surface and or internal temperature.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:heat

Hydrate
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: The addition of water to a solid sample.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:hydrate

Ionise
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: To change a gas to a plasma. Typically through decreasing temperature.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:ionise

Laser Ablate
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: Laser ablation is the process of removing material from a solid (or occasionally liquid) surface by irradiating it with a laser beam.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:laser-ablate

Melt
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: To change a solid to a liquid. Typically through increasing temperature or decreasing pressure.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:melt

Mount
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: To be mounted on or between media in preparation for petroscopy or other observation technique which requires a stable, protected sample.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:mount

Precipitate
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: The process of precipitating a material out of a solvent.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:precipitate

React
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: To change the chemical state of a sample by combination with a reagent.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:react

Recombine
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: To change a gas to a plasma. Typically through increasing temperature.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:recombine

Refine
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: A group of post-primary process in resource processing such as electrolysis, cupellation, pyrometallurgical reactions.
link: /v/collection/smpl-prprtn-mthds:mine-processing/smpl-prprtn-mthds:refine
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:refine

Refining by-product
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: The by-product pathway parallel to a refining process that generates waste material or by-products.
link: /v/collection/smpl-prprtn-mthds:mine-processing/smpl-prprtn-mthds:refining-byproduct
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:refining-byproduct

Rough Extract
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: To extract gemstones, typically opal, as extracted from-ground or after the agitation process of washing and tumbling, but without processing by apidary equipment.
link: /v/collection/smpl-prprtn-mthds:mine-processing/smpl-prprtn-mthds:rough-extract
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:rough-extract

Sieve
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: Material characterised by size fractionation through a screen or series of screens.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:sieve

Sort
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: The separation of material components based on a physical property such as size or density (sort)
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:sort

Sublimate
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: To change a solid to a gas. Typically through increasing temperature or decreasing pressure.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:sublimate

No Processing
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: An explicit indication that a sample material was not processed between two states. For example where a raw material requires no processing to be considered a saleable product.
link: /v/collection/smpl-prprtn-mthds:mine-processing/smpl-prprtn-mthds:unprocessed
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:unprocessed

Unspecified
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: Where a process or group of processes has been performed but specific details have not been recorded or are not available.
link: /v/collection/smpl-prprtn-mthds:mine-processing/smpl-prprtn-mthds:unspecified
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:unspecified

Vaporise
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: To change a liquid to a gas. Typically through increasing temperature or decreasing pressure.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:vaporise

Wash
Provenance: Compiled by the Geological Survey of Queensland
definition: To mix with water and/or chemicals and physically agitate to remove impurities.
link: /v/vocab/def:sample-preparation-methods/smpl-prprtn-mthds:wash

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