1 Concept scheme: Sample Preparation Methods

Vocabulary last modified: 2023-03-16

subtitle: The methods used to prepare samples for analyses.

Namespace: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods

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• Acidify

• Aggregate

• Beneficiate

• Chelate

• Compress

• Concentrate

• Condense

• Cool

• Crush

• Crush and Sort

• Cut

• Deacidify

• Decompress

• Deposit

• Dessicate

• Dilute

• Disaggregate

• Dissolve

• Distill

• Electrolysis

• Extract

• Filter

• Freeze

• Grind

• Heat

• Hydrate

• Ionise

• Laser Ablate

• Melt

• Mount

• Precipitate

• React

• Recombine

• Refine

• Refining by-product

• Rough Extract

• Sieve

• Sort

• Sublimate

• No Processing

• Unspecified

• Vaporise

• Wash

Concepts

1.1 Acidify

• The process of making a material more acidic.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/acidify
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1.2 Aggregate

• To collect or gather into a mass or whole
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/aggregate
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1.3 Beneficiate

• A composite process that may include any combination of washing, crushing, and concentrating
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/beneficiate
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1.4 Chelate

• A chemical process to cluster metallic ions.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/chelate
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1.5 Compress

• The action of increasing pressure on a sample.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/compress
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1.6 Concentrate

• Preparation by removing or reducing the diluting agent(s) or material.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/concentrate
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1.7 Condense

• To change a gas to a liquid. Typically through decreasing temperature or increasing pressure.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/condense
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1.8 Cool

• The process of reducing the sample temperature.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/cool
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1.9 Crush

• The deformation or pulverization of material by compressing forcefully.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/crush
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1.10 Crush and Sort

• 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).
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/crush-sort
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1.11 Cut

• Prepartion by bifurcating any number of times to produce fresh faces or a smaller overall sample.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/cut
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1.12 Deacidify

• The process of making a material more alkaline.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/deacidify
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1.13 Decompress

• The action of decreasing pressure on a sample.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/decompress
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1.14 Deposit

• To change a gas to a solid. Typically through decreasing temperature or increasing pressure.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/deposit
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1.15 Dessicate

• The removal of a liquid component from a solid.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/dessicate
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1.16 Dilute

• Preparation by addition of the solvent or diluting agent(s).
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/dilute
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1.17 Disaggregate

• To separate into component parts
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/disaggregate
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1.18 Dissolve

• The process of dissolving a material in a solvent.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/dissolve
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1.19 Distill

• The action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/distill
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1.20 Electrolysis

• 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.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/electrolysis
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1.21 Extract

• A separation process consisting in the separation of a substance from a matrix. Common examples include liquid-liquid extraction, and solid phase extraction.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/extract
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1.22 Filter

• 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.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/filter
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1.23 Freeze

• To change a liquid to a solid. Typically through decreasing temperature or increasing pressure.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/freeze
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1.24 Grind

• Reduce of material to small particles or powder by crushing it.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/grind
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1.25 Heat

• The process of applying thermal radiation to a material in order to raise its surface and or internal temperature.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/heat
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1.26 Hydrate

• The addition of water to a solid sample.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/hydrate
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1.27 Ionise

• To change a gas to a plasma. Typically through decreasing temperature.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/ionise
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1.28 Laser Ablate

• Laser ablation is the process of removing material from a solid (or occasionally liquid) surface by irradiating it with a laser beam.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/laser-ablate
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1.29 Melt

• To change a solid to a liquid. Typically through increasing temperature or decreasing pressure.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/melt
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1.30 Mount

• To be mounted on or between media in preparation for petroscopy or other observation technique which requires a stable, protected sample.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/mount
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1.31 Precipitate

• The process of precipitating a material out of a solvent.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/precipitate
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1.32 React

• To change the chemical state of a sample by combination with a reagent.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/react
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1.33 Recombine

• To change a gas to a plasma. Typically through increasing temperature.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/recombine
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1.34 Refine

• A group of post-primary process in resource processing such as electrolysis, cupellation, pyrometallurgical reactions.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/refine
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1.35 Refining by-product

• The by-product pathway parallel to a refining process that generates waste material or by-products.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/refining-byproduct
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1.36 Rough Extract

• To extract gemstones, typically opal, as extracted from-ground or after the agitation process of washing and tumbling, but without processing by apidary equipment.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/rough-extract
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1.37 Sieve

• Material characterised by size fractionation through a screen or series of screens.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/sieve
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1.38 Sort

• The separation of material components based on a physical property such as size or density (sort)
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/sort
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1.39 Sublimate

• To change a solid to a gas. Typically through increasing temperature or decreasing pressure.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/sublimate
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1.40 No Processing

• 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.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/unprocessed
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1.41 Unspecified

• Where a process or group of processes has been performed but specific details have not been recorded or are not available.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/unspecified
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1.42 Vaporise

• To change a liquid to a gas. Typically through increasing temperature or decreasing pressure.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/vaporise
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1.43 Wash

• To mix with water and/or chemicals and physically agitate to remove impurities.
• Concept URI: http://linked.data.gov.au/def/sample-preparation-methods/wash
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