ABSTRACT

A step-by-step guide for anyone challenged by the many subtleties of sampling particulate materials. The only comprehensive document merging the famous works of P. Gy, I. Visman, and C.O. Ingamells into a single theory in a logical way - the most advanced book on sampling that can be used by all sampling practitioners around the world.

 

part I|7 pages

Introduction and a Management Strategy

chapter 1|20 pages

Definition of Basic Terms and Symbols

chapter 2|8 pages

A Management Strategy

part II|2 pages

Fundamental Statistical Concepts Used in the Theory of Sampling

part III|2 pages

Heterogeneity and Homogeneity

chapter 6|28 pages

Heterogeneity of a Zero-Dimensional Lot

Constitution and Distribution Heterogeneities

chapter 7|38 pages

Heterogeneity of a One-Dimensional Lot

Notion of Variography

part IV|2 pages

Sampling Errors Introduced by Various Forms of Heterogeneity

chapter 8|24 pages

Sampling of One-Dimensional Lots

The Continuous Model

chapter 9|18 pages

Sampling of Zero-Dimensional Lots

The Discrete Model

chapter 10|16 pages

The Fundamental Sampling Error

chapter 13|16 pages

The Grouping and Segregation Error

part V|2 pages

Integration of Visman and Ingamells’s Works into the Theory of Sampling

part VI|2 pages

The In-Situ Nugget Effect

chapter 17|22 pages

The In-Situ Nugget Effect

A Transition between Geostatistics and the Theory of Sampling

part VII|4 pages

The Capital Notion of Sampling Correctness

part VIII|2 pages

The Increment Weighting Error and the Weighing Error

chapter 27|10 pages

The Increment Weighting Error

chapter 28|6 pages

The Weighing Error

part IX|2 pages

Review of Some Notorious Sampling Problems

part XI|2 pages

Homogenization

chapter 36|4 pages

An Introduction to Homogenizing Processes

chapter 37|14 pages

Bed-Blending Techniques

part XII|2 pages

Recommendations to Manufacturers of Sampling Equipment and to Engineering Firms