Answer to Question #211630 in Organic Chemistry for george

Question

Differentiate between bulk sample, primary sample, secondary sample, subsample, laboratory

sample, and test sample.

Answer 1

A bulk sample is the physical sample of a large volume or tonnage of mineral material taken from a known resource area for investigative purposes.

Primary sampling unit refers to Sampling units that are selected in the first (primary) stage of a multi-stage sample ultimately aimed at selecting individual elements.