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Laboratory Procedure of Metallurgy Revised

The document discusses two common sample preparation methods: coning and quartering, and the riffling method. [1] Coning and quartering involves forming the sample material into a conical heap and dividing it into four quarters, repeating this process until the desired sample size is obtained. [2] The riffling method uses a V-shaped container with slots to split the sample into two equal portions that are alternately discarded until the target portion size is reached. Both require skill to perform accurately and take under 30 minutes for coning and quartering or 15 minutes for riffling.

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Laboratory Procedure of Metallurgy Revised

The document discusses two common sample preparation methods: coning and quartering, and the riffling method. [1] Coning and quartering involves forming the sample material into a conical heap and dividing it into four quarters, repeating this process until the desired sample size is obtained. [2] The riffling method uses a V-shaped container with slots to split the sample into two equal portions that are alternately discarded until the target portion size is reached. Both require skill to perform accurately and take under 30 minutes for coning and quartering or 15 minutes for riffling.

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- Sevidal, England Israel A.

Sample preparation method and Laboratory sampling procedures involve either:

 Coning and Quartering; or

 Riffling Method.

Coning and Quartering for sample preparation techniques/method

On this method the sample material of sand are being used as a large quantities of
materials fore about 20kilograms that will be consisting of the pouring or the forming the
material into a conical heap upon a solid surface where they will used a steel plate on the
center that will rely on a radial symmetry in order to give the four quarters that will be
divided by a cross which consist of two corners which will be the sample to the two other set
aside so each portions that is chosen will be reduced because of the repetition process that
will be done on the formation of the sands until the required sample will be obtained from
this method.

Operator skill defines the accuracy of this form of sampling.

The Procedure of Coning and Quartering which will be approximate 50kg sample will be
done in each step in order to complete the process is the following:

1. Starting sample weight (approximately 50 kg)


2. Set up adjacent to work area.
3. Clean steel plate.
4. Spread out sample and mix thoroughly into conical heap.
5. Quarter.
6. Repeat quartering.
7. Bag sample – replace container to storage with excess sample.
It is expected that steps 1 – 6 should take less than 30 minutes.

In a short video clip it provides the Procedure of the Coning Method :


https://youtu.be/RkBgp-A5nX4
The Riffle Splitter in sample preparation techniques/method

This is a sample splitter that has a V-shaped container under that has a series of chutes on
the right angles along with its axis, that gives a series of rectangular slots on its equal area
when grinding the sands and it can alternatively feed two collection trays at the same time
when the grinding process is done in which then the samples allows free movement through
the slots where the largest particle will be then separated which forms a one third of the
sand on the riffle opening and then it is poured into the feeder that will be split into equal
portions while repeating the process over and over again that will obtained the desired
sample size. The above sequence of steps should take 15 minutes

The following is the Procedure for the Riffle. That will be followed
1. Set up sample and riffle, ensuring that the riffle is initially clean.
2. Riffle once.
3. Repeat riffling, discarding every alternate sample.
4. Bag sample and label – store excess sample.
5. Clean riffle.
There is an alternative method that can be used in order to reduced the gross sample by
using a mechanic quartering device that will be used as a sample divider or otherwise as a
riffler. So as a Riffle dividers it is particularly useful when a large sand samples shown in the
picture above are difficult to sub sample which is then divided that will act available in many
sizes that will range from the bench to floor in a mounted models

The Riffler will be used to divide the sand samples in two approximate equal parts of the
samples in which the distance between the slots will vary and should be equal to the size of
the largest particle that will be contained in a slot. On the Process the material to be sub-
divided will be poured in the top of the box or feeder in which the sample will be divided in a
longitudinal that will emerge as a two equal portions of the sample and the process will be
repeated over and over which will discard the portions of the sample from the alternate
slots until a more suitable portion size will be obtained for the analysis.

When the riffling stage are on going process it produces some dust particles that will cause
to lose the sample constituents where the amount of dust that can only be produce will
depend on the nature of the material. On the utmost cautiousness care should be taken
when the process of the riffling stage will be set on the samples that includes any residual
material that will hold together in the slots.
Reference:

David Michaud. (2017, September 25). Laboratory methods of sample preparation. Mineral
Processing & Metallurgy. https://www.911metallurgist.com/blog/laboratory-methods-of-
sample-preparation

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