A very large sample usually taken from one site, and usually of several hundred tones weight.
A sample of material such as boarding, insulation or debris taken by an accredited surveyor to be tested for asbestos fibre content by an accredited laboratory.
Compare? A small portion (usually thumbnail size) of a suspect asbestos-containing building material collected by an asbestos inspector for laboratory analysis to determine asbestos content.
a piece of material that the mold is growing on
a piece of mold-infested material (e
a solid quantity of insulation, floor tile, building material, etc
a test to see if a material contains a dangerous substance
A large sample consisting of hundreds of tonnes which is then processed to determine a grade.
Large sample which is processed through a small-scale plant, not a laboratory.
A physical piece of a material suspected of being contaminated with mold that can be sent to the laboratory for analysis.
A large sample of mineralized rock, frequently hundreds of tonnes, selected in such a manner as to be representative of the potential ore body being sampled. Used to determine metallurgical characteristics.
A large volume sample commonly taken for metallurgical testing or trial mining purposes