Dr Gy, a pioneer in every sense of the word, has spent 50 years studying the best way to take a truly representative sample. His greatest achievement perhaps has been to introduce science into the black art of sampling. The now famous and widely used formula bearing his name means that sampling is no longer a lottery but an essential analytical tool. This very readable and practical book, written by Pierre Gy himself, is the first simple guide to Pierre Gy s method to be translated into English. Although Dr Gy s formula was originally developed for the sampling of solid material in mines, etc., the theoretical arguments are equally valid for the sampling of liquids and multi-phase media. This book is as interesting as a historical perspective as it is useful for the practising modern day analyst.
By:
Pierre Gy (The Paris School of Physics and Chemistry)
Translated by:
A.G. Royle
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: abridged edition
Dimensions:
Height: 244mm,
Width: 163mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 397g
ISBN: 9780471979562
ISBN 10: 0471979562
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 30 March 1998
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
General/trade
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
THE QUALITATIVE APPROACH: ACHIEVING ACCURACY IN SAMPLING. How Can the Mass of a Lot L be Reduced? Heterogeneity and Sampling. Sampling Definitions. Objects in Three, Two, One or Zero Dimension(s). The Practical Sampling of Moving Streams of Material. Conclusions on the Qualitative Approach. THE QUANTITATIVE APPROACH: TAKING REPRODUCIBLE SAMPLES FROM APOPULATION OF NON-ORDERED OBJECTS. The Heterogeneity of a Population. Sampling: The Zero-Dimensional Model: The Fundamental Error FE. Sampling: The Zero-Dimensional Model: The Segregation and GroupingError SGE. THE QUANTITATIVE APPROACH: ENSURING THE REPRODUCIBILITY OF SAMPLESTAKEN FROM A SERIS OF CHRONOLOGICALLY ORDERED OBJECTS. Heterogeneity: The One-Dimensional Model. Sampling: The One-Dimensional Model. THE QUANTITATIVE APPROACH: OTHER APPLICATIONS OF SAMPLING THEORY. Measurement of Mass by Proportional Sampling. Appendices. References. Index.
Pierre Maurice Gy was a chemist and statistician. Born in Paris, France, to Felix and Clemence, Gy graduated in chemical engineering from ESPCI ParisTech in 1946.
Reviews for Sampling for Analytical Purposes
-This text is strongly recommended to those who oversee or are involved in sample quality control in moving stream industrial settings. This text will also find utility for students studying sampling methods in advanced analytical chemistry courses.- (J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999)
