Crushing

The goal of crushing for sample preparation is to homogenize the material and achieve a particle size that is suitable for the intended analytical or experimental techniques. The crushed sample may undergo subsequent processes such as sieving, milling, or grinding to further refine the particle size or to prepare it for specific analytical methods.

This sample preparation technique is widely used in fields such as:

Geology: Crushing rocks and minerals for geological analysis.

Mining: Reducing ore samples to a manageable size for analysis.

Environmental Science: Preparing samples for pollution analysis.

Materials Science: Reducing materials for various testing, including hardness and composition analysis.

Food Science: Crushing food samples for quality control and nutritional analysis.