Class: ChemicalEntity

A chemical entity is a material entity that pertains to chemistry.

URI: sio:ChemicalEntity

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Parents

  • is_a: MaterialEntity - A material entity is a physical entity that is spatially extended, exists as a whole at any point in time and has mass.

Children

  • Atom - An atom is composed of a core of protons and/or neutrons which may be surrounded by a cloud of electrons.
  • ChemicalSubstance - A chemical substance is a chemical entity composed of two or more weakly (non-covalently) interacting chemical entities.
  • Ion - An ion is an atom or molecule in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons, giving it a net positive or negative electrical charge.
  • Molecule - A molecule is a single chemical entity composed of fully covalently bonded atoms.
  • SubmolecularEntity - A submolecular entity is a chemical entity that is a part of a molecule.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Inherited from MaterialEntity:

  • hasCreator 0..1
    • Description: has creator is a relation between an entity and that which created it.
    • Range: Entity

  • hasAttribute 0..1

    • Description: has attribute is a relation that associates a entity with an attribute where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic such as a quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier) either directly or indirectly through generalization of entities of the same type.

    • Range: Entity

    • satisfies 0..1

    • Description: satisfies is a relation between an entity and the specification or objective that it conforms to.

    • Range: Description

    • isRelatedTo 0..1
    • Description: A is related to B iff there is some relation between A and B.
    • Range: Entity
    • derivesInto 0..1

    • Description: a derives to b if and only if a or some part thereof is consumed in the formation of b.

    • Range: Object