Class: ChemicalSubstance

A chemical substance is a chemical entity composed of two or more weakly (non-covalently) interacting chemical entities.

URI: sio:ChemicalSubstance

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Parents

  • is_a: ChemicalEntity - A chemical entity is a material entity that pertains to chemistry.

Children

  • Analyte - an analyte is a substance or chemical constituent of interest in an analytical procedure.
  • BinaryCompound - A binary compound is a mereological maximum sum of two kinds of weakly connected entities.
  • Catalyst - A catalyst is a molecule that has the capability to reduce the activation energy of a reaction and hence increase the overall rate of reaction.
  • CentrifugationSubstance - A centrifugation substance is a substance that is the target or product of centrifugation.
  • ChemicalComplex - A chemical complex is a chemical substance composed of weakly connected molecules and ions in a known stoichiometry.
  • Drug - A drug is a chemical substance that contains one or more active ingredients that regulate one or more biological processes.
  • HeterogeneousSubstance - A heterogeneous substance is a chemical substance that is composed of more than one different kind of component.
  • HomogeneousSubstance - A homogeneous substance is a substance that is composed of a uniform type of entity.
  • Ingredient - an ingredient is a chemical substance that forms part of a mixture.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Inherited from ChemicalEntity:

  • 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