flask
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/Flask
Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/BiopharmaEquipment/
SubClass Of: container
Class Hierarchy
owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:independent continuant › bfo:material entity › bfo:object › material artifact › container › flask
Direct subclasses:
Definition
container that has a body wider than its neck and is designed to contain material during a material transformation, separation, measurement, or cultivation process
Explanatory Notes
1) Flasks are often made of glass or plastic. 2) They are commonly conical (e.g., Erlenmeyer flask) or spherical (e.g., round-bottom flask) in form. 3) Many flasks are designed to allow heating, cooling, or shaking during use.
Examples
- a 2 L baffled Erlenmeyer flask holding a CHO seed culture; a 250 mL spinner flask containing a suspension cell culture; a T75 tissue-culture flask containing adherent HEK293 cells
Adapted From
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PROCO_0000191
Primitive Class
This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.
Primitive Rationale
There are insufficient constructs present to create a set of necessary and sufficient conditions.
Formal Axioms
First-Order Logic Axioms
Flask(x) → Container(x)
Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms
if x is a ‘flask’ then x is a ‘container’
Description Logic
SubClassOf: constr:Container