hygroscopicity

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/Hygroscopicity

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/BiopharmaMaterial/

SubClass Of: capability

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:specifically dependent continuant › bfo:realizable entity › bfo:disposition › capability › hygroscopicity

Definition

capability of a material entity to attract and hold moisture from the surrounding environment

Explanatory Notes

Hygroscopicity is typically realized under ambient storage or handling conditions as moisture uptake from air (commonly water vapour).

Examples

• the hygroscopicity of powdered cell culture medium during storage; the hygroscopicity of a granulated medium after exposure to humid air; the hygroscopicity of a dried excipient lot during handling; the hygroscopicity of a lyophilized drug product cake after container opening; the hygroscopicity of a salt used in buffer preparation

Adapted From

• https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15197 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygroscopy

Primitive Class

This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.

Primitive Rationale

There are insufficient constructs to create a set of necessary and sufficient conditions.

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Axioms

Hygroscopicity(x) → Capability(x) ∧ ∃m (MaterialEntity(m) ∧ capabilityOf(x, m))

Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms

if x is a ‘hygroscopicity’ then x is a ‘capability’ that is the ‘capability of’ some ‘material entity’

Description Logic

constr:Hygroscopicity ⊑ constr:Capability

constr:Hygroscopicity ⊑ ∃ constr:capabilityOf .bfo:material_entity

SubClassOf: constr:Capability

SubClassOf: constr:capabilityOf some bfo:material_entity