particulate form

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

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

SubClass Of: material form

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:specifically dependent continuant › bfo:quality › material form › particulate form

Direct subclasses:

• granule form
• powder form

Definition

material form that inheres in a material entity by virtue of being physically organized at a macroscopic scale as a collection of discrete solid particles or particle aggregates

Explanatory Notes

Particulate form inheres in a material entity that is physically organized as discrete solid particles or particle aggregates, such as a powder, granule material, bead material, or pellet material. A liquid mixture that contains suspended particles, such as a slurry or suspension, should not be classified as having particulate form merely because it contains particles. In such cases, the particulate form may inhere in the suspended solid material or particle population, while the whole liquid mixture is classified by its mixture type.

Examples

• the powder form of powdered cell culture medium; the granule form of granulated medium; the bead form of chromatography resin; the pelletized form of a pelletized raw material; the particulate form of spray-dried excipient particles;

Adapted From

• https://www.cif.iastate.edu/files/inline-files/Particle%20Characterization%20Guide.pdf and https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/en/#iso:std:iso:26824:ed-2:v1:en and Materials Selection in Mechanical Design Ashby

Primitive Class

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

Primitive Rationale

There are insufficient constructs for creating a set of necessary and sufficient conditions

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Axioms

ParticulateForm(x) → MaterialForm(x) ∧ ∃m∃s (MaterialEntity(m) ∧ qualityOf(x, m) ∧ SolidAggregateState(s) ∧ hasQuality(m, s))

Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms

if x is a ‘particulate form’ then x is a ‘material form’ that is the ‘quality of’ some ‘material entity’ that ‘has quality’ some ‘solid aggregate state’

Description Logic

constr:ParticulateForm ⊑ constr:MaterialForm

constr:ParticulateForm ⊑ ∃ constr:qualityOf .(bfo:material_entity ⊓ ∃ constr:hasQuality .constr:SolidAggregateState)

SubClassOf: constr:MaterialForm

SubClassOf: constr:qualityOf some (bfo:material_entity and constr:hasQuality some constr:SolidAggregateState)