Adhesion | relational quality of two material entities that is the extent to which those entities are held together through interactions at their contacting surfaces |
Age | quality of a material entity determined by the elapsed time since a specified reference event associated with that material entity |
AggregateState | quality of a material entity that is the physical state in which that material entity exists, such as solid, liquid, gaseous, or plasma |
AmorphousStructure | physical structure that inheres in a solid material entity by virtue of the material entity lacking the long-range order characteristic of a crystalline structure |
Area | physical size that is the two-dimensional spatial extent of a bearer over a particular surface |
Color | optical quality characterized by hue, saturation, and intensity |
CompositionalHomogeneity | homogeneity inhering in a material entity by virtue of the extent to which one or more constituents of that material entity are uniformly distributed throughout that material entity |
Count | quality of a material entity that is the number of discrete sites or material entities of a particular kind that are present as parts of that material entity |
CrystallineStructure | physical structure that inheres in a solid material entity by virtue of the material entity having material parts arranged in a highly ordered, long-range periodic lattice |
Density | relational quality that is the magnitude of a particular quality per unit size of the bearer |
Diameter | length that is the straight-line spatial extent through the center of a circular or spherical bearer, measured between two opposite boundary points |
ElectricCharge | electrical quality of a material entity by virtue of which that material entity exerts or experiences electric force in an electric field |
ElectricalConductivity | electrical quality that is the extent to which the material entity conducts electric charge in response to an electric field |
ElectricalQuality | quality that inheres in a material entity by virtue of how that material entity interacts with electric charge or electric fields |
FluidAggregateState | aggregate state of a material entity in which the material entity lacks a fixed shape and can undergo continuous deformation under shear, including liquid, gaseous, and plasma aggregate states |
Fraction | ratio of a material entity that is determined by the magnitude of a quality of a specified part of that material entity relative to the magnitude of a quality of the same kind of that material entity as a whole |
GaseousAggregateState | fluid aggregate state of a material entity in which the material entity has no fixed shape or fixed volume and tends to expand to fill the available volume of its container |
GranuleForm | particulate form that inheres in a material entity by virtue of the material entity being physically organized as discrete aggregate units composed of smaller bound solid particles |
Homogeneity | quality of a material entity that is the extent to which a particular constituent of that material entity, or a particular quality of that material entity, is uniformly distributed throughout that material entity |
Length | physical size that is the one-dimensional spatial extent of a bearer between two boundary points along a particular direction |
LiquidAggregateState | fluid aggregate state of a material entity in which the material entity has no fixed shape, conforms to the shape of its container, and has an approximately fixed volume |
Mass | quality of a material entity determined by the amount of matter in that material entity |
MassDensity | density of a material entity that is the mass of that material entity per unit size of that material entity |
MassFraction | fraction of a material entity that is determined by the mass of a specified part of that material entity relative to the total mass of the material entity |
MaterialForm | quality that inheres in a material entity by virtue of how the material entity or its material parts are physically organized at a macroscopic scale |
MorphologicalQuality | quality inhering in the bearer by virtue of the bearer’s size or shape or structure |
NetElectricCharge | electric charge that is the overall electric charge of a material entity |
NumberDensity | density that is the number of countable entities per unit size |
NumberFraction | fraction of a material entity that is determined by the count of specified parts of that material entity relative to the total count of relevant parts of that material entity |
OpticalQuality | quality that inheres in a material entity by virtue of how that material entity interacts with light |
ParticleSizeDistribution | quality of a particle population that is the distribution of physical sizes of the particles in that population |
ParticulateForm | 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 |
ParticulateLoad | quality of a material entity that is the extent to which particulate matter is present in the material entity |
Photostability | stability that is the capability of a material entity to resist change in one or more of its attributes during light exposure |
PhysicalShape | morphological quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer’s ratios of distances between its geometric features |
PhysicalSize | morphological quality that is the spatial extent of the bearer in one or more spatial dimensions |
PhysicalStructure | morphological quality that inheres in a material entity by virtue of the relative positions, arrangement, and connectivity of the material parts within that entity |
Porosity | volume fraction that is determined by the pore or void volume of a material entity relative to the total volume of that material entity |
PowderForm | particulate form that inheres in a material entity by virtue of being physically organized as dry, finely divided, discrete solid particles |
Pressure | relational quality of a material entity that is the amount of normal force exerted by that material entity per unit area across a surface, boundary, or interface |
QualityHomogeneity | homogeneity inhering in a material entity by virtue of the extent to which one or more qualities of that material entity are uniformly distributed throughout that material entity |
Radius | length that is the straight-line spatial extent from the center of a circular or spherical bearer to one of its boundary points |
Ratio | relational quality that is determined by the magnitude of one quality relative to the magnitude of another quality of the same kind |
SemiCrystallineStructure | physical structure that inheres in a solid material entity by virtue of that entity having both crystalline regions and amorphous regions interspersed as structural parts |
SolidAggregateState | aggregate state of a material entity in which the constituent material parts are sufficiently constrained in their relative motion that the material entity has a definite volume and resists continuous, fluid-like flow |
SpecificSurfaceArea | quality of a solid material entity that is its total surface area per unit mass |
Stability | capability of a material entity to resist change in one or more of its attributes during a particular process |
Temperature | quality of a material entity whose magnitude characterizes the average thermal energy per microscopic degree of freedom of that material entity |
ThermalStability | stability that is the capability of a material entity to resist change in one or more of its attributes during exposure to a particular temperature condition |
Viscosity | quality of a fluid that is its resistance to shear deformation, manifested as internal friction opposing relative motion between adjacent parts of the fluid |
Volume | physical size that is the three-dimensional spatial extent of a bearer |
VolumeFraction | fraction of a material entity that is determined by the volume of a specified material entity or site that is a continuant part of that material entity relative to the total volume of that material entity |