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Summary A notation that states elemental composition and, depending on its kind, may also encode connectivity, charge, or structure.
Record metadata
Canonical name Chemical formula
Concept ID chemical_formula
Content version 2.3.0
Alternate terminology No alternate terminology is currently authored for this record.
Concept type Symbolic representation Incoming relations (arrows to this concept) Each relation below ends at this concept.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID chem_chemical_compound_to_chemical_formula_state_description
Relation type State / property description state-description
Direction source → target
Endpoint roles source: Has state / property description; target: State / property description of
Authored annotation has composition representation Authored explanation A compound can be represented by a formula appropriate to its molecular, ionic, network, or nonstoichiometric character.
How to interpret this relation type The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
Outgoing relations (arrows from this concept) Each relation below starts at this concept.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID chem_chemical_formula_to_empirical_formula_classification
Relation type Classification classification
Direction source → target
Endpoint roles source: Has subtype; target: Classified as
Authored annotation has simplest-ratio form Authored explanation An empirical formula is the simplest elemental-ratio form of chemical formula.
How to interpret this relation type The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID chem_chemical_formula_to_molecular_formula_classification
Relation type Classification classification
Direction source → target
Endpoint roles source: Has subtype; target: Classified as
Authored annotation has molecular-count form Authored explanation A molecular formula records the atom count in one molecular entity.
How to interpret this relation type The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID chem_chemical_formula_to_stoichiometry_theory_component
Relation type Theory component theory-component
Direction source → target
Endpoint roles source: Contributes to; target: Contains theory component
Authored annotation supplies formula ratios Authored explanation Formula subscripts establish elemental ratios used in stoichiometric accounting.
How to interpret this relation type The source supplies a substantive formal ingredient, dynamical sector, law, field content, or mechanism of the target theoretical framework.