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Summary Matter with a definite chemical identity and characteristic composition, including elemental substances and compounds.
Record metadata
Canonical name Chemical substance
Concept ID chemical_substance
Content version 2.3.0
Alternate terminology No alternate terminology is currently authored for this record.
Concept type Material category 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_matter_to_chemical_substance_classification
Relation type Classification classification
Direction source → target
Endpoint roles source: Has subtype; target: Classified as
Authored annotation includes identified substances Authored explanation Chemical substances are a chemically identified subclass of matter.
How to interpret this relation type The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
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_substance_to_inorganic_compound_classification
Relation type Classification classification
Direction source → target
Endpoint roles source: Has subtype; target: Classified as
Authored annotation includes conventionally inorganic substances Authored explanation Inorganic compounds form a broad conventional class whose boundary with organic and organometallic chemistry is porous.
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_substance_to_organic_compound_classification
Relation type Classification classification
Direction source → target
Endpoint roles source: Has subtype; target: Classified as
Authored annotation includes conventionally organic substances Authored explanation Organic compounds form a historically bounded class of chemical substances organized around carbon frameworks.
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_substance_to_pure_substance_classification
Relation type Classification classification
Direction source → target
Endpoint roles source: Has subtype; target: Classified as
Authored annotation sampled as one substance Authored explanation A pure substance is a sample realization of a single chemical substance within an analytical specification.
How to interpret this relation type The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.