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Chemical substance

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Summary

Matter with a definite chemical identity and characteristic composition, including elemental substances and compounds.

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Matter in chemistryChemical substance

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Authored explanation

Chemical substances are a chemically identified subclass of matter.

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The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.

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Chemical substanceInorganic compound

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Authored explanation

Inorganic compounds form a broad conventional class whose boundary with organic and organometallic chemistry is porous.

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The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.

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Chemical substanceOrganic compound

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

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Organic compounds form a historically bounded class of chemical substances organized around carbon frameworks.

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Chemical substancePure substance

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

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A pure substance is a sample realization of a single chemical substance within an analytical specification.

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