Allotrope Foundation Ontology (REC/2021/06)

A temperature controlled chamber is a chamber or enclosed space in which a temperature can be controlled and set to a specific value. [Allotrope]

The reservoir is a container that stores solutions. [Allotrope]

A piece of apparatus used to measure a spectrum by illumination with light. [Allotrope]

A piece of apparatus used to measure a spectrum. [CHMO]

An optical device is a device that creates, manipulates, or measures electromagnetic radiation. [Wikipedia]

A separation column is a separation device of columnar shape where the separation occurs inside the column. [Allotrope]

A probe is a device designed to reach into a location for remote manipulating or sensing. [NCI]

A sample measurement interface is a connecting device through which measurements are captured. [Allotrope]

A material separation function is a function that increases the resolution between two or more material entities. The to distinction between the entities is usually based on some associated physical quality. [OBI]

A filter function is a function to prevent the flow of certain entities based on a quality or qualities of the entity while allowing entities which have different qualities to pass through. [OBI]

A material function is a type of function that is realized in a process that has material entity as input and/or output. [Allotrope]

To remove material is the function to remove material. [NIST]

The matrix are the components of a sample other than the analyte. [IUPAC]

A dye is a material that has the function to change the color of material. [Allotrope]

A gas is an airlike material that expands freely to fill any space available. It can be transported in compressed gas cylinders and acts as a gas upon release at normal temperatures and pressure. [Allotrope]

A solid is a substance that is in the solid material state. [Allotrope]

A fluid is a substance that continually deforms (flows) under an applied shear stress. Fluids are a subset of the phases of matter and include liquids, gases, plasmas and, to some extent, plastic solids. [Wikipedia]

A supercritical fluid is a gas whose temperature and pressure are above the critical temperature and critical pressure. In this state, the distinction between liquid and gas disappears. [Wikipedia]

A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a (nearly) constant volume independent of pressure. [Wikipedia]

Plasma is a state of matter in which an ionized gaseous substance becomes highly electrically conductive to the point that long-range electric and magnetic fields dominate the behavior of the matter. [Wikipedia]

A particle in the physical sciences is a small localized object to which can be ascribed physical properties. [Wikipedia]

A solid heterogeneous mixture is a heterogeneous mixture in solid state. [Allotrope]

A dispersions is a heterogeneous mixture that is comprising more than one phase where at least one of the phases consists of finely divided phase domains, often in the colloidal size range, dispersed throughout a continuous phase. [IUPAC]

An organizational entity is a person, group or organization that is defined by some social contract between humans. [Allotrope]

A chemical substance is a portion of material that is matter of constant composition best characterized by the entities (molecules, formula units, atoms) it is composed of. [IUPAC]

A portion of chemical mixture is a chemical substance that is composed of chemical substances. [Allotrope]

Hydrogen gas is a gas that is composed of hydrogen molecules. [Allotrope]

Oxygen gas is a gas that is composed of dioxygen molecules. [Allotrope]

Nitrogen gas is a gas that is composed of dinitrogen molecules. [Allotrope]

Helium gas is a gas that is composed of helium atoms. [Allotrope]

Carbon dioxide gas is a gas that is composed of carbon dioxide molecules. [Allotrope]

Ammonia gas is a gas that is composed of ammonia molecules. [Allotrope]

Methane gas is a gas that is composed of methane molecules. [Allotrope]

A process that affects, creates or destroys information content. [Allotrope]

A nuclear magnetic resonance assay is magnetic resonance assay that applies a technique which detects the response of nuclear spins to a perturbing magnetic field. [Allotrope]

Spectra combination is a data transformation that combines multiple spectra. [Allotrope]

Scanning is measuring repeatedly or sweepingly. [Allotrope]

Sample preparation is a planned preparation process that synthesizes, converts or changes a sample. [Allotrope]

A magnetic resonance assay is an assay that applies a technique which detects the response of spins to a perturbing magnetic field. [Allotrope]

An experiment in which a separation method is coupled to a detection method in order to detect one or more different components of a sample. [CHMO]

Signal averaging is a process of combining spectra of repeated measurements in order to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. [Allotrope]

Background measurement is the process of determination of the base level of signals without presence of a sample. [Allotrope]

background measurement of particle sizing in order to measure the electrical noise as well as laser scattering due to contamination of the optical parts or the dispersant

A measurement that targets the pressure of some material entity. [Allotrope]

A pressure control is a controlling process that controls pressure of some material. [Allotrope]

A temperature control is a controlling process that controls the temperature of some material. [Allotrope]

A process that affects the physical qualities of materials or creates, destroys or converts materials. [Allotrope]

A pressure process profile is a quality process profile that tracks some pressure. [Allotrope]

Temperature profile is a quality process profile that tracks temperature. [Allotrope]

Transmitting energy is transferring an energy from one place to another. [Allotrope, NIST]

A process where an agent affects energy flowing in and out of a system or affecting the energetic state of materials. [Allotrope]

Storing material is the storing of material. [Allotrope]

Storing energy is the storing of energy. [Allotrope]

Changing is controlling a quality of the material in a predetermined and fixed manner. The identity of the material is maintained. [NIST]

A spatial processing of transferring material into a site. [Allotrope]

A physical process that occurs in the mind of a sentient being and is processing information. [Allotrope]

Changing is controlling a quality of energy in a predetermined and fixed manner. [NIST]

Transporting is channeling by shifting, or conveying, a material from one place to another. [NIST]

A separating of materials. [Allotrope]

A spatial process of removing a material from a site. [Allotrope]

Delivering material is the importing of material to a location or site. [Allotrope]

A sequential process is a composite process that has sequential subprocesses as occurrent parts. The starts of all subprocesses occur in sequential order. The ends of all subprocesses occur at the end of the sequential process at the latest. [Allotrope]

A sequential analysis process is a planned sequential process that has analytical subprocesses as sequential occurrent parts. [Allotrope]

Adjusting is a process of slightly changing something with the purpose to achieve an agreement with a set of specifications. [Allotrope]

A sample preparation process is a planned process that prepares a portion of material for being used in a calibration standard role. [Allotrope]

A chemical reaction is a process that results in the interconversion of chemical species. [IUPAC]

Chemical reactions may be elementary reactions or stepwise reactions. (It should be noted that this definition includes experimentally observable interconversions of conformers.) Detectable chemical reactions normally involve sets of molecular entities as indicated by this definition, but it is often conceptually convenient to use the term also for changes involving single molecular entities (i.e. 'microscopic chemical events'). [IUPAC]

An ion reaction is a chemical reaction that has ion participants. [Allotrope]

Combining material is a combing process that combines two or more materials in to a new material. [Allotrope]

A device process is a planned process that realizes a function by a device or device system. [Allotrope]

A device process focuses on an implementation perspective.

A repeated process is a composite process that has occurrent parts of subprocesses following the same plan. [Allotrope]

Reporting is an information process that produces a report. [Allotrope]

A project is a planned process that is undertaken or attempted to meet some requirement. [Allotrope]

A thermal event is an event where a significant change of some material quality occurs at a temperature of that material or that of its environment. [Allotrope]

An event is an occurrent that is an accomplishment or an achievement. [Allotrope]

An addition rate process profile is a rate process profile that is an occurrent part of an material addition process. [Allotrope]

A volume process profile is a quality process profile that tracks some volume. [Allotrope]

Adding is loading material into a container where it is combined with existing material. [Allotrope]

A material flow rate process profile is a rate process profile that is the change of amount of material being transferred through an area. [Allotrope]

A heat transfer coefficient process profile is a rate process profile of the ratio of the heat flux and the thermodynamic driving force for the flow of heat. [Allotrope]

An angular velocity process profile is a quality process profile of how fast an object rotates or revolves relative to another point. [Wikipedia]

A volume process profile is a quality process profile that tracks some area. [Allotrope]

A heating or cooling rate process profile is a rate process profile of the heating/cooling rate of an object. [Allotrope]

The temperature process profile tracks the temperature change. This tracks the change of the change in temperature (2nd derivative).

Hygroscopy is the phenomenon of attracting and holding water molecules via either absorption or adsorption from the surrounding environment. [Wikipedia]

A heat flow process profile is a rate process profile that is the change in heat flow through a material entity. [Allotrope]

A mass process profile is a quality process profile that tracks some mass. [Allotrope]

A concentration process profile is a quality process profile that tracks some concentration. [Allotrope]

A pH process profile is a quality process profile that tracks some pH. [Allotrope]

A configuration process profile is a quality process profile that tracks the configuration of a system or device. [Allotrope]

A luminescence process profile is a profile that quantifies the luminescence of a material entity over time. [Allotrope]

Area scanning is scanning at positions defined by a two-dimensional pattern over an area. [Allotrope].

A read is a process boundary within a measuring where a data about the measured object is captured. [Allotrope]

A read at regular time intervals during the measurement of a process profile. [Allotrope]

Multiple reads for statistics and error corrections. [Allotrope]

Quality of an independent continuant which describes the dimensions of an individual particle. [Allotrope]

A particle size above one micrometer is a determinate quality of particle size that has a determinate magnitude of greater that one micrometer. Magnitude of particle size can be measured in different ways such as based on diameter of spherical objects. [Allotrope]

A temperature configuration is a device configuration of a temperature controlling or monitoring device, that controls or monitors the target temperature at the site of some system component. [Allotrope]

An oven thermostat has a temperature configuration that controls the heating.

A flow rate configuration is a device configuration of a fluid controlling or monitoring device, that controls or monitors the flow rate at the site of some system component. [Allotrope]

A concentration ratio configuration is a device configuration of a fluid controlling or monitoring device, that controls or monitors the concentration ratio of a mixture at the site of some system component. [Allotrope]

A volume configuration is a device configuration of a controlling or monitoring device, that controls or monitors the volume of some material at the site of some system component. [Allotrope]

Polarity configuration is a device configuration that sets a specific detector or sensor response to be positive or negative to a reference state. [Allotrope]

The cell path length is the length of the radiation path through the absorbing medium in a single-pass cell. [IUPAC]

An evacuation rate is a flow rate indicating the rate at which gas is removed from a chamber. [Allotrope]

A measurement chamber free space volume (quality) is the volume within a sample measurement chamber that is not occupied by the sample. [Allotrope]

A particle shape is a shape quality of a particle. [Allotrope]

A chord length is the length between any two points on the edge of a particle, with an upper bound of the diameter of the particle. [Allotrope]

A current configuration is a device configuration of a current controlling or monitoring device, that controls or monitors the target electric current at the site of some system component. [Allotrope]

A voltage configuration is a device configuration of a voltage controlling or monitoring device, that controls or monitors the target voltage at the site of some system component. [Allotrope]

The description of a chemical moiety or material that is assigned to a peak. [Allotrope]

The weighing result is the result of a weighing process. [Allotrope]

A spectrum is a data distribution function of a measured quantity in a spectroscopy against some experimental parameter. [Allotrope]

A temperature measurement result is an assay result that is the output of a temperature measurement. [Allotrope]

The final outcome reported for a measured or computed quantity, after performing a measuring procedure including all sub procedures and evaluations. [IUPAC, Allotrope]

An absorption spectrum is a data distribution function that plots the absorption of radiance as the function of frequency or wavelength. [Wikipedia]

A three-dimensional spectrum generated by scanning the emission spectrum at incremental steps of excitation wavelength. [CHMO]

A titration result is the result of a titration. [Allotrope]

A chromatography result is a result of a chromatography run. [Allotrope]

The capillary electrophoresis result is the result of a process of capillary electrophoresis. [Allotrope]

A profile is a data distribution function that is a function of time. [Allotrope]

The readout from a microplate reader measurement. [Allotrope]

A trend is the result of a process of trending. [Allotrope]

In infrared spectroscopy the intensities of peaks over time can be used to monitor compound concentration increase/decrease of a chemical reaction over time.

In Raman spectroscopy a trend a result based on a collection of spectra. [Allotrope]

A file is a resource for storing information, which is available to a computer program and is usually based on some kind of durable storage. [Wikipedia]

A fingerprint is a type of or portion of spectrum that has a characteristic structure. It can be used as a fingerprint for comparison to reference spectra. [Allotrope]

Infrared spectra are fingerprints. The fingerprint region of an IR spectrum lies between 1500 and 500 cm-1 while a complete IR spectrum normally has a range from 4000 to 500 cm-1. Note that the overlay is synonym for the same activity (fingerprinting).

A distribution is a collection of frequencies of results of a sample. Each frequency is number of occurrences within a given interval. The distribution can be expressed relatively to the width of the interval. [Allotrope]

A particle sizing result is the outcome of a process of particle sizing. [Allotrope]

Result of a spectroscopical measurement. [Allotrope]

An overlay of scans is a graphic overlay of generated spectra for comparison. [Allotrope]

A function specification that specifies the ways of achievement. [Allotrope]

A datum that has non-negative integer values that is about the number of discrete things. [Allotrope]