← Back to catalogue
Published

salt

vr.tr.salt · thing-q12370

Let an agent handle salts as ionic compounds by composition, properties, uses and hazards, and route table salt to its own entry.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.MAT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Composition Which salt.

Ions

Cation and anion.

Ions

Composition.

  1. Which cation and anion make up the salt? definition
  2. What is its formula and name? definition

Class

Type.

Class

Salt class.

  1. Is it a simple, acid, basic or double salt? definition
  2. Is it an ionic liquid? definition
Properties Behaviour.

Solubility

In water.

Solubility

Solubility.

  1. How soluble is it in water? measurement
  2. How does temperature affect it? definition

Physical

Melting and crystals.

Physical

Physical properties.

  1. What is its melting point? measurement
  2. What crystal structure? definition
Uses Applications.

Applications

Industry and home.

Applications

Applications.

  1. What is it used for? definition
  2. In which products? definition

Environment

Road salt.

Environment

Environmental effects.

  1. What are the environmental effects of its use? boundary
  2. How can they be reduced? action
Safety Hazards.

Hazard

Toxicity.

Hazard

Hazards.

  1. Is it toxic, oxidising or corrosive? boundary
  2. What does the safety data sheet say? provenance

Senses

Table salt.

Senses

Culinary sense.

  1. Is table salt meant instead? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.MAT
Other names and narrower kinds
ionic liquid, dishwasher salt, linear alkylbenzene sulfonate, sodium laureth sulfate, sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, road salt, chromate salt, bromate salt, ozonide salt, arsenite, dichlorine hexoxide, rubidium octafluoroxenate

What it is Filled

In chemistry, an ionic compound made of cations and anions held together by ionic bonds, formed for example by neutralising an acid with a base; common table salt is sodium chloride. The term also covers ionic liquids and surfactant salts.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle salts as ionic compounds by composition, properties, uses and hazards, and route table salt to its own entry.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Ionic bonding
  • Conducts electricity when molten or dissolved
  • Solubility varies widely
  • Some are toxic

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Assist anyone in using toxic salts to harm people or animals.
  • Store reactive or toxic salts outside their handling requirements.
  • Release salts that harm soil or water into the environment.

Only with a human decision

  • Disposing of hazardous salts.

May

  • Explain what salts are and how they form at an educational level.
  • Report hazard and handling information for salts from safety data sheets.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Most salts are harmless, but some are highly toxic and must be kept safe.

Who is affected

  • Laboratory workers
  • People near chemical sites

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns the class; the holder of each substance answers for it.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q12037703 - registry parent class
  • Q2366155 - registry parent class

related

  • ionic compound - category
  • acid and base - reaction
  • table salt - narrower sense

contains

  • ion - components

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.salt
  • Wikidata: Q12370 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12370)

Direct properties required Filled

  • Mass density: kg/m3 - Measure mass per unit volume at a stated temperature and specify composition, hydration and physical state.
  • Melting temperature: degrees Celsius - Determine by thermal analysis at a stated pressure and record whether decomposition occurs before melting.
  • Solubility: g/L - Measure the equilibrium dissolved concentration in a specified solvent at a stated temperature.
  • Electrical conductivity: S/m - Measure under specified temperature and phase conditions, including concentration when the salt is dissolved.

Recognition required Filled

  • Cation and anion in the formula
  • Crystalline solids
  • Table salt, road salt and dishwasher salt are sodium chloride products
  • Usually crystalline solids; some are liquids at room temperature (ionic liquids).

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • name and classify a salt
  • predict solubility
  • use it in processes
  • handle hazardous salts safely

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Toxic salts such as those of heavy metals
  • Road salt damage to plants and water
  • Confusing chemical and culinary senses

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • GHS classification
  • Food additive rules for food salts
  • Road salt environmental guidance

Context of use required Filled

  • Salts are used in food, de-icing, water softening, detergents, medicine and industry.
  • simple salts such as sodium chloride
  • acid and basic salts
  • double salts
  • ionic liquids
  • surfactant salts such as sulfonates

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q12370: salt - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Salt (chemistry) - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should table salt be a separate entry?
  • How should specific salts be linked?
  • How should ionic liquids be classified?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q12370/spec.json