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                "registry_id": "vr.tr.polytetrafluoroethylene",
                "name": "polytetrafluoroethylene",
                "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), assess a particular grade and material state, and decide whether it is suitable for a proposed use, processing step or recovery route.",
                "definition": "Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a semicrystalline fluoropolymer composed of repeating -CF₂-CF₂- units, distinguished by high chemical resistance, low surface energy and an exceptionally high melt viscosity.",
                "scope_statement": "This model owns PTFE as a polymer material, including its chemical identity, grade, formulation, physical form, processing history, performance limits and condition-dependent handling requirements, while linking to products and processes that contain or transform it.",
                "in_scope": [
                    "PTFE polymer identity and boundaries with other fluoropolymers and modified grades",
                    "Virgin, filled, recycled and dispersion grades, including additives, impurities and traceability",
                    "Powder, dispersion, consolidated and expanded material states",
                    "Thermal, mechanical, tribological, chemical and electrical properties under stated conditions",
                    "Processing compatibility, service degradation and contamination",
                    "Formulation-specific hazards, use qualifications and end-of-life constraints"
                ],
                "out_of_scope": [
                    "Tetrafluoroethylene monomer as a separately handled chemical substance",
                    "Other fluoropolymers, including FEP and PFA, except as identity comparisons",
                    "Complete cookware, seals, bearings, membranes and other PTFE-containing products",
                    "Polymerisation plants, processing machinery and manufacturing operations as systems",
                    "PFAS as a chemical class and jurisdiction-wide regulatory programmes",
                    "Exposure incidents, medical diagnoses and environmental remediation projects"
                ],
                "distinguishing_features": [
                    "Establish a polymer backbone characterised by repeating -CF2-CF2- units; fluorine content, colour or a trade name alone does not establish PTFE identity.",
                    "Distinguish conventional PTFE from melt-processable fluoropolymers such as FEP and PFA using composition records and grade-specific processing behaviour.",
                    "Distinguish PTFE from tetrafluoroethylene monomer by polymer identity and material character rather than treating their hazards as interchangeable.",
                    "Treat expanded PTFE as a porous material form requiring morphology records, rather than assuming expansion creates a different polymer identity.",
                    "Separate the PTFE constituent from fillers, dispersion media and other coating ingredients; a PTFE-containing formulation is not necessarily pure PTFE."
                ],
                "characteristics": [
                    {
                        "name": "Chemical and registry identity",
                        "kind": "relation",
                        "unit_or_values": "vr.tr.polytetrafluoroethylene; verified CAS, EC and other database identifiers with source and identity scope",
                        "why_it_matters": "Prevents confusion between the polymer, monomer, formulation and commercial product."
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Grade and modification status",
                        "kind": "category",
                        "unit_or_values": "Conventional PTFE; supplier-designated modified PTFE; unresolved identity; documented grade designation",
                        "why_it_matters": "Determines whether processing and performance evidence applies to the material being assessed."
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Formulation composition",
                        "kind": "measurement",
                        "unit_or_values": "Mass fraction or wt% of PTFE, fillers, additives and carrier; analytical basis and uncertainty",
                        "why_it_matters": "Fillers and formulation ingredients can change wear, conductivity, chemical compatibility and handling requirements."
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Physical form",
                        "kind": "category",
                        "unit_or_values": "Granular powder; fine powder; dispersion; consolidated solid; expanded porous material; other documented form",
                        "why_it_matters": "Controls the relevant processing route, exposure pathway and property interpretation."
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Consolidation and thermal history",
                        "kind": "state",
                        "unit_or_values": "Unsintered or sintered; documented heating, cooling, annealing and service history",
                        "why_it_matters": "Material history affects structure and makes nominally identical grades behave differently."
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Density and pore structure",
                        "kind": "measurement",
                        "unit_or_values": "Density in kg/m³ with bulk or skeletal basis; porosity in %; pore-size distribution in µm",
                        "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes dense material from expanded or incompletely consolidated material and supports transport assessments."
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Melting transition and crystallinity",
                        "kind": "measurement",
                        "unit_or_values": "Transition temperature in °C; enthalpy in J/g; crystallinity in % with method and thermal history",
                        "why_it_matters": "Supports identity and structural assessment without implying ordinary melt processability."
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Qualified thermal operating envelope",
                        "kind": "measurement",
                        "unit_or_values": "Temperature in °C, duration in h, atmosphere, load and acceptance criterion",
                        "why_it_matters": "Separates melting behaviour, service suitability and decomposition-related constraints."
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Creep and dimensional stability",
                        "kind": "measurement",
                        "unit_or_values": "Strain in % versus stress in MPa, time in h and temperature in °C",
                        "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of deformation and loss of sealing or bearing function under sustained load."
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Friction and wear response",
                        "kind": "measurement",
                        "unit_or_values": "Dimensionless friction coefficient and stated wear metric, with counterface, speed, pressure and temperature",
                        "why_it_matters": "Prevents low-friction reputation from substituting for application-specific wear evidence."
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Chemical and permeation compatibility",
                        "kind": "relation",
                        "unit_or_values": "Contact substance, concentration, temperature, duration and measured swelling, mass change or permeation",
                        "why_it_matters": "Chemical resistance alone does not establish barrier performance or compatibility with every exposure."
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Electrical behaviour",
                        "kind": "measurement",
                        "unit_or_values": "Relative permittivity; dielectric strength in kV/mm; volume resistivity in Ω·m; test conditions",
                        "why_it_matters": "Determines insulation suitability and identifies changes introduced by conductive fillers or contamination."
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Hazard and use qualification",
                        "kind": "relation",
                        "unit_or_values": "Current formulation-specific safety data, jurisdiction, intended use, supporting assessment and effective date",
                        "why_it_matters": "Avoids transferring safety or regulatory conclusions between unlike PTFE grades and uses."
                    }
                ],
                "affordances": [
                    "Verify whether a supplied material is PTFE and resolve whether a modified or compounded grade belongs within this entry.",
                    "Compare grades for a specified chemical, thermal, mechanical or electrical duty using evidence at relevant conditions.",
                    "Select candidate processing routes consistent with powder, dispersion, consolidated or expanded form.",
                    "Specify acceptance measurements for identity, composition, consolidation, porosity and service performance.",
                    "Identify conditions requiring exposure controls, material quarantine or further assessment before heating or machining.",
                    "Assess reuse, reprocessing and disposal options from formulation, contamination and traceability records."
                ]
            },
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                "bundles": [
                    {
                        "id": "ptfe-identity-and-grade",
                        "name": "PTFE identity and grade",
                        "description": "Establish which polymer and commercial material the record represents.",
                        "rationale": "PTFE names and trade descriptions can obscure differences between polymer identity, modified grades and multicomponent formulations.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "polymer-boundary",
                                "name": "Polymer boundary",
                                "description": "Resolve PTFE identity against monomer and neighbouring fluoropolymers.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "identity-evidence",
                                        "name": "Evidence establishing PTFE",
                                        "description": "Record the evidence needed to associate the material with PTFE rather than relying on appearance or branding.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "text": "Which composition record or analytical result establishes the repeating -CF2-CF2- polymer structure?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "id": "identity-evidence-q01"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "text": "Does the supplier designation identify conventional PTFE, modified PTFE or a different fluoropolymer, and what evidence resolves that boundary?",
                                                "kind": "boundary",
                                                "id": "identity-evidence-q02"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "grade-and-formulation",
                                "name": "Grade and formulation",
                                "description": "Describe the supplied grade and constituents beyond the PTFE polymer.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "constituent-and-lot-record",
                                        "name": "Constituent and lot record",
                                        "description": "Connect polymer content, fillers, processing aids and recovered content to a traceable material lot.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "text": "What fractions of the material are PTFE, fillers, carrier liquid and other additives, and which fractions remain undisclosed?",
                                                "kind": "measurement",
                                                "id": "constituent-and-lot-record-q01"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "text": "Which supplier and lot records establish the grade, verified chemical identifiers and virgin or recovered origin?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "id": "constituent-and-lot-record-q02"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "form-structure-and-processing",
                        "name": "Form, structure and processing",
                        "description": "Relate PTFE feedstock form and processing history to the resulting material structure.",
                        "rationale": "PTFE powder, dispersion, sintered solid and expanded material require different processing and state descriptions.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "feedstock-and-route",
                                "name": "Feedstock and route",
                                "description": "Identify the supplied form and the processing routes supported by its grade.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "processing-route-fit",
                                        "name": "Processing route fit",
                                        "description": "Capture grade-specific processing compatibility without equating melting with conventional melt flow.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "text": "Is the material granular powder, fine powder, dispersion or an existing solid, and which particle or dispersion properties identify that form?",
                                                "kind": "measurement",
                                                "id": "processing-route-fit-q01"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "text": "Which documented routes, such as compression moulding, paste extrusion or dispersion coating, are appropriate for this grade?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "id": "processing-route-fit-q02"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "consolidation-and-morphology",
                                "name": "Consolidation and morphology",
                                "description": "Record thermal treatment, orientation and pore structure in the resulting PTFE.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "resulting-material-structure",
                                        "name": "Resulting material structure",
                                        "description": "Describe the structure that determines whether data from another PTFE specimen are transferable.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "text": "What sintering, cooling and stretching history produced this specimen, and where is that history documented?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "id": "resulting-material-structure-q01"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "text": "What density, crystallinity, porosity and directional structure were measured, using which methods?",
                                                "kind": "measurement",
                                                "id": "resulting-material-structure-q02"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "service-performance-envelope",
                        "name": "Service performance envelope",
                        "description": "Establish the conditions under which a particular PTFE material meets its intended function.",
                        "rationale": "PTFE suitability depends on simultaneous temperature, load, contact chemistry and formulation effects.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "thermal-and-mechanical-duty",
                                "name": "Thermal and mechanical duty",
                                "description": "Assess deformation, friction and wear across the intended thermal and loading history.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "load-time-temperature-response",
                                        "name": "Load, time and temperature response",
                                        "description": "Require measured service behaviour rather than inferring it from a melting transition or a generic low-friction description.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "text": "What creep and dimensional change occur at the intended stress, temperature and service duration?",
                                                "kind": "measurement",
                                                "id": "load-time-temperature-response-q01"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "text": "What friction and wear results apply to the actual counterface, contact pressure, sliding speed and lubrication state?",
                                                "kind": "measurement",
                                                "id": "load-time-temperature-response-q02"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "text": "Which acceptance criteria define the permitted operating envelope for this grade and material form?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "id": "load-time-temperature-response-q03"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "chemical-barrier-and-electrical-duty",
                                "name": "Chemical, barrier and electrical duty",
                                "description": "Assess resistance, transport and insulation properties under the relevant exposure conditions.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "contact-and-insulation-evidence",
                                        "name": "Contact and insulation evidence",
                                        "description": "Separate resistance to chemical attack from permeation, surface behaviour and electrical performance.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "text": "What chemical compatibility and permeation evidence applies to the contact medium, concentration, temperature and material thickness?",
                                                "kind": "measurement",
                                                "id": "contact-and-insulation-evidence-q01"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "text": "What dielectric and resistivity measurements apply to this formulation at the intended frequency, temperature and moisture conditions?",
                                                "kind": "measurement",
                                                "id": "contact-and-insulation-evidence-q02"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "text": "Does the intended use depend on surface adhesion or wettability, and what evidence supports the chosen surface treatment?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "id": "contact-and-insulation-evidence-q03"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "condition-and-exposure-controls",
                        "name": "Condition and exposure controls",
                        "description": "Distinguish material deterioration from the hazards associated with a specific PTFE form or operation.",
                        "rationale": "Ambient solid material, powders, dispersions and heated material cannot be assessed through one undifferentiated hazard statement.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "degradation-and-contamination",
                                "name": "Degradation and contamination",
                                "description": "Identify evidence that changes the applicability of original grade specifications.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "fitness-after-service",
                                        "name": "Fitness after service",
                                        "description": "Record damage and contamination that may require retesting or rejection.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "text": "What overheating, wear, deformation or chemical-contact history could have changed the material from its qualified condition?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "id": "fitness-after-service-q01"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "text": "Which inspections or measurements can determine whether contamination, cracking, pore changes or property loss exceed acceptance limits?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "id": "fitness-after-service-q02"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "operation-specific-exposure",
                                "name": "Operation-specific exposure",
                                "description": "Associate exposure assessment with material form, additives and the proposed operation.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "handling-and-heating-controls",
                                        "name": "Handling and heating controls",
                                        "description": "Require current evidence for dust, aerosol and thermal-decomposition exposure controls.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "text": "Which constituents or emissions require assessment during powder handling, dispersion spraying, machining or heating?",
                                                "kind": "boundary",
                                                "id": "handling-and-heating-controls-q01"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "text": "What current safety data and process evidence specify ventilation, temperature control and exposure monitoring for this operation?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "id": "handling-and-heating-controls-q02"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "text": "Which exposure limits apply to the identified airborne substances in the relevant jurisdiction, and what sources establish them?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "id": "handling-and-heating-controls-q03"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "qualification-and-material-fate",
                        "name": "Qualification and material fate",
                        "description": "Connect a PTFE grade to supported use claims and feasible routes after use.",
                        "rationale": "Use authorisations and recovery options depend on the actual formulation, application, jurisdiction and contamination history.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "use-specific-qualification",
                                "name": "Use-specific qualification",
                                "description": "Record the scope and limitations of evidence supporting restricted or demanding applications.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "claim-scope-and-validity",
                                        "name": "Claim scope and validity",
                                        "description": "Prevent generic PTFE descriptions from being treated as qualification of every grade or finished product.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "text": "Which evidence supports food-contact, medical, electrical or other claimed suitability for this exact grade and intended use?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "id": "claim-scope-and-validity-q01"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "text": "What jurisdiction, temperature, contact conditions, formulation restrictions and validity dates limit each claim?",
                                                "kind": "boundary",
                                                "id": "claim-scope-and-validity-q02"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "reuse-and-end-of-life",
                                "name": "Reuse and end of life",
                                "description": "Assess material recovery and disposal using composition and service history.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "supported-material-destination",
                                        "name": "Supported material destination",
                                        "description": "Identify destinations that can accept the actual PTFE material and preserve necessary traceability.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "text": "What fillers, surface treatments, contaminants and thermal history constrain reuse or reprocessing?",
                                                "kind": "boundary",
                                                "id": "supported-material-destination-q01"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "text": "Which verified receiver or process accepts this material, and what testing, segregation or documentation does it require?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "id": "supported-material-destination-q02"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment",
                        "name": "Evidence and external alignment",
                        "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.",
                        "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "reported-evidence",
                                "name": "Reported evidence",
                                "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "evidence-confidence-notes",
                                        "name": "Check these first",
                                        "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.",
                                        "evidence": [
                                            "This is recall-based information; no sources or current standard editions were consulted.",
                                            "Verify properties for the actual grade, filler content, porosity and thermal history; values for dense unfilled PTFE do not describe every PTFE product.",
                                            "Check jurisdiction-specific PFAS definitions, product authorizations and hazard requirements separately; PTFE, residual processing aids and decomposition products must not be treated as interchangeable."
                                        ],
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01",
                                                "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of polytetrafluoroethylene this model covers, and on what evidence?",
                                                "kind": "provenance"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "id": "evidence-kinds",
                                        "name": "Kinds and varieties",
                                        "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.",
                                        "evidence": [
                                            "Granular PTFE molding resin",
                                            "Fine-powder PTFE for paste extrusion",
                                            "Aqueous PTFE dispersion",
                                            "Expanded PTFE (ePTFE)",
                                            "Filled PTFE compounds",
                                            "PTFE micropowder"
                                        ],
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "evidence-kinds-q01",
                                                "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of polytetrafluoroethylene this model covers, and on what evidence?",
                                                "kind": "provenance"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "id": "evidence-identifiers",
                                        "name": "Identifiers and schemes",
                                        "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.",
                                        "evidence": [
                                            {
                                                "scheme": "CAS Registry Number",
                                                "value_or_pattern": "9002-84-0",
                                                "note": "Identifies PTFE; fillers, additives and processing aids require separate identification."
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "scheme": "Polymer abbreviation",
                                                "value_or_pattern": "PTFE",
                                                "note": "Standard abbreviation for polytetrafluoroethylene; Teflon is a trademark covering products that are not necessarily PTFE."
                                            }
                                        ],
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01",
                                                "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of polytetrafluoroethylene this model covers, and on what evidence?",
                                                "kind": "provenance"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation",
                                        "name": "Standards and regulation",
                                        "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.",
                                        "evidence": [
                                            "ASTM International ASTM D4894: specification for PTFE granular molding and ram-extrusion materials.",
                                            "ASTM International ASTM D4895: specification for PTFE resin produced from dispersion."
                                        ],
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01",
                                                "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of polytetrafluoroethylene this model covers, and on what evidence?",
                                                "kind": "provenance"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "id": "evidence-real-world-use",
                                        "name": "Real-world use",
                                        "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.",
                                        "evidence": [
                                            "Chemical-resistant linings, tubing, gaskets and seals.",
                                            "Low-friction bearings, slide surfaces and filled wear components.",
                                            "Electrical insulation for wires, cables and electronic components.",
                                            "Nonstick coatings in formulated coating systems.",
                                            "Expanded porous membranes for filtration, breathable fabrics and selected medical devices."
                                        ],
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01",
                                                "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of polytetrafluoroethylene this model covers, and on what evidence?",
                                                "kind": "provenance"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "id": "evidence-measurements",
                                        "name": "Typical measurements",
                                        "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.",
                                        "evidence": [
                                            {
                                                "quantity": "Density of unfilled, nonporous PTFE near room temperature",
                                                "typical_range": "2.14-2.20",
                                                "unit": "g/cm³"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "quantity": "Melting temperature of previously melted PTFE",
                                                "typical_range": "Approximately 327; virgin resin can exhibit a higher first-melting peak",
                                                "unit": "°C"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "quantity": "Relative permittivity of unfilled, nonporous PTFE near room temperature",
                                                "typical_range": "Approximately 2.1; measurement frequency and specimen condition must be specified",
                                                "unit": "dimensionless"
                                            }
                                        ],
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "evidence-measurements-q01",
                                                "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of polytetrafluoroethylene this model covers, and on what evidence?",
                                                "kind": "provenance"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards",
                                        "name": "Failure modes and hazards",
                                        "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.",
                                        "evidence": [
                                            "Sustained mechanical loading can cause creep and cold flow, reducing seal compression or dimensional accuracy.",
                                            "Unfilled PTFE can suffer substantial wear in sliding service despite its low friction.",
                                            "Low surface energy makes reliable adhesive bonding difficult without suitable surface preparation.",
                                            "Overheating causes decomposition and hazardous airborne products that can cause polymer fume fever; birds are particularly sensitive.",
                                            "Chemical resistance is not universal: molten alkali metals and certain highly reactive fluorinating environments can attack PTFE."
                                        ],
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01",
                                                "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of polytetrafluoroethylene this model covers, and on what evidence?",
                                                "kind": "provenance"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "id": "evidence-neighbours",
                                        "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart",
                                        "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.",
                                        "evidence": [
                                            {
                                                "name": "Tetrafluoroethylene",
                                                "difference": "The gaseous monomer CF₂=CF₂ from which PTFE is polymerized, rather than the resulting solid polymer."
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "name": "Fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP)",
                                                "difference": "A tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer that supports conventional melt processing, unlike ordinary PTFE."
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "name": "Perfluoroalkoxy polymer (PFA)",
                                                "difference": "A melt-processable copolymer incorporating perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether units, whereas PTFE consists of tetrafluoroethylene repeat units."
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "name": "Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)",
                                                "difference": "Contains -CH₂-CF₂- repeat units and therefore carbon-bound hydrogen; PTFE is fully fluorinated."
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "name": "Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)",
                                                "difference": "A broad substance class encompassing PTFE under widely used structural definitions, rather than one specific polymer."
                                            }
                                        ],
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01",
                                                "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of polytetrafluoroethylene this model covers, and on what evidence?",
                                                "kind": "provenance"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            },
            "openQuestions": [
                "Which authoritative chemical identifiers and definition should anchor this registry entry, and how should supplier-designated modified PTFE be bounded within it?",
                "Which grade-specific sources establish thermal transitions, service envelopes and processing constraints with explicit test conditions?",
                "Which analytical methods and disclosure records are needed to resolve residual processing aids, other fluorinated constituents and recovered-content contamination?",
                "Which current hazard classifications, emission-specific exposure limits and PFAS-related obligations apply in the intended jurisdictions and operations?",
                "What qualification evidence and practical recovery routes are available for the intended PTFE grade, formulation and application?"
            ],
            "statistics": {
                "bundles": 6,
                "layers": 11,
                "findings": 18,
                "questions": 31
            }
        },
        "draft": {
            "generator": "vr.draft.v3",
            "status": "draft-generated",
            "researched": false,
            "archetype": "chemical substance or material",
            "method": "Written from the archetype playbook - what this kind of thing needs beyond identity and provenance - and from the structure that recurred across 6,333 models already researched by two engines. Applied to this entry by rule. No source was read for this thing and no claim here is researched. This entry carries no facets of its own, so they were inferred from its domain - a guess about a whole domain applied to one thing.",
            "facetsInferred": true,
            "nextPass": "A researcher replaces this draft with a sourced specification. Treat every sentence below as a proposal to argue with.",
            "purpose": "Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a polytetrafluoroethylene, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.",
            "whatItIs": "Enable an agent to recognise polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), assess a particular grade and material state, and decide whether it is suitable for a proposed use, processing step or recovery route.",
            "characteristics": {
                "substance": "material",
                "origin": "natural",
                "agency": "inert",
                "mobility": "varies"
            },
            "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [
                "observed and measured",
                "consumed or used up"
            ],
            "distinguishingFeatures": [
                "Names folded into this entry, which a task may need to split apart again: expanded PTFE, Teflon 42, Teflon.",
                "3 finer distinctions are held as aliases rather than separate entries, because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it.",
                "Described in 59 Wikipedia languages, which is a measure of how widely the thing is known, not of how important it is."
            ],
            "openQuestionsForResearch": [
                "Which of the bundles below does a real task actually need, and which are ceremony?",
                "What does this thing have that the facets do not capture at all?",
                "Which neighbouring kind is most often confused with a polytetrafluoroethylene, and on what evidence are they told apart?"
            ],
            "whatItIsMadeOf": "matter you can touch",
            "physicalCharacter": [
                "Mobility varies between examples.",
                "Does nothing on its own; everything it does, something else did to it.",
                "These come from the domain this entry sits in rather than from the entry itself, so treat them as a first guess about the whole domain applied to one thing."
            ],
            "whatCanBeDoneWithIt": [
                "observe it, measure it, record its state",
                "use it up, and then need more of it"
            ],
            "howItIsRecognised": [
                "Not recognisable by sight in any reliable way. Appearance varies with grade, form and additives; identification is by label, by documentation, or by assay."
            ],
            "relatedModels": [
                {
                    "relation": "covers",
                    "note": "Finer kinds folded into this entry because telling them apart needs a task that asks for it. Each is a model waiting to be split out when one does.",
                    "targets": [
                        "expanded PTFE",
                        "Teflon 42",
                        "Teflon"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "standing": "Described in 59 Wikipedia languages, which measures how widely it is written about rather than how important or how common it is. 3 finer distinctions are held inside this entry as names rather than as separate models.",
            "structure": {
                "bundles": [
                    {
                        "id": "identity-and-classification",
                        "name": "Identity, naming and classification",
                        "description": "How an agent tells one polytetrafluoroethylene from another, and a polytetrafluoroethylene from things that resemble it.",
                        "rationale": "Recognition comes before every other claim. Without stable identity nothing else in the model can be trusted to be about the same thing twice.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "naming-and-identifiers",
                                "name": "Names and identifiers",
                                "description": "The names this thing goes by and the identifiers that survive translation and time.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases",
                                        "name": "Preferred name, aliases and local names",
                                        "description": "Which name to use, which names mean the same thing, and which merely sound similar.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes the name of a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about the name of a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "id": "stable-identifiers",
                                        "name": "Stable identifiers and external keys",
                                        "description": "Identifiers that keep pointing at this kind of thing across systems and languages.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "stable-identifiers-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes an identifier for a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "stable-identifiers-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about an identifier for a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "stable-identifiers-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an identifier for a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "classification-and-granularity",
                                "name": "Classification and granularity",
                                "description": "Where a polytetrafluoroethylene sits among kinds, and how finely a task needs to cut it.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "kind-and-parents",
                                        "name": "Kind, parents and neighbouring kinds",
                                        "description": "The classes this thing belongs to and the ones it is next to.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "kind-and-parents-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes the kind of a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "kind-and-parents-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about the kind of a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "kind-and-parents-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the kind of a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    },
                                    {
                                        "id": "distinguishing-features",
                                        "name": "Distinguishing features",
                                        "description": "What separates a polytetrafluoroethylene from the things most often confused with it.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "distinguishing-features-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "distinguishing-features-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about what distinguishes a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "distinguishing-features-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once what distinguishes a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "form-and-composition",
                        "name": "Form, composition and condition",
                        "description": "What a polytetrafluoroethylene is made of, what shape and size it takes, and what state it is in.",
                        "rationale": "A physical thing can be measured, and a model that cannot record its measurements cannot support any decision that depends on them.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "form-and-dimensions",
                                "name": "Form and dimensions",
                                "description": "Shape, size, mass and the ranges these take across examples.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "measurable-dimensions",
                                        "name": "Measurable dimensions and their units",
                                        "description": "The quantities worth recording and the units they are recorded in.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "measurable-dimensions-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes the dimensions of a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "measurable-dimensions-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about the dimensions of a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "measurable-dimensions-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the dimensions of a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "material-and-composition",
                                "name": "Material and composition",
                                "description": "Materials, parts and how they are put together.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "parts-and-materials",
                                        "name": "Parts and materials",
                                        "description": "What a polytetrafluoroethylene is built from and which parts are replaceable.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "parts-and-materials-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "parts-and-materials-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about the composition of a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "parts-and-materials-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the composition of a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "condition-and-integrity",
                                "name": "Condition and integrity",
                                "description": "Wear, damage, health and the difference between working and broken.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "condition-assessment",
                                        "name": "Condition, damage and health",
                                        "description": "How the condition of a polytetrafluoroethylene is judged and by whom.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "condition-assessment-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "condition-assessment-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about the condition of a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "condition-assessment-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the condition of a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "place-and-movement",
                        "name": "Place and movement",
                        "description": "Where a polytetrafluoroethylene is, how it got there and where it may go (varies).",
                        "rationale": "A thing that can move needs its position recorded with a time, or every later claim about it is about a place it has left.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "location-and-placement",
                                "name": "Location and placement",
                                "description": "Position, containment and the reference frame the position is given in.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "position-and-frame",
                                        "name": "Position, container and reference frame",
                                        "description": "Where a polytetrafluoroethylene is, and what that position is measured against.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "position-and-frame-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "position-and-frame-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about the location of a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "position-and-frame-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the location of a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "movement-and-transfer",
                                "name": "Movement and transfer",
                                "description": "How a polytetrafluoroethylene is carried, installed or relocated.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "movement-events",
                                        "name": "Movement events and constraints",
                                        "description": "What counts as a movement, what records it and what limits it.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "movement-events-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes the movement of a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "movement-events-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about the movement of a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "movement-events-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the movement of a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "state-and-lifecycle",
                        "name": "State and lifecycle",
                        "description": "The states a polytetrafluoroethylene passes through and the events that move it between them.",
                        "rationale": "Most decisions about a thing depend on what state it is in now, which is a claim with a time on it, not a property.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "lifecycle-stages",
                                "name": "Lifecycle stages",
                                "description": "From coming into existence to ceasing to be one of these.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "stages-and-transitions",
                                        "name": "Stages and transitions",
                                        "description": "The stages worth naming and what moves a polytetrafluoroethylene between them.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "stages-and-transitions-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about the lifecycle of a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "stages-and-transitions-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the lifecycle of a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "observations-and-status",
                                "name": "Observations and current status",
                                "description": "What is observed about a polytetrafluoroethylene, how often and by whom.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "observation-record",
                                        "name": "Observation record",
                                        "description": "How an observation of a polytetrafluoroethylene is recorded so that it can be superseded rather than overwritten.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "observation-record-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes an observation of a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "observation-record-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about an observation of a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "observation-record-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an observation of a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "use-and-operation",
                        "name": "Use and operation",
                        "description": "What can be done with a polytetrafluoroethylene and what it takes to do it.",
                        "rationale": "An agent that can recognise a thing but not act on it has only half a model.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "intended-use",
                                "name": "Intended use and function",
                                "description": "What a polytetrafluoroethylene is for, and what it is used for anyway.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "function-and-purpose",
                                        "name": "Function, purpose and misuse",
                                        "description": "The function a polytetrafluoroethylene performs and the uses that fall outside it.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "function-and-purpose-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "function-and-purpose-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about the use of a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "function-and-purpose-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the use of a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "handling-and-procedure",
                                "name": "Handling and procedure",
                                "description": "The steps, skills and tools involved in using a polytetrafluoroethylene.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "procedures-and-skills",
                                        "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools",
                                        "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a polytetrafluoroethylene at all.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes handling a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "procedures-and-skills-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about handling a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "procedures-and-skills-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once handling a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "supply-and-consumption",
                                "name": "Supply and consumption",
                                "description": "Quantities, rates and what running out means.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "consumption-and-stock",
                                        "name": "Consumption, stock and replenishment",
                                        "description": "How much of a polytetrafluoroethylene there is and how fast it goes.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "consumption-and-stock-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about the supply of a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "consumption-and-stock-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the supply of a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "composition-and-identity",
                        "name": "Composition, grade and chemical identity",
                        "description": "What polytetrafluoroethylene is made of and how pure the thing in hand is.",
                        "rationale": "Grade decides what a substance may be used for, so a model that records only the name cannot support any decision about use.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "chemical-identity",
                                "name": "Chemical identity",
                                "description": "Formula, structure and the registry numbers that name it unambiguously.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "identity-record",
                                        "name": "Identity and registry numbers",
                                        "description": "What identifies this substance across suppliers and regulators.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "identity-record-q01",
                                                "text": "What formula, structure and registry identifiers name polytetrafluoroethylene unambiguously?",
                                                "kind": "definition"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "identity-record-q02",
                                                "text": "Which related substances share a name in common use but not an identifier?",
                                                "kind": "boundary"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "grade-and-impurities",
                                "name": "Grade, purity and impurities",
                                "description": "The specification a batch meets and what else is in it.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "specification",
                                        "name": "Specification and assay",
                                        "description": "How purity is stated and measured, and which impurities matter.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "specification-q01",
                                                "text": "What grades of polytetrafluoroethylene exist, how is purity assayed, and which impurities are limited?",
                                                "kind": "measurement"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "specification-q02",
                                                "text": "Which use requires which grade, and what happens when a lower grade is substituted?",
                                                "kind": "action"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "properties-and-behaviour",
                        "name": "Properties and behaviour",
                        "description": "How polytetrafluoroethylene behaves under conditions an agent can measure or change.",
                        "rationale": "Physical constants are the part of a substance model that transfers between contexts, and each needs its unit and its conditions.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "physical-constants",
                                "name": "Physical constants",
                                "description": "Values that hold for the pure substance, with their conditions.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "constants-record",
                                        "name": "Constants and conditions",
                                        "description": "The quantities worth recording and the state they apply in.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "constants-record-q01",
                                                "text": "What are the defining physical constants of polytetrafluoroethylene, in what units and under what conditions?",
                                                "kind": "measurement"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "constants-record-q02",
                                                "text": "Which of these values change with grade or form rather than being fixed?",
                                                "kind": "boundary"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "stability-and-reactivity",
                                "name": "Stability and reactivity",
                                "description": "What it reacts with, degrades into, and how it is stored.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "incompatibilities",
                                        "name": "Incompatibilities and degradation",
                                        "description": "What must not meet it, and what it becomes over time.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "incompatibilities-q01",
                                                "text": "What is polytetrafluoroethylene incompatible with, and what does it degrade into under storage?",
                                                "kind": "definition"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "incompatibilities-q02",
                                                "text": "What storage and handling does that require, and who is competent to do it?",
                                                "kind": "action"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "hazard-and-regulation",
                        "name": "Hazard classification and regulation",
                        "description": "How polytetrafluoroethylene can harm, and what the law says about holding and moving it.",
                        "rationale": "A substance model without its hazard class and its regulatory identity is unusable in exactly the situations that matter.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "hazard-class",
                                "name": "Hazard classification",
                                "description": "Classified hazards, exposure limits and protective measures.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "classified-hazards",
                                        "name": "Classified hazards and limits",
                                        "description": "The classification, the scheme it belongs to, and the limits set.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "classified-hazards-q01",
                                                "text": "How is polytetrafluoroethylene classified for hazard, under which scheme, and what exposure limits apply?",
                                                "kind": "definition"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "classified-hazards-q02",
                                                "text": "What protection does handling require, and what must an agent refuse to do without it?",
                                                "kind": "action"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "regulatory-identity",
                                "name": "Regulatory identity and control",
                                "description": "Registration, restriction and transport rules by jurisdiction.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "controls",
                                        "name": "Controls and jurisdiction",
                                        "description": "Where it is restricted and what the restriction attaches to.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "controls-q01",
                                                "text": "Which registrations, restrictions or transport rules cover polytetrafluoroethylene, and where?",
                                                "kind": "provenance"
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "controls-q02",
                                                "text": "Does the control attach to the substance, its concentration, or its intended use?",
                                                "kind": "boundary"
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "provenance-and-evidence",
                        "name": "Provenance, evidence and time",
                        "description": "Where every claim about a polytetrafluoroethylene came from and when it held.",
                        "rationale": "A claim without a source and a time cannot be superseded, only overwritten, and an agent that overwrites loses the ability to explain itself.",
                        "layers": [
                            {
                                "id": "source-and-authority",
                                "name": "Source and authority",
                                "description": "Who said it, on what evidence, and how strongly.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "claim-provenance",
                                        "name": "Claim provenance and confidence",
                                        "description": "The authority behind each claim about a polytetrafluoroethylene and how confident it is.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "claim-provenance-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "claim-provenance-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about a claim about a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "claim-provenance-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once a claim about a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            },
                            {
                                "id": "time-and-versions",
                                "name": "Time, versions and supersession",
                                "description": "When a claim was true, when it was learnt, and what replaced it.",
                                "findings": [
                                    {
                                        "id": "validity-and-supersession",
                                        "name": "Validity period and supersession",
                                        "description": "How an old claim about a polytetrafluoroethylene is retired without being erased.",
                                        "questions": [
                                            {
                                                "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01",
                                                "text": "What identifies and describes the validity of a claim about a polytetrafluoroethylene, and in what units or vocabulary?",
                                                "kind": "definition",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "identifiers",
                                                    "types and classes",
                                                    "values with units",
                                                    "explicit unknowns"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "validity-and-supersession-q02",
                                                "text": "Who or what asserted this about the validity of a claim about a polytetrafluoroethylene, by which method, and when was it true?",
                                                "kind": "provenance",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "authority",
                                                    "method",
                                                    "evidence",
                                                    "event time",
                                                    "knowledge time"
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            {
                                                "id": "validity-and-supersession-q03",
                                                "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the validity of a claim about a polytetrafluoroethylene is known, and what must it refuse?",
                                                "kind": "action",
                                                "answer_data": [
                                                    "permitted actions",
                                                    "preconditions",
                                                    "refusals",
                                                    "escalation"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        ]
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            },
            "statistics": {
                "bundles": 9,
                "layers": 20,
                "findings": 22,
                "questions": 60
            }
        }
    }
}