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"scope_statement": "This model owns rust as a variable assemblage of iron oxides, oxyhydroxides and associated water produced by corrosion of iron-bearing materials, including attached deposits and detached residues; it distinguishes the corrosion product from the corrosion process and the host object's structural condition.", "in_scope": [ "Identification of rust and distinction from other deposits, coatings and iron-containing materials", "Composition, retained moisture, contaminants and heterogeneity of rust deposits", "Deposit coverage, thickness, texture, adhesion and distribution", "Relationships to the iron-bearing substrate, exposure environment and observed progression", "Rust-specific inspection, sampling, removal, stabilisation and follow-up criteria" ], "out_of_scope": [ "The Rust programming language and fungal rust diseases", "General corrosion mechanisms and corrosion products of nonferrous metals", "Complete engineering assessment or remaining-life certification of the host object", "Manufactured iron-oxide pigments and mineral specimens without a corrosion-product identity", "Specifications for commercial rust removers, converters and protective coatings", "Complete maintenance programmes for buildings, vehicles or machinery" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "An identification as rust requires evidence connecting the material to corrosion of an iron-bearing source; an orange or brown colour alone is insufficient.", "Rust can be a heterogeneous deposit rather than a pure compound, so assigning one formula or chemical identifier to every rust sample is inappropriate.", "Manufactured iron-oxide pigment can resemble rust chemically and visually; production history and its relationship to a corroding substrate distinguish the intended identities.", "Mill scale and other heat-formed oxide layers require formation-history evidence to distinguish them from rust, especially where later corrosion has altered their surfaces.", "Rust denotes corrosion products: a stained surface, measured metal loss and an active corrosion process are related observations but are not interchangeable identities." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Identification confidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "suspected | supported | analytically characterised; record evidence and limitations", "why_it_matters": "Prevents visual resemblance from becoming an unsupported material identification." }, { "name": "Source substrate", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "linked iron-bearing material or object; attached | transferred | detached | origin unknown", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes corrosion at the observed location from rust transported from another source." }, { "name": "Constituent phases", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "identified phases or unresolved mixture, with analytical method and sampling location", "why_it_matters": "Records the actual assemblage without treating rust as a single pure substance." }, { "name": "Deposit coverage", 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moisture or soluble-contaminant measurements exist, and what sampling basis and detection limits apply?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "local-exposure-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "deposit-condition-and-progression", "name": "Deposit condition and progression", "description": "Characterises rust accumulation and change while separating deposit observations from substrate damage.", "rationale": "Visible rust extent does not by itself establish corrosion activity, metal loss or structural acceptability.", "layers": [ { "id": "deposit-morphology", "name": "Deposit morphology", "description": "Describes measurable coverage, thickness, texture and attachment.", "findings": [ { "id": "mapped-deposit-condition", "name": "Mapped deposit condition", "description": "The model preserves spatial variation and the methods used to describe the deposit.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the rust coverage and thickness over a defined inspection area, and how uncertain are those 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requires assessment through the host object's model?", "kind": "action", "id": "progression-without-damage-proxy-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "rust-treatment-and-verification", "name": "Rust treatment and verification", "description": "Supports decisions about retaining, removing or stabilising rust and checking the outcome.", "rationale": "A successful intervention must address the intended surface condition and exposure context, with evidence beyond a change in colour.", "layers": [ { "id": "intervention-selection", "name": "Intervention selection", "description": "Records treatment objectives, substrate constraints and relevant residue composition.", "findings": [ { "id": "compatible-treatment-objective", "name": "Compatible treatment objective", "description": "The model ties treatment to a stated purpose and records limits arising from the substrate, historical significance, coatings and contaminants.", "questions": [ { "text": "Should this rust be retained, sampled, removed or 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"Composition varies with alloy, exposure and age; rust has no universal formula, purity, melting point, boiling point or hazard classification.", "Green rust is a technical phase-family term; verify its inclusion against the intended registry scope. 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"knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "preferred-name-and-aliases-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the name of a rust 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 rust, 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 rust, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": 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"identity-record-q01", "text": "What formula, structure and registry identifiers name rust 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 rust 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 rust 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"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 rust 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 rust 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", 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