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[ICSC 0672](https://inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0672.htm)", "Distinguish the substance from a solution or formulated product by recording solvent, concentration and additional ingredients." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Chemical identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "KMnO4; CAS 7722-64-7; EC 231-760-3; PubChem CID 516875", "why_it_matters": "Connects the registry entry to chemical records while preventing substitution of related salts. [PubChem](https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Potassium%20Permanganate)" }, { "name": "Grade and supported use", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Supplier-declared grade, named specification and edition, supported application", "why_it_matters": "A grade label needs documentary support before it can justify analytical, treatment or other application-specific use." }, { "name": "Potassium permanganate assay", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mass percent, with as-received or dry basis, method, uncertainty and date", "why_it_matters": "Separates nominal identity from the amount of active substance actually present." }, { "name": "Impurity profile", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mg/kg or mass percent by named impurity; insoluble matter separately", "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of contamination, specification compliance and application suitability." }, { "name": "Physical form and condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Crystals, powder or dissolved component; observed colour, caking, sediment and contamination", "why_it_matters": "Makes visible changes and dust-generating form available to handling and quality decisions." }, { "name": "Solution concentration", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mol/L, g/L or mass percent with solvent, temperature, basis and verification date", "why_it_matters": "Prevents confusion between concentration conventions and between prepared and measured strength." }, { "name": "Thermal behaviour", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Decomposition temperature in °C with method and conditions; ICSC reports 240 °C", "why_it_matters": "Prevents decomposition from being represented as ordinary melting or boiling. [ICSC 0672](https://inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0672.htm)" }, { "name": "Water solubility", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "g per 100 mL water at stated temperature; ICSC reports 6.4 at 20 °C", "why_it_matters": "Supports interpretation of undissolved material and concentration feasibility. [ICSC 0672](https://inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0672.htm)" }, { "name": "Verified oxidizing strength", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Measured concentration or reaction-specific equivalents/L, with medium, reaction basis and standardization record", "why_it_matters": "Prevents an agent from treating nominal concentration or an unspecified normality as universally transferable reactive capacity." }, { "name": "Hazard and transport classification", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Dated, jurisdiction-specific GHS record; applicable UN entry, class and packing group", "why_it_matters": "The ICSC lists the substance as an oxidizer and records UN 1490, class 5.1, packing group II; applicability to a particular supplied form must be checked. [ICSC 0672](https://inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0672.htm)" }, { "name": "Occupational exposure criterion", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Authority, effective date, mg/m³ as Mn, aerosol fraction and averaging period", "why_it_matters": "Preserves distinctions between manganese-based limits and measurements reported as potassium permanganate." } ], "affordances": [ "Resolve a labelled material to the registered substance using identifiers and analytical evidence.", "Compare a lot's assay and impurity results with the requirements of a stated application.", "Interpret solution concentration and standardization records on an explicit measurement and reaction basis.", "Flag condition changes that warrant quarantine, investigation or reanalysis.", "Check proposed contact materials and storage arrangements against documented oxidizer compatibility.", "Retrieve applicable handling, transport and disposal requirements for the actual form and jurisdiction." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "chemical-identity-and-boundaries", "name": "Chemical identity and boundaries", "description": "Establish which material is potassium permanganate and which records describe related substances or mixtures.", "rationale": "Permanganate identity alone does not establish the potassium salt, and product names can obscure solution composition.", "layers": [ { "id": "salt-identification", "name": "Salt identification", "description": "Connect formula, counterion and authoritative identifiers to the examined material.", "findings": [ { "id": "identity-evidence", "name": "Identity evidence", "description": "Require mutually consistent identity records and record the limits of any analytical confirmation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which identifiers and analytical results establish that the material is KMnO4?", "kind": "definition", "id": "identity-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Does the evidence distinguish the potassium salt from other permanganates and 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"Chemical identity cannot establish that a lot meets the purity requirements of its intended use.", "layers": [ { "id": "grade-qualification", "name": "Grade qualification", "description": "Ground grade claims in a named specification and lot-specific documentation.", "findings": [ { "id": "documented-grade", "name": "Documented grade", "description": "Make grade an evidenced claim rather than an inferred consequence of the chemical name.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which grade and specification edition does the supplier claim for this lot?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "documented-grade-q01" }, { "text": "Which requirements of the intended application are demonstrated by the certificate of analysis?", "kind": "action", "id": "documented-grade-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition-verification", "name": "Composition verification", "description": "Record active-substance assay, impurities and insoluble material on explicit analytical bases.", "findings": [ { "id": "assay-and-residues", "name": "Assay and residues", "description": "Keep potassium permanganate content distinct from total manganese content and unidentified residue.", "questions": [ { "text": "What potassium permanganate assay was measured, by which method and on which moisture basis?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "assay-and-residues-q01" }, { "text": "Which impurities and insoluble residues were measured, and what detection limits apply?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "assay-and-residues-q02" }, { "text": "Does the available analysis distinguish intact permanganate from other manganese species?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "assay-and-residues-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "physical-form-and-solution-state", "name": "Physical form and solution state", "description": "Describe the actual material condition and the conditions attached to its physical measurements.", "rationale": "Solid form, dissolution and solution strength create different assessment needs for the same substance.", "layers": [ { "id": 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"id": "change-assessment", "name": "Change assessment", "description": "Treat altered colour or sediment as investigation triggers rather than proof of a particular reaction product.", "questions": [ { "text": "What changes in appearance, measured strength or identified manganese species have occurred since preparation or receipt?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "change-assessment-q01" }, { "text": "What temperature, light, container and contamination history accompanies those changes?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "change-assessment-q02" }, { "text": "Which validated criterion requires restandardization, quarantine or rejection?", "kind": "action", "id": "change-assessment-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "hazards-and-compatible-handling", "name": "Hazards and compatible handling", "description": "Translate the actual material's hazard evidence into handling and contact-material decisions.", "rationale": "Potassium permanganate is a strong oxidizer with hazardous incompatibilities, 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[ICSC 0672](https://inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0672.htm)", "layers": [ { "id": "contact-compatibility", "name": "Contact compatibility", "description": "Assess containers, neighbouring stock and incidental contact materials against documented compatibility.", "findings": [ { "id": "oxidizer-contact-review", "name": "Oxidizer contact review", "description": "Make proposed material contacts reviewable before approving storage, transfer or spill-response arrangements.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which proposed containers, transfer components and nearby substances have compatibility evidence for the actual concentration and temperature?", "kind": "action", "id": "oxidizer-contact-review-q01" }, { "text": "Which current safety document supports the segregation and spill-material choices?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "oxidizer-contact-review-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "exposure-assessment", "name": "Exposure assessment", "description": "Connect material form and concentration to applicable hazard and exposure records.", "findings": [ { "id": "form-specific-exposure-controls", "name": "Form-specific exposure controls", "description": "Keep solid and solution classifications distinct and preserve the reporting basis of airborne manganese measurements.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which current hazard classification applies to this solid or solution at its actual concentration?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "form-specific-exposure-controls-q01" }, { "text": "Are exposure measurements and applicable limits expressed as Mn or KMnO4, and for which aerosol fraction and averaging period?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "form-specific-exposure-controls-q02" }, { "text": "Which documented controls address the exposure routes present in the proposed task?", "kind": "action", "id": "form-specific-exposure-controls-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "regulated-use-and-disposition", "name": "Regulated use and disposition", "description": "Link the characterized material to applicable use, movement and end-of-use requirements.", "rationale": "Substance identity, grade, formulation and jurisdiction jointly determine which permissions and classifications must be checked.", "layers": [ { "id": "use-and-movement", "name": "Use and movement", "description": "Determine the requirements governing the intended application and supplied form.", "findings": [ { "id": "applicable-authority", "name": "Applicable authority", "description": "Separate chemical suitability from authorization and classify the actual shipment rather than copying a generic substance entry.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which jurisdiction and intended use determine the required grade, approvals or purchasing controls?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "applicable-authority-q01" }, { "text": "Which authoritative transport entry applies to the actual composition, physical form and transport mode?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "applicable-authority-q02" }, { "text": "What evidence is missing before the proposed use or movement can be authorized?", "kind": "action", "id": "applicable-authority-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "spent-material-and-release", "name": "Spent material and release", "description": "Distinguish unused potassium permanganate from process residues and contaminated waste.", "findings": [ { "id": "residual-oxidant-and-waste-identity", "name": "Residual oxidant and waste identity", "description": "Require characterization of residual oxidant and process-derived constituents before deciding disposition.", "questions": [ { "text": "What residual permanganate, total manganese and process contaminants have been measured?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "residual-oxidant-and-waste-identity-q01" }, { "text": "Does the material remain unused substance, or has it become a mixture requiring a separate waste characterization?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "residual-oxidant-and-waste-identity-q02" }, { "text": "Which locally applicable requirements and authorized receiving route govern its disposition?", "kind": "action", "id": "residual-oxidant-and-waste-identity-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "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; 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Treat every sentence below as a proposal to argue with.", "purpose": "Give an agent a durable, checkable way to recognise a potassium permanganate, record what state it is in, and decide what may be done with it.", "whatItIs": "Enable an agent to identify potassium permanganate, assess the condition and suitability of a specific lot or solution, and determine which handling and use decisions require supporting evidence.", "characteristics": { "substance": "material", "origin": "natural", "agency": "inert", "mobility": "varies" }, "whatYouCanDoWithIt": [ "observed and measured", "consumed or used up" ], "distinguishingFeatures": [ "Described in 70 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 potassium permanganate, 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. 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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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate is built from and which parts are replaceable.", "questions": [ { "id": "parts-and-materials-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the composition of a potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate between them.", "questions": [ { "id": "stages-and-transitions-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the lifecycle of a potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate is for, and what it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose", "name": "Function, purpose and misuse", "description": "The function a potassium permanganate performs and the uses that fall outside it.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-and-purpose-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the use of a potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate.", "findings": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills", "name": "Procedures, skills and required tools", "description": "What an agent needs before it can act on a potassium permanganate at all.", "questions": [ { "id": "procedures-and-skills-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes handling a potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate there is and how fast it goes.", "questions": [ { "id": "consumption-and-stock-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the supply of a potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 potassium permanganate and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate, 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 potassium permanganate 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 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