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Slot: catalyst_form

The physical form or presentation of the catalyst as loaded into the

reactor (e.g. thin film, bulk, powder, supported). A separate axis

from catalyst_type (the catalytic regime).

URI: coremeta4cat:slot/catalyst_form Alias: catalyst_form

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
CatalyticReaction A ChemicalReaction (chemdcat-ap) specialization representing the
catalytic reaction being studied. Inherits the generic reaction slots
(starting materials, reactants, products, catalyst, solvent, reactor,
temperature, pressure, yield, reaction steps) from ChemicalReaction and
adds catalysis-specific operating-condition slots.

Reaction is NOT a DataGeneratingActivity — it is the catalytic process
being observed, not the process that generates the dataset. A CatalysisDataset
is linked to the Reaction it is about via is_about_activity.

For operando experiments (e.g. in-situ XRD during a reaction), the dataset
carries both:
was_generated_by: Characterization (the measurement producing data)
is_about_activity: Reaction (the catalytic process being monitored)

The reactor is linked via the inherited used_reactor slot (is_a:
carried_out_by), narrowed here to require a ChemicalReactor instance
rather than touching the generic carried_out_by relation directly.
Reactants are linked via the inherited used_reactant slot (range:
Reagent) -- CatalyticReaction does not declare its own reactant slot.
The type of catalytic reaction (e.g. ammonia synthesis, CO oxidation)
is expressed via rdf_type using a voc4cat or ChemO term.		 no

Properties

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self coremeta4cat:catalyst_form
native coremeta4cat:catalyst_form

LinkML Source

name: catalyst_form
description: 'The physical form or presentation of the catalyst as loaded into the

  reactor (e.g. thin film, bulk, powder, supported). A separate axis

  from catalyst_type (the catalytic regime).'
from_schema: https://w3id.org/nfdi4cat/coremeta4cat
rank: 1000
alias: catalyst_form
domain_of:
- CatalyticReaction
range: CatalystFormEnum
recommended: true
multivalued: true