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mono molecular entity |
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http://purl.org/biotop/biotop.owl#MonoMolecularEntity |
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A mono-molecular entity is a self connected compound of two atoms or more which exhibit at least one covalent bound. Molecular entities can be isolated molecules or parts of molecules (groups, residue). They may be electrically neutral or not. In biological systems molecular entities generally occur in very high quantities. In text, references to chemicals are often ambiguous. When we state "water has a molecular weight of 18" we refer to single water molecules. However, saying that "water has a density of 1kg/dm³" under certain conditions then we make a statement about pluralities of water molecules each of which has water molecules as "grains" Old name: molecular entity The upper bound of monomolecular entities is shallow. Strictly even a diamond crystal would be a monomolecular entity. One argument against this idea is that a diamond crystal is still a diamond crystal if you take away some portions. This is not the case with a classical molecule. |
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mono molecular entity |
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MonoMolecularEntity |
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mono molecular entity |
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http://purl.org/biotop/biotop.owl#MaterialEntityBySizePartition |