Property talk:P2203

Latest comment: 8 years ago by Snipre in topic Percentage is not a unit

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upper flammable limit
upper bound of the concentration range over which a flammable mixture of gas or vapour in air can be ignited at a given temperature and pressure (0-1)
Descriptionthe upper bound of the concentration range over which a flammable mixture of gas or vapour in air can be ignited at a given temperature and pressure
Representsflammability limit (Q899502)
Data typeQuantity
Template parameteren:Template:Chembox parameter ExploLimits
Domainchemicals (note: this should be moved to the property statements)
Allowed valuespercentages, so presumably the highest it can go is 100%. (note: this should be moved to the property statements)
Allowed unitsmilligram per cubic metre (Q21077820) or volume percent (Q2080811)
Examplemethyl bromide (Q421758) → 16
Format and edit filter validationShould we check for values that are negative or above 100%?
Sourcehttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/default.html
Robot and gadget jobsFuture importation of Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards into Wikidata
See alsolower flammable limit (P2202)
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Proposal discussionProposal discussion
Current uses
Total186
Main statement18599.5% of uses
Qualifier10.5% of uses
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Units: “milligram per cubic metre (Q21077820), volume percent (Q2080811): value unit must be one of listed. (Help)
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P2203#Units, hourly updated report
Scope is as main value (Q54828448): the property must be used by specified way only (Help)
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P2203#Scope, hourly updated report, SPARQL
Citation needed: the property must have at least one reference (Help)
Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P2203#citation needed

Percentage is not a unit edit

@James Hare (NIOSH): Sorry, I couldn't comment on this proposal before it was created. The current examples and statements use percentag. Which is poorly defined concept unless you know what numbers were used to generate the percentage. I think for this porperty, most measurements are made by comparing the volume of flamable gas to the volume of air. So the unit we should use is millilitre per litre (Q21075844). Is it ok if I change the units and move the decimal point one over? --Tobias1984 (talk) 10:25, 8 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

Yes, mL per L is a better unit. Pinging Emily for her thoughts as well. James Hare (NIOSH) (talk) 00:43, 9 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

@James Hare (NIOSH), Tobias1984: We can use percentage but we have to specify volume percentage (the most common unit for inflammability as vol% or %v/v) or mass percentage. Snipre (talk) 08:01, 13 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

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