nanoform

[vedina]

The nanoform term , recently introduced by ECHA is not defined in ENM ontology and is also missing from BioPortal

[egonw]

Latest draft of that document (Jan 2017): https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/13564/appendix_4_nano_registration_committees_en.pdf/1abb12d1-88a2-b386-0907-c67d05105378

It writes:

"A 'nanoform' is a substance that meets the requirements of the Commission Recommendation
for the definition of nanomaterial [refs] (hereafter, the definition of nanomaterials) and has a shape and a surface chemistry."

Discussion started with the WG4... for now, I will await a clear or at least final definition.

[lwinckers]

"According to Annex VI of the REACH Regulation, a “nanoform” is a form of a natural or
manufactured substance2 containing particles, in an unbound state or as an aggregate or as an agglomerate and where, for 50 % or more of the particles in the number size distribution, one
or more external dimensions is in the size range 1 nm-100 nm, including also by derogation
fullerenes, graphene flakes and single wall carbon nanotubes with one or more external
dimensions below 1 nm."

https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/13655/how_to_register_nano_en.pdf/f8c046ec-f60b-4349-492b-e915fd9e3ca0

page 8.