CHE 342: How to Find Physical and Thermodynamic Properties of Chemical Substances: Physical and Thermodynamic Property Data Resources

The industry's best known and most comprehensive source of information on ferrous and non-ferrous metals and materials technology. It includes properties, phase diagrams, heat treating, and corrosion among other subjects.

A list of suppliers of chemicals with physical property data.

A free, web-based search system that provides access to structure and nomenclature authority files used for the identification of chemical substances cited in National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases.

A mobile app which provides access to chemical structures, chemical properties, supplier information and safety data via web services.

Slideshow presentation by Antony Williams on the use of ChemSpider.

A database of 40,000 compounds with reference to their synthesis and selected physical properties.

Open-access collection of crystal structures of organic, inorganic, metal-organic compounds and minerals, excluding biopolymers.

This classic and well-known reference was originally published for the National Research Council in 7 volumes. It contains an enormous amount of critical data on inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances. The original 1000-page index is hyperlinked to each entry's appropriate page.

Mutual solubilities and liquid-liquid equilibria of binary, ternary and quaternary systems are presented.

Includes interactive tables covering Heat Capacity and Thermal Conductivity, Reaction Thermodynamics and Equilibrium Constants, Density and Compressibility, Vaporization and Vapor Pressure, Thermal Expansion, Transport and Flow, and Electrical Properties data.

Find thermophysical properties and calculation methods for hydrocarbons, light gases, polymers and electrolyte solutions commonly encountered in chemical engineering practices.

Includes data sheets of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyester, polyethylene and polypropylene; metals such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel, superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys; ceramics; plus semiconductors, fibers, and other engineering materials.

The print Merck Index may be found in Ready Reference RS51 .M4 2006. The Merck Index is an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals that contains more than 10,000 monographs. Each monograph in this authoritative reference source is a concise description of a single substance or a small group of closely related compounds.

Free access to MSDS/SDSs from industry and government sites.

Provides access to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientific and technical Data.

A list with links and annotations to all databases provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Interactive periodic table provided by Web Elements.

Interactive periodic table provided by Chemicool.

Data compiled and evaluated by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

Provides information on chemical substances and how they are represented in EPA regulations and data systems.

Provided by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

A chemical company catalog with some physical property data.

A database containing comprehensive data for organic and metal-organic compounds studied by X-ray and neutron diffraction.

Database of hazardous materials.

Provides physical properties of ceramic materials, provided by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Displays worldwide information about chemical products (physical and chemical characteristics, structure, MSDS etc.).

A database of physical and toxicological properties of substances provided by the National Center for Computational Toxicology of the EPA.

Provides you with capsules on many topics in chemistry. Additionally, there are reference tables and profiles of every element and thousands of compounds.

Experimental and computed (quantum mechanics) thermochemical data for a selected set of 1799 gas-phase atoms and small molecules. Tools for comparing experimental and computational ideal-gas thermochemical properties.

The Consumer Product Information Database (cpid) contains health effects information for products used in the home and in some commercial/institutional settings that contain chemicals.

Provided by Indiana University.

Compiled by the Thermodynamics Research Laboratory of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Covers 48 physical, thermodynamic and transport properties for 100 pure compounds.

Resources, tools and basic information for engineering and design of technical applications. Includes physical properties of chemical substances.

A Comprehensive Enzyme Information System.

Physical and thermodynamic properties of 138 gases.

Published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

A review of environmental and health aspects of over 4,500 chemicals.

Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organizations.

Summarizes essential health and safety information on chemicals. Includes some physical property data. Provided by the International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre.

Provided free by the National Physical Laboratory of the UK.

A compilation of physical and chemical data for substances.

The Lhasa Carcinogenicity Database is a searchable repository of 7745 chronic-exposure carcinogenicity studies covering a total of 1726 chemicals.

A database of chemicals providing suppliers, physical property, toxicity and other data.

A repository of calculated properties of inorganic materials.

Searchable for Materials Safety Data Sheets.

Includes physical property and toxicity data.

Links over 4 million experimental data points for pure compounds, binary and ternary systems, and reactions to specific literature references.

An NMR database for organic structures and their nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) spectra It allows for spectrum prediction (13C, 1H and other nuclei) as well as for searching spectra, structures and other properties. Includes peer-reviewed datasets. The nmrshiftdb2 software is open source, the data is published under an open content license.

A place where scientists can share spectral data and export it in a number of formats in order to do open source science.

Compiled by Harold M. Bell at Virginia Tech.

Inorganic Materials Database includes phase diagrams, crystal structures, and physical properties.

This database comprises the most comprehensive collection of physical, mechanical and chemical data for the platinum group metals (platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium and ruthenium) and their alloys.

From Knovel, originally published by Smithsonian Institution Press, this classic reference source comprises 901 tables of general interest to scientists and engineers, and of particular interest to those involved with physics in its larger sense. All entries in the index are hyperlinked to their page numbers.

A guide to websites covering infrared, ultraviolet, X-ray, NMR, Raman and mass spectroscopy a guide to websites covering infrared, ultraviolet, X-ray, NMR, Raman and mass spectroscopy.

Compiled by G. Ali Mansoori, PhD. of the University of Illinois.

Toxicity of chemical substances.

Compiled by Shuzo Ohe of the Science University of Tokyo.

Provides structural information on all of the Zeolite Framework Types that have been approved by the Structure Commission of the International Zeolite Association (IZA-SC).