Research Guides: Materials Science: Getting Started

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ASM Alloy Center Database
The ASM Alloy Center Database™ Alloy Finder is an authoritative database of more than 123,000 alloy designations, specifications, standards, and commercial grades in the U.S. and globally. The latest release includes nearly 3,000 new and updated ferrous and nonferrous alloy standards specification data sheets: UNS, ASTM, ASME, and International standards (BSI, BIS, JIS, etc.). Includes an alloy finder, coatings data, corrosion performance data, data sheets & diagrams, and materials property data.
ASM Micrograph Database
The ASM Micrograph Database is a growing collection of micrograph images and associated data. The emphasis of the collection is on micrographs for industrially important alloys. Information captured for each image includes material designation and composition, processing history, service history, metallographic preparation/technique, magnification, significance of the structures shown, selected materials properties data, and other relevant data. As of March 2024, a total of 4,807 micrographs are displayed in the database.
Reaxys
Based on the combined content of Beilstein, Gmelin, and the Patent Chemistry Database, Reaxys is an extensive repository of reaction and substance property data for organic, organometallic, and inorganic compounds. Substance and reaction profiles provide a tabular view of validated experimental data. Reaxys' integrated synthesis planner supports the development of efficient synthesis strategies.
SciFinder-n
CAS SciFinder-n is the latest scientific information solution from CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society. In addition to the reference, substance, reaction and supplier content found in CAS SciFinder®, CAS SciFinder-n includes relevance-ranked results, step-by-step procedures and protocols, citation mapping, biosequence searching, retrosynthetic analysis, patent landscape mapping, touch-screen enabled structure drawing and much more—all accessible in a simple, easy-to-use interface.Access through the web; one-time registration is required. [Note: DHMC users should contact Biomedical.Libraries.Reference@dartmouth.edu for the link to the CAS "Register for a Scifinder-n Account" page and more information on access to SciFinder.]
SpringerMaterials: the Landolt-Börnstein database
Based on the 400-volume Landolt-Börnstein New Series, SpringerMaterials is an extensive collection of fully evaluated physical and chemical property data for engineers and physical scientists. SpringerMaterials includes thermophysical properties of common components and mixtures; a data collection on inorganic solid phases, covering crystallographic data, phase diagrams, diffraction patterns, and physical properties; and a collection of chemical safety documents.

Additional Materials Data Sources

Fundamental Physical Constants from NIST
International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry, and technology
Contains critical data on inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances. Features physical, thermodynamic, mechanical, and other key properties.
Knovel Critical Tables
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.
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This 2nd Edition has been updated with over 40 new interactive tables which include new tables covering 503 Heat Capacity and Thermal Conductivity, 3,133 Reaction Thermodynamics and Equilibrium Constants, 854 Density and Compressibility, 13,332 Vaporization and Vapor Pressure, 185 Thermal Expansion, 377 Transport and Flow, and 1902 Electrical Properties data. Each table is fully interactive and searchable by keyword and numeric property value. The thermodynamic tables feature an Equation Plotter that graphically represents the temperature correlation relationships and allows for easy calculation and plotting of the properties. This important, interactive Knovel reference contains tables of physical, solvent, and thermodynamic properties. The physical property tables alone include over 21,000 inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances. The solvent property tables have data for 385 common solvents, and the thermodynamic property tables have data for over 15,000 compounds. Additionally, several tables make use of the interactive Equation Plotter to plot thermodynamic properties as a function of temperature. Source of the Data: This information was collected from publicly available Internet sources and from non-copyrighted publications. Knovel's internal engineering and science editors reviewed the data. If there were differences between values for the same compound and/or the same property, the values were either averaged or a range was created. Final product testing emphasizes data integrity to sources and consistency with data models and leverages the skill sets of our team resources. Automated programmatic validation processes are performed to compare source against final published data. Errors are trapped and corrected to ensure fidelity to the source data.
Knovel Material Property Search
Knovel's material property search engine finds numeric data hidden in handbooks, manuals, and databases. There are thousands of materials and substances (metals, polymers, ceramics, chemicals, etc.) and more than 100 properties (physical, thermodynamic, electrical, corrosion, toxicity, etc.) to search.
MatWeb
searchable database of material properties
MEMS and Nanotechnology Clearinghouse
NIST Physical Reference Data
Compiled and provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
NIST Finite Element Analysis of Microstructures
Designed to help materials scientists calculate macroscopic properties from images of real or simulated microstructures. It reads an image, assigns material properties to features in the image, and conducts virtual experiments to determine the macroscopic properties of the microstructure.
NIST Standard Reference Data
WebCSD: Cambridge Structural Database
Contains published crystallographic data on organic, organometallic, and metal complex structures whose 3D structures have been determined using X-ray diffraction or neutron diffraction.