| Finding Books | Handbooks & Encyclopedias |
| Finding Articles | Materials Properties Data |
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| Try a keyword search: | ceramics AND manufacturing polymers AND hazards |
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| Try a subject search: | Manufacturing processes Microstructure — Mathematical models |
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| Include the type of book you are looking for: | materials AND handbook polymer AND encyclopedia |
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| Try truncation for more results: | metal* retrieves… metal, metals, metallic, etc. |
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| Or, browse ebook collections: | ENGnetBASE: CRC Engineering Handbooks Online Knovel: Engineering & Scientific Online References Ebrary: an extensive ebook collection covering all subjects |
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| This page focuses on resources which have specific usefulness to the Materials Science and Engineering community. However, many general, interdisciplinary engineering resources are useful for all engineers, regardless of their specialty. For example, Engineering Village is a superb database for scholarly articles, handbooks, patents, standards, and more. For general engineering resources, please see our Fundamentals of Engineering Research guide. | ||
| Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts Comprehensive database for the ceramics industry, providing international coverage on the manufacture, processing, applications, properties and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics. |
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CSA Materials Research Database The CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX brings together in one place the majority of the leading materials science databases, with specialist content on materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites used in engineering application. Everything from raw materials and refining through processing, welding and fabrication to end use, corrosion, performance and recycling is covered in depth for all metals, alloys, polymers, ceramics, and composites. |
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| Materials Business File Industry news, international trade data, government regulations and management issues related to the metals and materials industries. |
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ASM Handbooks (American Society for Metals) — ELECTRONIC Reference information on metals and materials: data and guidance on properties, processing, performance, selection, analysis, and applications. |
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| CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics — PRINT, ELECTRONIC Hagerty Reference (1st floor) — QD65 .H3 85th ed. (2004/05) A ready-reference book of chemical and physical data. You may want to view the Properties of Solids section of the handbook. |
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| CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook — PRINT, ELECTRONIC Hagerty Reference (1st floor) — TA403.4 .C74 1994 This handbook covers properties of materials and selection of materials; categories include Composition, Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Thermal Properties, Mechanical Properties, Electrical Properties, Optical Properties and Chemical Properties. |
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Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology — ELECTRONIC Extensive coverage of the properties of materials and their manufacture and application. |
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| Engineered Materials Handbook — PRINT, ELECTRONIC Hagerty Books (2nd floor) — TA403.4 .E64 1995 Volume 1 focuses on composites, volume 2 focuses on engineering plastics and volume 4 is on ceramics and glasses. |
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| Materials Handbook: An Encyclopedia For Managers, Technical Professionals, Purchasing And Production Managers, Technicians And Supervisors — PRINT Hagerty Reference (1st floor) — TA403 .B73 2002 Each material entry gives composition, method of production, major properties, and uses. |
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MATERIALSnetBASE — ELECTRONIC Includes 55 fully-searchable ebooks on the topics of Materials Science, Packaging, and all aspects of Engineering. |
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POLYMERSnetBASE — ELECTRONIC CRC Encyclopedias and Handbooks covering polymer information |
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| Smithells Metals Reference Book — PRINT, ELECTRONIC Hagerty Reference (1st floor) — TN671 .S55 1991 This is the standard reference work for metallurgists in academia and industry throughout the world. It includes comprehensive data on the physical, electrical, mechanical, and magnetic properties of metals. |
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| Biomaterials Properties Database — ELECTRONIC These tables are provided as a service by the University of Michigan-NIDR Materials Science Research Center at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. |
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| efunda - Properties of common solid materials — WWW Physical, Mechanical, Thermal, Electric and acoustic properties are covered. |
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| Fuel Properties Database — ELECTRONIC The database includes data on various physical, chemical, operational, and environmental, safety, and health properties. These data result from tests conducted according to standard test methods (nearly all are American Society for Testing and Materials, or ASTM, methods). |
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| INSC Material Property Database — ELECTRONIC Material properties that are to be included in the database are intended to meet the needs of analysts using computer codes and doing experiments for safety evaluation of the world’s commercial nuclear reactors. The focus is on the materials used in light water reactors (LWRs) with initial emphasis on high-priority properties of materials unique to Soviet nuclear reactor designs and reactors in eastern-Europe and developing countries. A list of properties for each material and the phases to be considered are determined based on a needs assessment. |
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Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) — ELECTRONIC Vermont Safety Information Resources, Inc. Vermont SIRI (Safety Information Resources, Inc.)provides access to the MSDS Archive of information about chemicals, and links to many new MSDS archives provided by manufacturers concerned about the safe use of their products. Also searchable is information about chemical toxicity. |
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MatWeb — ELECTRONIC Provides property data on over 13,000 materials. |
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Materials Science and Engineering Labratory — WWW The materials science division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology offers extensive resources, including property data for ceramics, plastics, metals, nanomaterials, and more. |
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| TPSX Materials Property Database — ELECTRONIC The goal of TPSX is to provide easy and immediate access to material data for analysts, engineers and designers in the aerospace field. This version of TPSX offers data on over 1500 materials, compiled by various NASA Centers and industry sources. Most of the materials are designed for aerospace applications. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. |
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| Where to find Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) on the Internet — WWW Categorically organized sites where MSDS can be accessed freely |
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