This document provides an overview of finding material properties from various sources. It introduces the presenter and their background in materials science. It defines what materials and properties are, listing examples of categories of materials and common types of properties. The document then addresses how to know the specific property and material being researched. It lists several library and online sources for finding property data, and provides more details on databases like the Physical and Chemical Properties Data Guide, MatWeb, SciFinder Scholar, and MDL CrossFire Commander.

1. Finding
Material Properties
Amanda Werhane
Liaison to: BME, CBE, MSE

2. Agenda
• Introduction
• Know the materials
• Know the properties
• Library sources
• Online sources

3. Introduction
• My subject area background
– BS in Biological Aspects of Conservation
• Chemistry, Geology, Meteorology, Genetics, Botany, Zoology,
Entomology, General Ecology, Wildlife Ecology,
Environmental Studies, Art, Calculus, Statistics, Music,
Russian, etc.
– Liaison to: BME, CBE, MSE
• Workshop goals:
– Some of you will learn something new about materials
and/or properties
– Some of you will learn something new about a tool for
finding property data
– Everyone will get a hands-on refresher

4. What are materials?
• Generally, rigid or semi-rigid substances
• Categories of materials:
– Metals
– Ceramics
– Polymers
– Composites

5. What are properties?
• Way of describing, classifying and
predicting the behavior of materials
• General types:
– Chemical
– Structural
– Physical
– Mechanical
– Safety/health

6. Questions from PSS
Q: Thermodynamic properties of argon, such as kinematic
viscosity
Q: Properties of alloys (brass, bronze, steel, tin, lead)
Q: Optical properties of lead (Pb) in Landolt-Bornstein
Q: Costs and materials properties of aluminum and titanium
Q: Elastic modulus, yield strength, elongation, etc. of steel
Q: Specific gravity of goat hair
Q: Chemical property of ammonia: latent heat of sublimation
Q: Property of "creep" in ceramics
Q: X-ray diffraction database for information on an alloy

7. Know the properties
• Property name and synonyms
• Symbol and/or unit
• Type of property

8. Know the materials
• Molecular formulae
• Chemical names
• Registry numbers

9. Library sources
• Wendt Library
– Website
– MadCat: many titles have scanned table of contents and/or index
• Chemistry Library
– Great online resources, including:
– Physical & Chemical Properties Data Guide
http://chemistry.library.wisc.edu/properties/properties.htm
• Memorial Library
– Theses
• Others: Geology Library, Steenbock Library, Ebling
Library, Water Sciences Library, etc.

10. Online sources
• Physical and Chemical Properties Data guide
• CCINFOWeb
• ChemFinder.com
• MatWeb.com
• Kirk-Othmer
• Knovel
• Scifinder Scholar
• Beilstein/Gmelin Crossfire Commander
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
• ASM Handbook
• NIST Webbook

11. SciFinder Scholar
• Must be downloaded to your computer
• Already loaded on all public computers,
Infolab computers, and LILI lab computers

18. MDL CrossFire Commander
• The mother of all material property
databases
• Like SciFinder Scholar, must be
downloaded to your computer
• Need passwords