Finding material properties
- 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