Materials for engineering, 3rd Edition - (Malestrom)

Appendix IV
Sources of material property data
HANDBOOKS
1 Metals
Smithells Metals Reference Book (2003) 8th Edition (Editors: W.F. Gale
and T.C. Totemeier), Butterworth–Heinemann, Oxford, UK.
2 Ceramics and glasses
ASM Engineered Materials Handbook, Vol. 4: Ceramics and Glasses
1991, ASM International, Metals Park, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
3 Polymers and elastomers
ASM Engineered Materials Handbook, Vol. 2: Engineering plastics, 1988,
ASM International, Metals Park, Columbus, Ohio, USA
4 Composites
ASM Handbook Volume 21: Composites, 2001 D.B. Miracle and S.L.
Donaldson. ASM International, Metals Park, Columbus, Ohio, USA
DATABASE SOFTWARE
There is a rapidly increasing number of computer-based materials information
systems available and only a small selection of them is given here. Copies of
an updated list of PC-based Materials Databases are available from the
Materials Information service of the Institute of Materials, Minerals &
Mining.
1 General materials
Matweb http://www.matweb.com/index.asp?ckck=1
Includes property information on thermoplastic and thermoset polymers,
ceramics, metals and alloys such as Al, Co, Cu, Pb, Mg, Ni, steel,
superalloys, Ti and Zn.
MatData.Net http://www.matdata.net/index.jsp
Sources of data include ASM International, The Welding Institute, National
Physical Laboratory (UK), National Institute of Materials Science (Japan).
2 Metals
Data on individual metals and alloys are also available as follows:
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