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Appendix IV<br />

Aluminium Federation http://www.alfed.org.uk/site/alfed/home<br />

Properties of aluminium and its alloys – the industry’s standard guide to<br />

alloys, their properties and technical characteristics.<br />

Copper Development Association http://www.cda.org.uk<br />

Several CD-ROMs, datadisks and a database on copper have been<br />

produced.<br />

Magnesium Elektron Ltd http://www.magnesium-elektron.com/productsservices.asp?ID=9<br />

Data sheets are available <strong>for</strong> a range of magnesium casting alloys and<br />

wrought magnesium alloys.<br />

Nickel Institute http://www.nickelinstitute.org/index.cfm/ci_id/23/la_id/<br />

l.htm<br />

Technical guides are available <strong>for</strong> nickel-bearing non-ferrous alloys,<br />

stainless steels and other steel alloys.<br />

Stainless Steels http://www.euro-inox.org<br />

Lists the chemical composition, and the mechanical and physical properties.<br />

Includes the life-cycle costing of stainless steels which can calculate the<br />

cost of several materials options <strong>for</strong> a given project.<br />

Steel Specification – UK Steel http://www.uksteel.org.uk/; http://<br />

www.steelspec.org.uk/index.htm<br />

The in<strong>for</strong>mation in the Web <strong>Edition</strong> is an updated version of that published<br />

in the current 10 th <strong>Edition</strong> (November 2000) of the Steel Specifications<br />

Book.<br />

Titanium In<strong>for</strong>mation Group http://www.titaniuminfogroup.co.uk<br />

A data disc of titanium and datasheets are available.<br />

European Powder Metallurgy Association http://www.pmdatabase.com<br />

A common data source <strong>for</strong> powder metallurgical materials is provided<br />

free of charge, and there are links to suppliers of the materials described.<br />

3 Ceramics<br />

The NIST ‘Structural Ceramics Database’, produced by the National<br />

Institute of Standards and Technology (USA), consists of in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

on the thermal, mechanical and corrosion properties of a wide range of<br />

advanced ceramics.<br />

4 Polymers and elastomers<br />

FreeMDS http://www.freemds.com<br />

This is a no-charge service that provides a growing number of plastic<br />

material data sheets, at present containing over 37000 items from North<br />

America, Europe and the Pacific Rim.<br />

MatWeb http://www.matweb.com/index.asp?ckck=1<br />

PLASCAMS, produced by Rapra Technology Ltd, is designed to take<br />

the user from an initial specification through to a suitable material and<br />

supplier (polymers only).

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