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Online
Materials Databases, Tools and Tutorials |
WebElements -
Mark Winter's award winning web site, a periodic table of the
elements
Periodic Table - Phoenix College's ChemLab server
Its Elemental - A very nice periodic table on Jefferson
Lab's educational web site
Physical Constants - NIST's reference on site offering
CODATA internationally recognized values for units and physical
constants
Units Conversion Calculator - Convert between different
units of measurement
AZom
- online materials information site, including a newsletter,
properties, and experts
eFunda
- Online reference for engineers
The Phase Diagram Web - For elemental binary systems
NIST's JANEF Chemical Formula Search - Search for a
material's properties by entering its chemical formula
Martindale's, The Reference Desk - Extensive reference
resource on many topics, including materials science
MatWeb -
Database of materials sheets, including metals, ceramics,
polymers, semiconductors, fibers
Nanotechnology Database - A site at Loyola that presents up-to-date
sources of information on nanotechnology
American Mineralogy Database - A crystal structure database
that includes every structure published in the American
Mineralogist, The Canadian Mineralogist, and the European
Journal of Mineralogy
Crystal Lattice - Structure
- View a variety of crystal structures
Hardness Conversions
- Convert hardness to tensile strength
Hardness Scales - Convert between standard hardness scales
Hardness Conversion Charts - Charts showing standard
hardness scales plotted against Vicker's hardness
Hardness Scales for Wood - Janka hardness table listing
different woods
Hardness Testing - tutorials, charts and tools
NDT Calculators - Eddy current and ultrasonic calculators
The Challenge of Materials - A gallery and web site all
about materials
Diffusion Modules - Online modules on diffusion from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Select "Faculty", "Lupulescu,
Afina" then "Diffusion Modules Listings")
The Matter
Project - An outstanding set of online tutorials on many
materials science topics
Quasicrystals - A tutorial on crystalline materials which do
not fit classic unit cell scheme (Select "Introduction to
Quasicrystals")
Materials Testing - Tinius-Olson's pages describing various
materials properties and testing methods
Ellingham Diagrams - This is an on-line tutorial and program
developed at San Jose State University that introduces Ellingham
diagrams, a widely used tool for predicting the thermodynamic
stability of carbides, oxides, nitrides, halides and sulfides.
This program will let you select type of Ellingham diagram (carbide,
oxide, nitride, halide or sulfide), the specific reaction, and
then view the Ellingham diagram and make related thermodynamic
calculations.
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Materials
Science and Engineering Software |
NIH
Image - public domain image capture, processing, and
analysis software for the Apple Macintosh
Scion Image - Scion's adaptation of NIH Image for Windows
and Mac OS.
X-ray Crystallography Simulator - Mark DeGreaf's program for
the Macintosh allows one to enter cell parameters, populate it
with atoms, and display the structure in several ways and
calculate a diffraction pattern.
MatVis
- Ricardo Simoes's student/instructor-oriented program for
displaying and manipulating crystal structures
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Materials Characterization |
Metallography and Microstructure
Metallography Image Archive - The Royal Institute of
Technology's online metallography site
Microstructures of Copper - The Copper Page's gallery of
microstructures of copper-based alloys
Metallography - An online resource for metallographers
Microscopy
Image
Analysis Tool Kit (CD-ROM) - Image processing resources such
as Adobe PhotoShop filters for Mac and Windows platforms
CIME -
Interdisciplinary Center of Electron Microscopy, an extensive
collection of online resources related to electron microscopy
WWW Virtual Library: Microscopy - all aspects of light
microscopy, electron microscopy and other forms of microscopy
University of Oklahoma - Microscopy and Microscopes, online
course
Microscopy and
Microanalysis - A site maintained by Argonne National
Laboratory
X-ray
Techniques and Crystallography
SINCRIS - An extensive list of crystallography software
X-Ray WWW Server
- A site for x-ray spectroscopists
Silicon
Valley X-Ray Site - An independent public service site that
provides links and information related primarily to x-ray
instrumentation and various applications of x-rays, and targets
the professionals developing or using x-ray equipment
Inspection
and Non-destructive Testing
NDT - A forum
for the inspection and non-destructive testing community
NDT Resource - A comprehensive source of information and
materials for NDT and NDE technical education. Excellent
tutorials, online calculators, and career information
MNRC - McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center, neutron imaging
Rockwell Hardness Measurement of Metallic Materials - A 118
page document from NIST
Other
Techniques
STM Gallery - IBM Almaden's scanning tunneling microscopy
image gallery
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Metals, Ceramics, Polymers and Related Sites |
Materials
Science
Yahoo, Materials Science - Science, Engineering/Materials
Science, glossaries, links and other web-based resources
Materials Science Web Resources - Oakridge National
Laboratory's list of materials science web resources
Materials Science Resources on the Web - A site maintained
by Iowa State University
MaterSci
- A searchable database of Internet resources related to
materials science
Materials Gateway - Part of PSIgate (Physical Sciences
Information Gateway), the physical sciences hub of the Resource
Discovery Network
Materials Science Resources - SUNY-Stony Brook's list of
Internet resources
World of Materials - An introduction to materials science
and engineering
Metals
Principal Metals Online - Properties or a wide variety of
metals, specifications, periodic table, conversion factors and
weight calculators
The Copper Page
- Worldwide Copper Links, sponsored by the International Copper
Association
Titanium
Services - A forum for titanium professionals, includes data
and specification on alloys and products
Titanium
Industries - Excellent resource on titanium alloys, history,
and applications. Includes a student's page.
International
Magnesium Association - News, publications and databases on
magnesium alloys
Magnesium
- A comprehensive online resource for engineers and others
interested in the history, development and applications of
magnesium
Nickel
Development Institute - Information about nickel and nickel-containing
materials -- how they are being used today
Aluminum
Association - News and articles concerning the aluminum
industry
World-Aluminum
- History, applications and environmental matters related to
aluminum
American Zinc
Association - News, data, applications and educational
videos on zinc
USGS Minerals Information, Zinc - Articles summarizing the
production and utilization of zinc
World Gold
Council - The gold market, jewelry, and technical
information on gold
Platinum Today - Prices, data, applications, and production
of platinum
Stainless Steel
Information Center - Data, applications and news on
stainless steel. Includes a tutorial for students.
Ceramics
Ceramics and
Industrial Materials - Resources dedicated to professionals
interested in ceramics, industrial minerals and related topics
Polymers
Plastics Resource - Information on plastics and the
environment
Yahoo, Polymers - Yahoo Polymers index
Polymers Division - Materials Science and Engineering
Laboratory at NIST
Macrogalleria - A cyberland of polymer fun
Other
Chemistry of Diamond - An article on the chemistry,
structure and types of diamond
The
Composites Corner - Links to hundreds of composite materials
sites
Superplasticity - A searchable database of literature,
materials, conferences and suppliers related to superplasticity
MEMS - videos showing operating MEMS devices
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Professional Societies and Associations |
AACCM -
Association of American Ceramic Component Manufacturers
ACerS -
American Ceramics Society
AISE -
Association of Iron and Steel Engineers
AISI - The
American Iron and Steel Institute
ANSI - The
American National Standards Institute
APC - American Plastics Council
ASEE -
American Society for Engineering Education
ASM - ASM
International
ASNT -
American Society for Nondestructive Testing
AWS - American
Welding Society
ICDD - The
International Centre for Diffraction Data
ITA - The
International Titanium Association
MRS - Materials
Research Society
NACE -
National Association of Corrosion Engineers
NASA - The
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NIST - The
National Institute for Standards and Technology
NSTA -
National Science Teachers Association
SPE - Society
of Plastics Engineers
TMS - The
Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
AMES
Laboratory - A US DOE laboratory operated by Iowa State
University
ALS -
Advanced Light Source (Berkeley, CA)
ANL - Argonne
National Laboratory (Argonne, Illinois)
Battlelle
- Battelle (Memorial Institute)
BNL -
Brookhaven National Laboratory (Brookhaven, New York)
IBM - Materials science research at IBM
LANL - Los
Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos, New Mexico)
LBL - Lawrence
Berkeley Laboratory (Berkeley, California)
LLNL -
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, California)
NASA-Langley
Research Center - Aeronautics and space research (Hampton,
Virginia)
NCEM -
National Center for Electron Microscopy
NREL -
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NRL -
Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, D.C.)
ORNL - Oak
Ridge National Laboratory (Oakridge, Tennessee)
PNNL - Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, Washington)
SNL - Sandia National Laboratory (Livermore, California)
SRI International
- a private research laboratory (Menlo Park, California)
Sites -
Educational Resources Available On Line
General
Atomics Science Education Foundation - Educational modules
and materials for science, including materials science
Teaching Plastics - A virtual plastics classroom
ERIC -
Educational Resources Information Center
The Gateway
to Educational Materials - Department of Education's one-stop,
any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units
and other education resources on the Internet
Products -
Commercial Products Developed for Classroom and Laboratory Use
Klinger Educational Products Corp. - Physics demonstrators
and crystal models
Beevers
Miniature Models - small crystal structure models for
industry, research and education
JCrystal -
View crystal morphology editor and viewer for a wide range of
minerals and structures; includes stereo pairs, anaglyphs, and
exports to HTML and popular image file formats.
MatVis
- A student/instructor-oriented program for displaying and
manipulating crystal structures
ESM-Software
- Software for materials science, databases, crystallography,
thermochemistry, etc.
ESM-JMC
- Educational software for materials
Bureau of Labor Statistics - Materials Engineer
Bureau of Labor Statistics - Chemists and Materials
Scientists
Bureau of Labor Statistics - Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Online
Materials
Jobs - Jobs for materials professionals (MetallurgyJobs.com,
PolymerJobs.com, CeramicJobs.com)
Welding-Engineer Jobs - Jobs for welding engineers
Chronicle of
Higher Education - Resources for educators and academic
professionals
Career
Resource Center - career opportunities for students
interested in materials science and engineering
Career Builder
- Search hundreds of thousands of jobs across the nation or in
your own neighborhood
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