Finding Chemical & Materials Properties

Provides information on how to search for property data

Best Places to Start

ASM International Handbooks
ASM Handbooks provides materials data for metals, ceramics, and composites. Access is via the database Knovel.

AccessEngineering
Complete online access to McGraw-Hill's Engineering Handbooks.
SciFinder
Combined access to Chemical Abstracts CAPlus, Registry, CASREACT, CHEMLIST, CHEMCAT databases and Medline. Search by chemical structure or substructure, reaction, name, formula, etc., or by natural language query.
>>>Check out this tutorial video (30mins) on how to search for property data using SciFinder.
SpringerMaterials
Contains resource for physical and chemical data in materials science; see the Landolt-Bornstein collection (located on the left side of the page after you have clicked the link).

CINDAS
CINDAS is a collection of handbooks and databases. Locate materials properties data, such as thermal, physical, and other property data.
NIST Chemistry WebBook
Chemical, physical & spectroscopic data of many chemical substances. Includes IR, NMR, MS, UV, thermochemical data for substances & reactions, etc. Searchable by structure, formula, and property values. Compiled by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program.

MatWeb
Select materials by name or designation, search for materials that meet your property requirements, find metals based on their constituent elements, or search for specific materials.

Last Updated: Nov 25, 2025 2:08 PM

Subjects: Engineering, Science