Materials - Science and Technology Resource

• Chemguide Chemical Resistance Guide - Chemical corrosion resistance and materials selection software indicates the chemical corrosion resistance that commonly used metals, elastomers, plastics, thermosetting materials and other materials will offer to more than 9000 chemicals/media.
  
  
• Component Failure Museum - Examples for specific failure types and problems in various engineering materials and components.
  
  
• Construction Chemistry - Internet resources on chemistry in construction technology and material science. An indexed and annotated directory.
  
  
• Elastic and Thermal Properties Database - Temperature dependent material properties as tabulated data, an Excel equation, a C/C++, FORTRAN or BASIC function or subroutine, ABAQUS or ANSYS formats. Full version contains elastic modulus, thermal expansion and thermal conductivity. Data for elements provided free in demo version.
  
  
• High Temperature Materials Laboratory (HTML) - The Oak Ridge National Laboratory helps to solve materials problems that limit the efficiency and reliability of advanced energy conversion systems.
  
  
• MarkeTech International, Inc. - Offers an extensive line of advanced materials including aerogels, electrochemical materials, super conductive products, single crystal substrates and parts, engineered ceramics, alumina, tungsten, and sputtering targets.
  
  
• Material Connexion - Comprehensive resource center dedicated to international material innovation, offers producers and users of materials a single source of inspiration, information and promotion.
  
  
• Material Engineers forum at Eng-Tips - Material Engineers technical support forums and mutual help system for engineering professionals. Selling and recruiting forbidden.
  
  
• Materials Interactive Website - A site using advanced simulation techniques, like Java and VRML, to model the behaviour of materials. In particular, the evolution of damage in a composite laminate is simulated.
  
  
• MatWeb - A free online materials information resource with properties data on over 28,000 materials. Search for materials by name or properties. Database includes comprehensive coverage of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers, aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel, superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys, ceramics, plus a growing list of semiconductors, fibers, and other engineering materials. Advanced features for registered and premium users.
  
  
• NAS/NRC reports: Materials - On-line access to National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council reports on materials topics.
  
  
• Short Courses/MSc in Materials - 'Advanced Materials Technology' and 'Materials for Engineering Applications' are flexible, modular Masters programmes for people in industry. A wide range of short courses/modules are available.
  
  
• Surface Chemistry - A web-based course providing an extensive introduction to the theory and practical aspects of the study of solid surfaces, including topics such as surface structure, molecular adsorption and experimental techniques.
  
  
• Technology Interface - University based research and material science technology: Partnerships and links to institutions.
  
  
• Texture and Anisotropy of Crystalline Materials - A crash course in texture and a freeware program for texture determination in the download section.