LibGuides: Data and statistics: Chemical, Physical, Materials Data

ChemSpider
Chemspider is a free chemical structure database from the RSC providing access to freely available chemical data

Compendex (Ei Engineering Village) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive engineering database that includes journals and conference materials from as early as 1884. Coverage includes nuclear technology, bioengineering, transportation, chemical and process engineering, light and optical technology, agricultural engineering and food technology, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, control, civil, mechanical, materials, petroleum, aerospace and automotive engineering as well as narrower subtopics within all these and other major engineering fields. Numeric data is indexed so results can be filtered within specific data parameters.
Knovel eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
This e-book collection is valuable across various engineering fields, including biotechnology, computing, food science, marine technology, molecular biology, and chemistry. The platform also includes technical reference books, interactive graphs and tables, and data on material and substance properties. Additionally, the Data Search tool allows users to create queries focused on different materials or substances.

Materials Safety Data Sheets
A regularly updated site featuring over 85 free resources for material safety data sheets (MSDS) sites on the internet
Matmatch
A materials search platform that connects engineers and material suppliers through the most comprehensive materials database in the world.
MatWeb
Searchable database of material properties, includes data sheets of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyester, polyethylene and polypropylene; metals such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel, superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys; ceramics; plus semiconductors, fibers, and other engineering materials.
NIST Chemistry WebBook
The NIST Chemistry WebBook provides access to chemical and physical property data for chemical species.
NIST Standard Reference Data
Search the NIST Data Gateway.
Online Data Information Network for Energy (ODIN)
ODIN contains engineering databases MATDB (materials data) and HAID plus the document database DOMA and other information related to European research in the area of nuclear and conventional energy.
OpenPhacts
Publicly available pharmacological data
Physical Sciences Data-science Service
National Research Facility which brings together tools and resources for UK researchers in physical sciences.

Reaxys This link opens in a new window
Reaxys is a powerful chemistry data-searching tool designed to retrieve chemical reactions, substances and their properties, patent data and more. Reaxys can be searched in a number of ways, including by chemical structure, formula, and physical property parameters. NOTE: A personal account is needed to use this database, click on 'Activate personalization' or 'Not registered?' to set up an account. The registration process only needs to be completed once.
SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
A chemist-curated database from CAS offering reference, substance and reaction searching with sophisticated analysis tools. Substances can be searched by chemical structure, markush (for Patents), molecular formula, property or substance identifier. Includes MethodsNow (showing every experimental step for ease of replication) and PatentPak (identifying novel chemistry information in a Patent document).

TOXNET
Resource for searching databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.

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