chem property sources

CHEE4361 Spring 2008

Resource Name Web address Abstract Why chosen

Air Liquide company website

Has extra info on lab equipment

Resources below include those submitted by both Spring 2008 and the previous semester's sections

http://encyclopedia.airliquide.com/Encyclopedia.asp?GasID=28#MajorApplications

This website offers users gas properties, vapor pressure graphs, liquid gas conversions, safety data sheets, major hazards, and material compatibility. The user can input the name or chemical formula.

This resource contains a large list of various molecules and not only provides the gas properties, but useful information like what would be listed on a typical Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS).

Aldrich. Handbook of fine Chemicals and laboratory Equipment

Copy free from: http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/Brands/Aldrich.html

Different types of properties for almost every chemical.

http://encyclopedia.airliquide.com/Encyclopedia.asp?GasID=28#MajorApplications

Alfa Aesar

Analysis of enzyme kinetic data

https://www.alfa.com/alf/laboratory_chemical_suppliers.htm

The site offers searches either over the entire catalog, or for pure elements and alloys only. The database can be searched by common name, CAS number, or catalog number. The entries on each substance include a large amount of physical data and properties. Because this is a chemical suppliers website, each compound is listed in all of its commonly used forms with the corresponding properties.

I chose this resource because of the relevance to our needs in the lab. Alfa Aesar specializes in laboratory supply, the data they have will most likely cover anything we come across in our experiments. The fact that each concentration of reactant is listed separately, we can be sure of the change without having to do any assuming.

American Institute of Chemical Engineers http://www.aiche.org/Publications/Knovel/index.aspx

The AIChE elibrary, powered by Knovel is brings hundreds of engineering and scientific references, handbooks, standards and databases to your desktop, 24/7. The e-library let you: Search for content across the entire collection, Analyze results, reorganize data and export information, Manipulate interactive tables, graphs, equations and spreadsheets, Perform 'what if' experiments on the data.

Again, I’ve used this online resource extensively in past and current projects. The only draw back is that you have to be and AIChE member. The good news, chemical engineering students can now join for FREE and have access to this great site.

http://library.uh.edu/record=b2089110

This book contain basic analysis and principles of enzyme, also tell the methods to maximum likelihood and efficiency

Some of our practice is about enzyme analysis project, this book can tell details about how to do it

http://www.aiche.org/Publications/Knovel/index.aspx

Chem Search Engine

ChemExper Chemical Directory http://chemexper.com/

Chemfinder

http://www.neis.com/apps/chemicals

ChemIndustry.com is the leading comprehensive directory and search engine for chemical and related industry professionals. Our databases of Web sites include more than 45,000 chemical industry related entities and contain the full text of millions of pages. ChemIndustry.com provides specialized search services for chemical names, jobs, market research and consultants.

I’ve used this website before to find basic information about chemicals. This site will also help in giving leads to research information elsewhere.

Basically this is a database with chemical information from many different vendors.

This was the first database of this type that I ever found, and I’ve been using it on and off for past eight years or so.

http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/

The above website provided by CambridgeSoft Corporation allows you to search for information on a certain chemical, element, gas, etc. based on its Chemical Name, CAS Number, Molecular Formula or Weight. The search results include the component’s structure, formula, density, refractive index, flash point, molecular weight, melting point, boiling point, vapor density, vapor pressure, water solubility, MSDS, and related information such as in the Health division.

This resource provides a quick search for any component you need to carry out your research or design without flipping through hundreds of pages from a book to find it. The information is also provided by a currently operating company, which makes the data more reliable and up to date.

Chemfinder

Chemfinder


This resource provides chemical names, synonyms, molecular formulas, and structure. It provides other data such as melting and boiling points, density, refractive index, vapor density and pressure, water solubility, flash points, and includes links to other sites on the internet with information on the chemical.

This resource contains four databases that include reference, chemical, reaction, and safety databases.

http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/result.asp

The Chemfinder website offers the following chemical information: Chemical Structures2D structures & 3D models. Physical Properties MP, BP, CAS RN, & more. Hyperlinks Links to other websites with information about your compound. Also, there are several 2 week trial offers to more comprehensive chemical databases that can be useful during experimental research.

I used this resource before in Organic Chemistry lab to study the structures of certain molecules.

Chemical properties handbook : physical, thermodynamic, environmental, transport, safety, and health related properties for organic and inorganic chemicals by Carl L. Yaws.


This book includes data for both organic and inorganic substances. It contains: Critical properties, heat capacities, enthalpy of vaporization and fusion, vapor pressure, density of liquid, surface tension, entropy, enthalpy, Gibbs energy of formation, solubility, Henry’s law constants, viscosity, thermal conductivity, etc.

It contains hard-to-find data or difficult to calculate. It contains information on how chemicals will behave at different temperatures and under different conditions.

Chemifinder


This is a complete on-line chemical database containing a good deal of chemical properties used by chemists and engineers. From chemical structures to IUPAC nomenclature and reaction kinetic data is all found there. The ChemFinder subsection of the reference database and the Organic synthesis subsection of the reaction database are free-of-charge to the general public.

It’s convenient to access, it’s free, and the databases are easy to navigate. Chemical properties are easily found here whereas it requires more work to find same information in a published handbook or other source.

Computer Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO) http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/

Using this website, students can find response information by searching through the database of 6,000 hazardous materials. The website describes the material and gives information about all hazards (health, fire, explosive, firefighting, cleanup, and protective clothing). Additionally, the website will predict how chemicals with react if mixed together.

This website is important from a safety standpoint in the lab. Seemingly harmless chemicals can become very hazardous if mixed with the wrong material. This website will give students an idea of the kind of safety precautions necessary for their chemicals.

CRC handbook of chemistry and physics

This is a reference chemistry handbook which contains the most relevant properties used by practicing chemists. It’s widely used in industry and the laboratory. The UH library keep the latest edition of the handbook, and it’s available electronically to UH students and faculty.

It’s a trusted source of chemical properties. It’s easy to access via the UH library website. It contains information that is not found on the internet or other online chemical properties databases.

http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/

It’s readily available

http://dippr.byu.edu/

DuPont

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (electronic version) http://library.uh.edu/record=b3013768

It has the basics like molecular formulas and molecular weight as well as kinetics and thermodynamic data.

Hard to find data is there. I have used this source many times and it usually has what I need.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (electronic version)


This handbook presents data on physical and chemical constants of materials, properties of materials and fluids, biochemistry, analytical chemistry, molecular structure and physics, nuclear and particle physics, laboratory practice and safety.

This book provides a broad coverage on all the significant physical and chemical phenomena. It contains the fundamental information about chemistry and physics.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (electronic version)


Different types of properties for almost every chemical.

DIPPR (Design Institute for Physical PropertiesSponsored by AIChE)

This website has thermophysical properties, constant properties, and temperature dependent properties to name a few. It also contains over 1000 compounds

It was recommended by Dr. Rooks in class, and it contains useful property data such as temperature dependence and simple constant properties

http://msds.dupont.com/msds/pdfs/EN/PEN_09004a2f806a3060.pdf

This pdf contains the physical and chemical properties of the refrigerant Tetrafluoroethane. It also contains the safety procedures in which to handle this chemical.

For my Thermo I course project we had a specified refrigerant to see what the best efficiency was with the equipment used.

Finding Physical Properties on the Internet

http://www.cheresources.com/physinternetzz.shtml

Chemical methods, chemicals property spreadsheet, free articles

It contains a forum, can ask questions here


http://msds.dupont.com/msds/pdfs/EN/PEN_09004a2f806a3060.pdf

Gmehling and Onken. Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data Collection, DECHEMA Chemistry Data, ser., vol 1 (parts 1-10). Scholium International, Frankfurt, 1997.


An extensive data collection providing isothermal or isobaric data sets for binary and multicomponent mixtures at low to moderate pressures. The various parts of the series cover organic mixtures: alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, ethers, esters, hydrocarbons, halides, sulfur and nitrogen compounds. Each part and its supplements have alphabetical and formula system indexes

It has a lot of vapor/liquid equilibrium data in one book

Handbook of chemical property estimation methods : environmental behavior of organic compounds / Warren J. Lyman, William F. Reehl, David H. Rosenblatt Publisher Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 1990


Introduce some chemical property estimation methods, one can also get information about the environmental behavior of organic compounds.

We can use the methods mentioned in this handbook to estimate some of the unknown chemical property

Handbook of Physical Properties of Liquids and Gases: Pure Substances and Mixtures. 3rd edition. Vargaftik, N.B., Yurii K. Vinogradov and Vadim S. Yargin. Begell House Publishers, 1996.


1. Tables of thermophysical data for hydrogen, metals, carbon compounds, hydrocarbons and other organics, nitrogen, ammonia, oxygen, SO2, halogens, air, gas mixtures, fuels and oils.

It has a 4-part index makes locating specific substances easier

Indian University. Chemical Information Sources http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/ca_ppi.html

It contains physical property compilations from various databases

The webpage covers many important property data from different sources, so we can compare the data from one source to another.

Indiana University. Physical and Chemical Property Information http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/10-06.html

In the NIST chemistry webbook, we can search by formula, name, reactions, structures, etc

There are two links on the webpage that transfer you to NIST Chemistry WebBook and CS ChemFinder. The database is very comprehensive

http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/ca_ppi.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/10-06.html

Introduction To Distillation

It contains very important data

International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/cis/products/icsc/dtasht/_icsc13/icsc1380.htm

This website contains the physical properties, hazards, symptoms, prevention, disposal, and storage environments for naphtha

We must know as much as possible about naphtha because it is what our design project for this semester is about

http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/distil/distil0.htm

The site is all about distillation, design and troubleshooting tower performance.

Easy to use distillation design in one spot.

Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data http://pubs.acs.org.ezproxy.lib.uh.edu/journals/jceaax/index.html

Reporting experimental, evaluated and predicted data on the physical, thermodynamic, and transport properties of well defined materials including complex mixtures of known compositions and systems of environmental and biochemical interest. The emphasis is on experimental data.

This resource will allow the student the opportunity to search for publications with experimental information on the chemicals the student will be using. Valuable information can be found from an experimental standpoint

Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (online version)


Over 1000 articles with more than 600 new or updated, monthly updates, previous versions archived for posterity, allows you to search and browse for articles easily

Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (online version)


The encyclopedia provides access to many chemicals. It gives general information about the chemical, physical data, thermodynamic data, and other useful information about the nature of the substance. The database is very useful if performing research on any certain chemical.

This encyclopedia contains an in depth description of chemicals. It also provides information on production method, safety as well as technical information. The fact that it has a well rounded description of the substance makes this source highly reliable.

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/cis/products/icsc/dtasht/_icsc13/icsc1380.htm

http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/distil/distil0.htm

http://pubs.acs.org.ezproxy.lib.uh.edu/journals/jceaax/index.html

MSDS Solution Center http://www.msds.com/

National Center for Biotechnology

http://webbook.nist.gov/

Mark Winter [WebElements Ltd and University of Sheffield, England

http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/

The WebElements scholar edition aims to be a high quality source of information on the WWW about the periodic table for students. You will find many pictures showing element structures and periodic properties. Note that elements 113, 115, and 117 are not known, but are included in the table to show their expected positions. Elements 114, 116, and 118 have only been reported recently.

It provides MSDS of compounds by entering their names or brands

It contains more than 3.5 million of MSDS catalogued by name and manufactured.

http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

PubChem is broken into 3 separate databases: compounds, substances, and bioactivity. They are easy to use databases that cover over 8 million chemical compounds and substances.

The size of the database itself is why I would recommend this database. It is bound to have hard to find information and offers multiple sources of data to verify accurate chemical properties.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

This resource contains thermochemical data for at least 7000 organic and small inorganic compounds. It also contains reaction thermochemistry data for over 8,000 reactions. There is thermophysical property data for 74 fluids.

The resource contains extensive chemical and physical property data for at least 10,000 compounds.


http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry

The NIST Chemistry WebBook provides users with easy access to chemical and physical property data for chemical species through the internet. The data provided in the site are from collections maintained by the NIST Standard Reference Data Program and outside contributors. Data in the WebBook system are organized by chemical species. The WebBook system allows users to search for chemical species by various means. Once the desired species has been identified, the system will display data for the species.

Thermodynamic data for several substances is very easily found using this database.


http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/

This site gives access to chemical and physical property data on more than 4000 compounds. To obtain such data for the compound, just type in the correct chemical formula.

This website is very easy to use and we can obtain information on the compound in a couple of seconds. We don’t have to waste time to look it up in the index.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/

A free web site providing reliable thermophysical and spectral data for a few thousand important compounds.

Very easy and convenient search options. Has a large database.




The NIST workbook contains thermodynamic data, kinetics, physical properties, common names, diagram of the chemicals structure, and other information. The database allows the user to search for a chemical using many different options.

The fact that it contains a lot of useful information for many chemicals in one database. Most of the information we usually look for is contained in this one source.



This site provides thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program.The site’s most useful feature would be its search function shown below. As you can see, a user can search for needed chemical property data through several links whether they know the formula, or are looking for data on various chemicals within a range of molecular weights.

I chose this website because it has an enormous amount of chemical data. By conducting a search on methane I came up with the following options: IR Spectrum, References, Notes/Error Report, Gas Phase thermochemistry data, and Phase change data as well as others. As you can see, this site offers a great amount of data on chemical species

It has been proven to be very reliable.



The NIST webbook contains a large amount of physical and thermodynamic data on many different chemical species, over 6500 organic and small non organic compunds. The benefit of this resource is that one can search by common name, chemical name, CAS number, chemical formula or by formula. It also has thermochemical data for over 9800 chemical reactions. When you look for a reaction, the search options allow you to fill in one or more of the products or reactants. This gives you more results to review.

I found this resource 2 years ago while working in a pilot plant. It was extremely useful in my project due to the many ways to search for a chemical and the large amount of data available on so many organic compounds. The data is also more reliable than other online sources.



This database of chemical compounds provides very accurate information on thermo-physical data of almost every compound imaginable. It even has some isomers I made up in my head.



This website has identification number for many compounds, structures, names and physical and chemical properties as well. It also contains data of various experiments on different instruments.

It’s a government supported website. It has experimental data of many compounds on different instruments. Hard to find data.



This webside provides some very useful information about general properties of different compounds (formula, name, IUPAC identifier, CAS registry number, Reaction, Structure) , physical properties (ion energeics properties, vibrational and electronic energies and molecular weight) and thermodynamic properties of fluid systems

It does contain some hard to find data and convenient to use



It allows you to get the properties of elements including molecular weight, chemical formula, structure and other chemical properties.

It provides chemical and physical property data on over 40000 compounds and reaction thermochemistry data for over 9000 reactions. During research of chemical reactors this information can serve extremely useful.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/

This website allows users to search for Physical Property and Thermodynamic data including boiling points as well as specific constants related to each molecule

This website is easy to use and allows the user to enter the name or chemical formula and to make sure that the structure is the correct molecules that is being looked for.



The NIST website grants access to chemical compounds’ thermodynamic data, formulas, and in both SI and Calorie units. It is also frequently monitored by the NIST.

This source is very useful because it is on the internet and easily accessible. Also, there is no need to search for information because once the compound is entered, all thermodynamic and physical data appear.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/name-ser.html

Comprehensive data with multiple sources; accurate and well referenced. Provides chemical, thermodynamic, physical etc information on chemical substances, organic and inorganic.

Hard-to-find data in one place, online, accurate and reliable. Used it extensively for design class.


http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/name-ser.html

New Jersey Institute of Technology Intellectual Curiosity.


http://www.nist.gov/srd/index.htm

This database offers the ability to research hundreds of types of properties for tens of thousands of chemicals. The database allows you to search according to name, formula, CAS#, reactions, structure, weights, and many other chemical properties. The database itself is very easy to use and navigable.

This database offers data covering a wide range of properties for a wide range of chemicals and is easy to use. Also, it is run by a well respected organization.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) http://www.nist.gov/srd/online.htm

This website provides databases for many disciplines such as Analytical Chemistry, Biotechnology, Fluids, etc.

I like this resource because of its variety. In stead of going through every links from Google and worried to determine the credibility of the source, this website already narrowed the search for us, and also sorted them into various uses from material properties, math and software tools, to environmental data and even law enforcement.

http://library.njit.edu/researchhelpdesk/subjectguides/phys-prop.php

This website leads you to databases of the following four universities: Arizona State, University of Texas, State University of new York and University of Florida. It also has working links to over 10 other databases like Chemfinder, and NIST, to name a few.

Perry’s Chemical Engineering Handbook,


Perry’s handbook is a resource to obtain physical data for many chemicals. It is all inclusive with thermodynamics, heat transfer, economics and safety information too.

Perry’s is a very useful source as it has an extensive listing of chemicals and their physical data. It also gives parameters for the chemicals that can be used to determine vaporizing points and other such data. This handbook has proven to be very useful.

http://www.nist.gov/srd/online.htm

http://library.njit.edu/researchhelpdesk/subjectguides/phys-prop.php

Oliva

Perry’s Chemical Engineering Handbook,

Perry’s Handbook is the most complete collection of physical and chemical data. It contain information from all the different areas of chemical engineering (thermodynamics, reactions, fluid mechanics, engineering design).

It has all the necessary physical data information as well as appropriate equations and description of methods to use.

Perry's chemical engineers' handbook


Inside this chemical engineering guide, it contains that : Physical and Chemical Data；Thermodynamics ；Heat and

Mass Transfer ；Fluid and Particle Dynamics Reaction Kinetics ；Process Control ；Process Economics；Heat

Transfer Equipment ； Distillation

；Gas Absorption and Gas-Liquid System Design Extraction Operations and Equipment ;Adsorption and Ion Exchange； Gas-Solid

Operations and Equipment ；Size Reduction and Size Enlargement And Many Other Topics which are very useful to a chemical engineer.

This handbook is the most specific handbook I’ve ever read, it contains most of the chemical engineering unit operations and the features of equipments

Physical Property Data Book for Scientists and Engineers

It contains steam data, psychrometric charts, enthalpy tables, etc. This information is valuable for some properties of water and water mixtures.

It contains good graphs and tables, which are very useful in finding chemical property data.

Quest Consultants Inc. Great for mixtures which are not ideal.

Large data base and ease of use.

SI Metric

http://www.questconsult.com/~jrm/thermot.html

This website calculates the vapor pressure, dew points, bubble points, enthalpy, thermo props, and flash calculations of mixtures.

Sandia National Laboratories and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

http://public.ca.sandia.gov/HiTempThermo//

Gas phase and condensed phase datahttp://

www.simetric.co.uk/si_liquids.htm

Densities for chemicals, unit transfer

It contains almost all the densities of the chemicals we usually use.

Sources for Chemical Property Data

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)


The NIST chemistry web book contains Thermo chemical data such as, Enthalpy of formation, Enthalpy of combustion, Heat capacity, Entropy, Phase transition enthalpies and temperatures, and Vapor pressure. This online resource also contains Reaction Thermochemistry such as, Enthalpy of reaction, and Free energy of reaction. Also, Ion energetic data for over 16,000 compounds, Ionization energy, Appearance energy, Electron affinity, Proton affinity, Gas basicity, and Cluster ion binding energies. Plus Thermophysical property data for 74 fluids.

It seems to be a very inclusive resource constructed by the NIST.

It contains very important data

The Properties of Gases and Liquids. 5th Ed. McGraw Hill, 2001


The printed resource book contain critical review of estimation procedures for a number of properties of gases and liquids, PVT & thermodynamic properties of pure components and mixture, vapor pressures & phase-change enthalpies, standard enthalpies of formation, standard Gibbs energies of formation, heat capacities, standard enthalpies of formation, surface tensions, viscosities, thermal conductivities, diffusion coefficients, and phase equilibria.

The data and estimation procedures presented in this book compiled through many years of experience, and the properties of certain gases and liquids are hard to find with other resources. The book is especially useful for students in the beginning stage of design.

Ulmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (online version)


40 volumes including one index volume contain more than 800 major articlesWritten by 3000 experts which provide information from leading chemical companies,Over 15,000 tables, 25,000 figures

University of California, Davis. Home page of Professor Brian Higgins, Dept of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

http://www.higgins.ucdavis.edu/webMathematica/MSP/Examples/steamtable

It provides steam properties given certain temperature / pressure

The use of water is very common and it's always essential to know the enthalpy of heating up/ cooling down water especially in heat exchangers

University of Florida

http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/msl/subjects/cd/property.html

This website gives chemical and thermophysical properties to most chemical species. We can obtain data for enthalpy, entropy, heat of fusion/evaporization, heat of many compounds. It also provides fluid properties, Henry’s Law data, IR & mass spectrum on the compounds.

I think this website is useful for chemical engineers in obtaining physical & chemical properties for chemical compounds that we work with. By the chemical formula of the compound, we can easily find the data that we want.

US Department of Interior: Minerals Management System

http://www.mms.gov/glossary/index.htm

Provides an extensive online glossary of petroleum industry terms.

Very useful for quick referencing when reading technical literature on petroleum industry.

Vermont Safety Information Resources Inc.

http://siri.org/msds/index.php

Some safety information and health hazard data

We can get a lot of information about the chemical toxicity data from this website, which is useful for the chemical design.

Yaw’s Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds http://aichemembers.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=667

This source has all of the important chemical and physical data chemical engineers need.

Hard to find data is usually there, but if not, correlations and their constants are provided.

http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/msl/subjects/cd/property.html

http://www.mms.gov/glossary/index.htm

http://aichemembers.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=667

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