3.2.4 Other Metals

3.2.4 Other Metals
Meta Sites
Eastern Alloys, manufacturer of zinc alloys provides a listing of other
metals-related web sites, for instance; the International Council on Metals and
the Environment (ICME) which ensure safe production, usage, recycling and
disposal of metals. The ICME web site has in its turn a list of other mining and
metal organizations (see also EInet Galaxy). Some other zinc and zinc galvanizing
sites are listed at Steelynx, in the corrosion and electrochemistry segment.

List of Databases

Other Sites
Shape Memory Applications, Inc.
NiTi products and services. It contains a comprehensive background on shape memory
alloys plus bibliographic references, conference annoncements, and a list of
applications with photos.

The Wakefield Corporation
is working in the field of powder metallurgy. This site includes; design
guidelines, description of the P/M process and comparisons with other fabrication
processes, a guide to properties of usual P/M alloys, and case histories.

Another interesting location in the field of powder metallurgy is the Carpenter
Technology Corporation, manufacturer and distributor of speciality materials;
wrought and powder speciality steels and alloys and other highly engineered
products such as structural ceramics, and powder metal injection-moulded parts.Tab. 10. FERROUS AND NONFERROUS ALLOYS, DATABASES AND TECHNICAL REFERENCE GUIDES
Name Host Materials Properties Access Mode
ASD 2.0 AlloyTech most ferrous and non-
ferrous metals and alloys,
including speciality and
tool steels. metal matrix
composites supplier information
and materials data;
chemistry, mechanical
and physical properties,
fabrications and applications,
tradenames WWW,
CD-ROM
and PC-disks
COPPERDATA STN International wrought and cast
copper alloys physical and mechanical online via
Internet or
Telnet
High Temperature
Materials Databank JRC Petten high temperature
engineering alloys physical and mechanical,
time-independant and
elevated temperature
materials application PC or client/
server version
Hydrogen Data ESA-IRS see next column Hydrogen material
interactions and compared
properties of materials
with and without hydrogen. WWW,
subsript
ILZRO.EXE Eastern Alloys zinc die-casting
alloys physical and mechanical downloadable,
MS-DOS based
Material
information
and selection
(WAS) IMA
Materialforschung
und
Anwendungstechnik weldable mild steels,
wrought aluminium alloys
and aluminium casting
alloys, copper materials,
nickel and nickel alloys,
titan and titan alloys technological and
physical data, comparisons
and selection PC-disks,
commercial
METALCREEP STN International aluminium- and
magnesium alloys,
steels high temperature
tensile properties online via
Internet or
Telnet
Metals Datafile STN International ferrous and nonferrous
alloys physical and mechanical
properties, applications,
specifications, materials
science, etc. online via
Internet or
Telnet
MetalWeb Properties
Database Metalbasics, Inc. various metals chemical and mechanical
properties, various physical
properties and cross
reference specifications
available product forms. WWW,
subscript
SMA-SELECT Materials Technology
Royal Institute of
Technology Shape memory alloys information on composition,
process metallurgy,
thermomechanical treatments,
testing, transformation
behaviour, properties,
applications and literature
references. under
development
materials selection
database Special Melted
Products high integrity steels
and nickel base alloys mechanical, compositions
and specifications as EXE-file or
on CD
Titanium and
its alloys International
Titanium Association titanium and titan alloys compositions,
specific./design., mechanical
and physical properties,
fabrications, selection, etc.
Numeric/bibliographic
database WWW, free
titanium,
reference guide Titanium Industries titan alloys mechanical and physical,
processing info. Remarks
on fabrications and heat
treatment and more
detailed data for 6AL-4V
and 6Al-4V ELI. online and as
different
downloadable
files

AlloyTech, Inc.
AlloyTech is providing electronic marketing and information services to the metals
industry. Suppliers Online Marketplace, is an advertising site where companys can
provide their customers free access to a diversity of metals information.
The AlloyTech Supplier and Material Property Database, ASD 2.0, details the
production availability and standard inventory of metals suppliers in North
America. It gives access to industry terminology, specifications, tradenames,
properties, applications, fabrication data, etc. ASD 2.0 is available on 3.5"
floppy, CD-ROM and for Windows. It includes many different steels and other
metals, for example; aluminium, carbon and alloy steels, cast irons, copper
alloys, electrical steel, magnesium alloys, metal matrix composites, stainless
steels, and titanium.

COPPERDATA
This is a collection of physical and mechanical property data for approximately 160
wrought copper alloys and 100 cast U.S. copper alloys. Numeric data are available for
mechanical, electrical, thermal, and other physical properties. The source for the
database is the CDA Standards Handbook, published by the Copper Development
Association.

High Temperature Materials Databank (HTM-DB)
A computer-based system for data on the mechanical and physical properties of
engineering alloys that are mostly used in high temperature technology. The HTM-DB
also covers time-independent and elevated temperature materials application. The
database structure is oriented to international materials standards and
recommendations. Its emphasis is on data from standardised tests and on evaluation
methods which are well established and widely accepted.
The evaluation program library which is linked to the DB contains material
models, constitutive equations as well as simple data splines. The programs operate
under Microsoft Excel for Windows.
The HTM-DB is available as PC or client/server versions with and without
connection to the server computer at Petten. In the latter case the data is
administrated in the PC or the server of the customer. The Petten Server stores all
data entered by different customers and supports on-line data transfer to the
replication PC or server of the customer. These platforms also have the advantages
of : 1. central data storage which is important for international projects. 2. data
quality check by material and database experts.
Installation of the HTM-DB supplied software may make use of the Internet
ftp-protocol for file transfer. As an alternative, copies are available on magnetic
media.
The scientific and technical responsibilities for the HTM-DB and its
administration reside at the Joint Research Centre in Petten (Netherlands). The JRC
is independant and works for the major objectives of the European Union.

HYDROGEN DATA
is a factual and numerical file, covering hydrogen material interactions
(ferrous and nonferrous metals/alloys) and compared properties of materials with
and without hydrogen. Each record gathers all the information concerning a test
involving hydrogen, providing access to results in standard units. Records are in
English if the original paper is in English, and in French in other cases. Material
names and Index Terms are always in both English and French. The time span is from
1980 to present with file update every two months. HYDROGEN DATA is produced by
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, Laboratoire de Recherche en Documentation,
Paris. The file can be accessed online via ESA-IRS.

Eastern Alloys
manufactures zinc alloys using state-of-the-art processing technology. The Zinc
Alloy Guide is to help designers and material specifiers to better understand the
capabilities of zinc casting alloys for product applications. It describes
advantages and accounts for properties and specifications. It is available on the
web. The EA Literature Library holds extensive technical information about zinz and
zinz alloys that can be ordered online.
The International Zinc Association publishes the "Pocket Guide to World Zinc"
online, in collaboration with the International Lead and Zinc Study Group. It
contains principal facts about properties and applications as well as production-
and trading info, among other things. This bibliographic resource is provided
through Eastern Alloys.
An electronic zinc reference guide, ILZRO.EXE is also provided. This is a
graphical, MS-DOS based application that documents the mechanical and physical
properties of zinc die-casting alloys, with bar charts comparing zinc properties
with aluminium, magnesium and plastics. For this and the above Alloy Guide see
online brochures.

IMA Materialforschung und Anwendungstechnik GmbH
IMA is an engineer- and service company working with practical oriented tasks on
materials research, calculation, testing and quality guarantee. In the information
centre for materials application is engineer technical solutions for choices of
metals and plastics in different applications being worked out. The centre produces
and distributes databanks and software systems for materials information and
selection, and works out customer specific databanks.
Databanks and information systems (taken from the CODATA report: International
Register of Materials Database Managers, 1993 edition). These databases are not
available online.
Material information and selection (WAS) consists of: Weldable mild steels;
technological and physical property data, comparisons, selection and search for
weldable mild steels. Wrought aluminium alloys and aluminium casting alloys;
materials data, comparisons and selection. Similar systems exist for copper
materials, nickel and nickel alloys, respective titan and titan alloys.
Materials and assortment comparison (WUM): materials comparison,
standards, producers, trade names, chemical analysis, properties etc. For steels,
cast iron, nonferrous metals, and welding adding materials.
Steel in the building industry. Corrosion behavior of stainless steels.
Materials for environment-technology (flue gas desulphurization); Property and
corrosion data, comparisons, recommendations and environmental laws concerning
materials and components, flue gases and noxious materials.
PROCHEM, resistance and change of properties of plastics in chemical media.
Chemical resistance of elastomers.
GIANT, thermoplastic material groups and thermosetting moulding materials.
Physical and technological data, characteristics.
Semi-finished products from plastics. Information on varieties and manufacturers
of semi-finished products on the german market.
Materials recycling.

METALCREEP
This database contains design data on creep and rupture stress of aluminium and
magnesium alloys and steels. It also contains supporting high temperature tensile
properties over a varying range of operating temperatures. The source is the
summary tables of ASTM Data Series Publications, originally produced by the
Materials Property Council.

Metals DataFile (MDF)
The Metals DataFile, produced by Materials Information in association with ASM and
the Institute of Metals (copyrights now owned by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts),
provides numeric data on ferrous and nonferrous alloys. Sources of the data are
literature citations from engineering- and materials science journals, handbooks and
data sheets. Bibliographic references, as well as references to the METADEX File are
included.
The database covers the following subjects: mechanical and physical properties,
composition, designation information, applications, specifications, engineering and
materials science, chemistry and chemical engineering. The file was last updated
1993 and will not be updated again.
As user aids there are; Online Helps (HELP DIRECTORY lists all help messages
available), the NUMERIGUIDE, the STNGUIDE.
Chemical Abstracts Service has worked as database supplier. It is distributed by
and can be accessed online via STN.

MetalWeb Properties Database
Metalbasics, Inc. is an U.S. company sourcing software for the metal industry.
Metalbase 1.5 is a licensing program for vendor marketing. Their MetalWeb
Properties Database is available online for licensing and contains chemical and
mechanical properties, various physical properties and cross reference
specifications available product forms.

SMA-SELECT
The Royal Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering,
Stockholm.
This is a property database for shape memory alloys. At present the database
contains information on composition, process metallurgy, thermomechanical
treatments, testing, transformation behaviour, properties, applications and
literature references. The project aims at providing scientists and engineering
designers with reliable, systematic and extensive information in a portable manner.
Efforts on such a complex database as this for SMAs by a single institue are
certainly limited and international corporations are strongly needed to speed up the
development of the database and avoid duplicated work. The institute would like to
exchange information on SMAs with institutions or companies who are involved in SMA
activities and have interest in participating in the development of the database.

Special Melted Products, Ltd
is part of the Sheffield Forgemasters Group of Companies. For a long time
Special Melted Products has worked in partnership with industry to develop alloys
with higher purity, greater integrity and enhanced performance.
Their materials selection database is available as a self extracting executable
file which can then be installed under Windows (3.1 or 95). It is aslo available on
CD.
closer description

Titanium and Its Alloys - technical reference guide
This guide provides information about titanium, its properties, fabrications, and
applications. Here can information on commonly used titanium alloys be searched. The
data included touches nearly all aspects of the use of titanium. Topics dealt with
include; characteristics and applications for titanium alloys, selection based on
purpose (corrosion resistance, strength, etc.) or form, manufacturing techniques,
and economics and availability. Manufacturers and suppliers web pages are listed.
Request for information, downloads, and details on products and publications for
ordering, are also available from the International Titanium Association.

Titanium Industries, Inc. - free downloads
Technical reference guide on titanium and titanium-alloys online (composed using
tables). It contains e.g. information on properties and processing, ASTM- and
international specifications, and measurement conversions.

Titanium technical manuals and data sheets
TIMET, Inc. is an american supplier of titanium metal products. Their activities
comprise research, manufacturing and sales. They provide technical manuals and data
sheets on the properties, design and fabrications of Titanium alloys on their
homepage (follow the products-link). Corrosion resistance of Titanium is thoroughly
accounted for including tables and figures. All essential forms of corrosion
affecting Titanium are discussed with suggestions for the most suitable (TIMETAL)
alloys to prevent attack. Corresponding Titanium grades (ASTM, USA, UK, France,
Germany) are given.
A handbook for Titanium design and fabrication for industrial applications is
provided in the form of hypertext. Here are also hints on maintenance of equipment.
A separate manual treats production, properties, design and applications of
Titanium tubes.

Index
alloys
ASD 2.0 ; commercial database
magnesium ; International Magnesium Assn., METALCREEP
MatWeb ; materials information system online (corrosion)
Metadex ; metals and alloys, the science and practice of metallurgy
Bibliographic database
nickel base ; cast metals database, hot cracking data, IMA database

cast iron ; IMA (WUM), cast metals database and MatWeb (corrosion)

high temperature alloys/properties ; DIWA (pressure vessel steels), HIGHTEMP
(Steels, Al), HTM-DB, hot cracking data, IAC, METALCREEP (Al,Mg,Steels)

copper ; COPPERDATA, Copper page, IMA database

powder metallurgy ; NCEMT knowledge base, process info, Wakefield Corp.,
Drexel Univ. (links)

shape memory alloys ; Shape Memory Applications, SMA-SELECT database

titanium and titan alloys
information and data ; International Titanium Association, IMA database
technical reference guides ; Titanium and Its Alloys, Titanium Industries, TIMET

vendor marketing, metals ; AlloyTech, Metalbasics, Inc.

zinc
alloys ; Eastern Alloys, MatWeb (corrosion)
Pocket Guide to World Zinc ; online bibliographic database link EA
technical reference guides ; link EA

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Name	Host	Materials	Properties	Access Mode
ASD 2.0	AlloyTech	most ferrous and non- ferrous metals and alloys, including speciality and tool steels. metal matrix composites	supplier information and materials data; chemistry, mechanical and physical properties, fabrications and applications, tradenames	WWW, CD-ROM and PC-disks
COPPERDATA	STN International	wrought and cast copper alloys	physical and mechanical	online via Internet or Telnet
High Temperature Materials Databank	JRC Petten	high temperature engineering alloys	physical and mechanical, time-independant and elevated temperature materials application	PC or client/ server version
Hydrogen Data	ESA-IRS	see next column	Hydrogen material interactions and compared properties of materials with and without hydrogen.	WWW, subsript
ILZRO.EXE	Eastern Alloys	zinc die-casting alloys	physical and mechanical	downloadable, MS-DOS based
Material information and selection (WAS)	IMA Materialforschung und Anwendungstechnik	weldable mild steels, wrought aluminium alloys and aluminium casting alloys, copper materials, nickel and nickel alloys, titan and titan alloys	technological and physical data, comparisons and selection	PC-disks, commercial
METALCREEP	STN International	aluminium- and magnesium alloys, steels	high temperature tensile properties	online via Internet or Telnet
Metals Datafile	STN International	ferrous and nonferrous alloys	physical and mechanical properties, applications, specifications, materials science, etc.	online via Internet or Telnet
MetalWeb Properties Database	Metalbasics, Inc.	various metals	chemical and mechanical properties, various physical properties and cross reference specifications available product forms.	WWW, subscript
SMA-SELECT	Materials Technology Royal Institute of Technology	Shape memory alloys	information on composition, process metallurgy, thermomechanical treatments, testing, transformation behaviour, properties, applications and literature references.	under development
materials selection database	Special Melted Products	high integrity steels and nickel base alloys	mechanical, compositions and specifications	as EXE-file or on CD
Titanium and its alloys	International Titanium Association	titanium and titan alloys	compositions, specific./design., mechanical and physical properties, fabrications, selection, etc. Numeric/bibliographic database	WWW, free
titanium, reference guide	Titanium Industries	titan alloys	mechanical and physical, processing info. Remarks on fabrications and heat treatment and more detailed data for 6AL-4V and 6Al-4V ELI.	online and as different downloadable files