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This resource will help connect you to books (print and online) that contain facts about chemical or physical properties of matter or substances. The characteristics are listed alphabetically, with the books that include information about this characteristic noted below.
To find your term, you can:
- search this page using control-f for the characteristic or property you need or
- browse for your term in the alphabetical listing. For instance, for "dialectic constant," scroll down to D and see the resources that are listed under the phrase.
Note: some of the books are available online; for others, you will need to look at the print copy in the Library -- follow the link for call number and location information.
Property compilations
- CRC handbook of chemistry and physics [print or online]
- International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry and technology [print or online]
- Knovel [online]
- Knovel critical tables [online]
- MatWeb [online]
- NIST Chemistry WebBook [online]
- Reaxys [online]
- Smithsonian physical tables [online]
- WebElements [online]
- Yaws handbook of properties of the chemical elements [online]
A - F
A
Activation energies
- CRC handbook of bimolecular & termolecular gas reactions. [print]
- Handbook of antioxidants : bond dissociation energies, rate constants, activation energies, and enthalpies of reactions [print]
- Polymer handbook. 4th ed [print]
Activity coefficients
- Physical and chemical equilibrium for chemical engineers. [print]
- Activity coefficients in electrolyte solutions. [print]
- CRC handbook of chemistry and physics [print or online]
- CRC handbook of thermophysical and thermochemical data [online]
- Handbook of aqueous electrolyte thermodynamics [online]
- Handbook of biochemistry and molecular biology [print or online]
- Theoretical mean activity coefficients of strong electrolytes in aqueous solutions from 0 to 100 C [print]
- Vapor-liquid equilibrium data collection [online]
- Yaws' Handbook of Properties for Aqueous Systems [online]
Adsorption and adsorption coefficients
- The elements [print]
- EXTOXNET: pesticide information profiles [online]
- International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry and technology [print or online]
- Thermal accommodation and adsorption coefficients of gases [print]
Antoine coefficients and constants
- CRC materials science and engineering handbook [print]
- Handbook of organic solvent properties [online]
- Handbook of the thermodynamics of organic compounds [print]
- NIST Chemistry WebBook [online]
- Vapor-liquid equilibrium data collection [online]
- Yaws' handbook of Antoine coefficients for vapor pressure [online]
- Yaws' Handbook of Properties for Aqueous Systems [online]
B
Bioconcentration factor aka bioaccumulation (see also: Environmental fate)
- Agrochemicals desk reference: environmental data [online]
- Groundwater chemicals desk reference [online]
- Handbook of environmental data on organic chemicals [online]
- Handbook of environmental fate and exposure data for organic chemicals [online]
- Handbook of physical-chemical properties and environmental fate for organic chemicals [online]
Bond energies
- CRC materials science and engineering handbook [online]
- Handbook of antioxidants: bond dissociation energies, rate constants, activation energies, and enthalpies of reaction [print]
- Handbook of bond dissociation energies in organic compounds [online]
- Reaxys [online]
- WebElements [online]
Bond lengths/ bond angles
- CRC handbook of chemistry and physics [print or online]
- Crystal data: determinative tables [print]
- The elements [print]
- PDB: the Protein Data Bank [online]
- Polymer handbook [print]
- Tables of interatomic distances and configuration in molecules and ions [print]
- WebCSD [online]
C
Compressibility
- Industrial solvents handbook. 5th ed. [online]
- International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology [online]
Conversion factors
- Conversion factors for energy equivalents (NIST) [online]
- Conversion tables of units in science & engineering [online]
- CRC handbook of chemistry and physics [print or online]
Corrosion
- Corrosion guide [print or online]
- CRC materials science and engineering handbook [print]
- Metals handbook desk edition [print]
Critical properties
- Dean's analytical chemistry handbook [print or online]
- Industrial solvents handbook [online]
- Metals handbook desk edition [print]
- Organic solvents: physical properties and methods of purification [print]
- Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook [online]
- Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds [online]
- Yaws' Thermophysical Properties of Chemicals and Hydrocarbons [online]
Crystal structure and space groups
- CRC materials science and engineering handbook [print]
- Crystal data: determinative tables [print]
- Inorganic crystal structure database [online]
- International tables for crystallography [print]
- LiqCryst [online]
- PDB: the Protein Data Bank [online]
- PDF-4+: Powder Diffraction File [online]
- WebCSD [online]
D
Dielectric constant
- Electrochemical data [print]
- Industrial solvents handbook [online]
- International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry and technology [print or online]
- Knovel critical tables [online]
- Nonaqueous electrolytes handbook [print]
- Organic solvents: physical properties and methods of purification [print]
- Properties of nonmetallic fluid elements [print]
- Reaxys [online]
Diffraction Data
- PDF-4+: Powder Diffraction File [online]
Diffusion (molecular)
Dipole moment
- CRC handbook of chemistry and physics [print or online]
- Handbook of organic solvent properties [online]
- Industrial solvents handbook [online]
- Organic solvents: physical properties and methods of purification [print]
- Selected values of electric dipole moments for molecules in the gas phase NSRDS-NBS, no.10 [online]
- Tables of experimental dipole moments [print]
E
Electrical conductivity (see also: thermal conductivity)
- Electrochemical data [print]
- Electrolytic conductance and the conductances of the halogen acids in water NSRDS-NBS no. 33 [online]
- Handbook of organic solvent properties [online]
- Industrial solvents handbook [online]
- International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry and technology [print or online]
- Knovel critical tables [online]
Electrical resistivity
- CRC handbook of chemistry and physics [print or online]
- Electrochemical data [print]
- Smithells metals reference book [print or online]
- Yaws handbook of properties of the chemical elements [online]
Electron affinity
Electron binding energies
- The elements [print]
Electron configuration
Electronegativity
- The elements [print]
Enthalpy (see also: heat of formation)
- Handbook of antioxidants: bond dissociation energies, rate constants, activation energies, and enthalpies [print or online]
- Industrial solvents handbook [online]
- International thermodynamic tables of the fluid state [print]
- NIST-JANAF thermochemical tables [print or online]
- NIST/TRC web thermo tables [online]
Entropy
- The elements [print]
- Heat capacities and entropies of organic compounds in the condensed phase [print]
- Handbook of environmental fate and exposure data for organic chemicals [online]
- Handbook of physical-chemical properties and environmental fate for organic chemicals [online]
- Industrial solvents handbook [online]
- International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry and technology [print or online]
- International thermodynamic tables of the fluid state [print]
- Yaws' Thermophysical Properties of Chemicals and Hydrocarbons [online]
Environmental fate (see also: bioconcentration)
- Agrochemicals desk reference [print or online]
- Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database [online]
- EXTOXNET: pesticide information profiles [online]
- Groundwater chemicals desk reference [print or online]
- Handbook of environmental fate and exposure data for organic chemicals [online]
- Handbook of physical-chemical properties and environmental fate for organic chemicals [online]
Equilibrium constants
- Agrochemicals desk reference [print or online]
- Atlas of metal-ligand equilibria in aqueous solution [print]
- Critical stability constants v. 2-6 [print]
- Data for biochemical research [print]
- Dean's analytical chemistry handbook [print or online]
- Dissociation constants of organic bases in aqueous solution [print]
- Handbook of biochemistry and molecular biology [print or online]
- Handbook of proton ionization heats and related thermodynamic quantities [print]
- Ionisation constants of organic acids in aqueous solution [print]
- Organic solvents: physical properties and methods of purification [print]
- Reaxys [online]
- Stability constants of metal-ion complexes [print]
Expansion coefficient (see also: thermal expansion)
Explosive properties (see also: flammability, flash point)
- Bretherick's handbook of reactive chemical hazards [online]
- Hazards in the chemical laboratory [print]
- Industrial solvents handbook [online]
- Knovel solvents [online]
Exposure limits
- Hazardous laboratory chemicals disposal guide. 3rd ed. [print or online]
- NIOSH Pocket Guides to Chemical Hazards [online]
F
Flammability (see also: flash point)
- Bretherick's handbook of reactive chemical hazards [print]
- Comprehensive guide to the hazardous properties of chemical substances [print or online]
- Industrial solvents handbook [online]
- Knovel solvents [online]
- Sax's dangerous properties of industrial materials [print]
Flash point (see also: explosive properties, flammability)
G-K
G
Gibbs free energy (aka free energy, free enthalpy, Gibbs function)
- International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry and technology [print or online]
- NIST-JANAF thermochemical tables [print or online]
- Yaws' handbook of properties of the chemical elements [online]
- Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds [online]
- Yaws' Thermophysical Properties of Chemicals and Hydrocarbons [online]
Global warming potential
H
Half life (see also: environmental fate)
Hazard ratings, code and reactions
- Hazardous chemicals desk reference [print or online]
- Hazardous laboratory chemicals disposal guide [print or online]
- NIOSH pocket guides to chemical hazards [online]
- Wiley guide to chemical incompatibilities [online]
Heat capacity (see also: specific heat)
- Handbook of metal ligand heats and related thermodynamics quantities [print]
- Heat capacities and entropies of organic compounds in the condensed phase [print]
- Industrial solvents handbook [online]
- International thermodynamic tables of the fluid state [print]
- MatWeb [online]
- NIST/TRC web thermo tables [online]
- NIST-JANAF thermochemical tables [print or online]
- Physical and thermodynamic properties of aliphatic alcohols [print]
- Physical properties of hydrocarbons, v.1, 2, 4 [print]
- Thermal properites of aqueous uni-univalent electrolytes [online]
- Thermophysical properties of fluid systems [online]
- Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds [online]
- Yaws' Thermophysical Properties of Chemicals and Hydrocarbons [online]
Heat of combustion
Heat of formation (see also: enthalpy)
- Evaluated kinetic data for high temperature reactions, v.1-3. [print]
- Handbook of proton ionization heats and related thermodynamic quantities [print]
- Ionization potentials, appearance potentials, and heats of formation of gaseous positive ions NSRDS-NBS, no. 26 [print]
- Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook [online]
Heat of fusion
- CRC materials science and engineering handbook [print]
- Handbook of heat transfer fundamentals [print]
- International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry and technology [print or online]
- NIST Chemistry WebBook [online]
- Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds [online]
Heat of ionization
- Handbook of proton ionization heats and related thermodynamic quantities [print]
Heat of mixing
Heat of reaction
Heat of solution
Heat of vapourization
- Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds [online]
Henry's law constants
- Agrochemicals desk reference [print or online]
- Groundwater chemicals desk reference [print or online]
- Handbook of environmental data on organic chemicals [print or online]
- Handbook of physical-chemical properties and environmental fate for organic chemicals [online]
- Ionic liquids database - ILThermo [online]
- Knovel solvents [online]
- Yaws' Handbook of Properties for Aqueous Systems [online]
I
Internuclear distance
- Tables of interatomic distances and configuration in molecules and ions [print]
Ionization energy
- Atomic, molecular & optical physics handbook [print or online]
- CRC handbook of chemistry and physics [print or online]
- The elements [print]
- International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry and technology [print or online]
- Ionization potentials, appearance potentials, and heats of formation of gaseous positive ions NSRDS-NBS, no. 26 [print]
- NIST Chemistry WebBook [online]
- Reaxys [online]
- WebElements [online]
Isoelectric point
J
K
Kinetic data
- Compilation of rate constants for the reactions of metal ions in unusual valency states. NSRDS-NBS, no. 62 [print or online]
- CRC handbook of bimolecular & termolecular gas reactions [print]
- Evaluated kinetic data [online]
- Evaluated kinetic data for high temperature reactions, v.1-3 [print]
- Evaluated kinetic data on gas phase addition reactions [print]
- Gas phase reaction kinetics of neutral oxygen species. NSRDS-NBS, no. 20 [print or online]
- Handbook of antioxidants : bond dissociation energies, rate constants, activation energies, and enthalpies of reactions [print or online]
- Kinetic data on gas phase unimolecular reactions NSRDS-NBS, no. 21 [print or online]
- Liquid-phase reaction rate constants [print]
- NDRL/NIST Solution Kinetics Database on the Web: NIST Standard Reference Database 40 [online]
- NIST Chemical kinetics database [onlne]
- Polymer handbook [print or online]
- Rate coefficients for ion-molecule reactions: organic ions other than those containing only C and H NSRDS-NSB, no. 64 [print or online]
- Rate constants for reactions of aliphatic carbon-centered radicals in aqueous solution NSRDS-NBS, no. 70 [print or online]
- Rate constants for reactions of inorganic radicals in aqueous solution. NSRDS-NBS, no. 65 [print or online]
- Reactivity of the hydroxyl radical in aqueous solutions NSRDS-NBS, no. 46 [online]
L-P
L
Lattice energies (see also: bond energies)
- Handbook of electrochemical constants [online]
M
N
O
Octanol/water partition coefficient (aka: LogP)
- Agrochemicals desk reference [print or online]
- Groundwater chemicals desk reference [print or online]
- Handbook of environmental data on organic chemicals [print or online]
- Handbook of environmental fate and exposure data for organic chemicals [online]
- Handbook of organic solvent properties [online]
- Handbook of physical-chemical properties and environmental fate for organic chemicals [online]
- Knovel solvents [online]
- Yaws' Handbook of Properties for Aqueous Systems [online]
Optical rotation
- Data for biochemical research [print]
- Handbook of optical constants of solids [print or online]
- Tables of resolving agents and optical resolutions [print]
Oxidation-reduction potentials (aka: electrode potentials, redox potentials)
- CRC handbook series in inorganic electrochemistry [print]
- Dean's analytical chemistry handbook [print or online]
- The elements [print]
- Handbook of electrochemical constants [online]
Oxidation states
- RSC visual elements [online]
Ozone depletion potential
P
Partition coefficients
- Agrochemicals desk reference [print or online]
- CRC handbook of chemistry and physics [print or online]
- Dean's analytical chemistry handbook [print or online]
- EXTOXNET: pesticide information profiles [online]
- Groundwater chemicals desk reference [print or online]
Phase diagrams
- Constitution of binary alloys [print]
- Desk Handbook : Phase Diagrams for Binary Alloy [print]
- Phase equilibria, phase diagrams and phase transformations: Their thermodynamic basis [online]
Physical properties general: Boiling point, freezing point, melting point, density, refractive index, specific gravity
- Densities of aqueous solutions of inorganic substances [print]
- Dictionary of substances and their effects [print]
- CRC handbook of data on organic compounds [print]
- Handbook of environmental data on organic chemicals [print or online]
- Handbook of organic solvent properties [online]
- Knovel critical tables [online]
- Nonaqueous electrolytes handbook [print]
- Reaxys [online]
- Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds [online]
- Yaws' Thermophysical Properties of Chemicals and Hydrocarbons [online]
Proton affinity
- NIST Chemistry WebBook [online]
Q-U
Q
R
Radii (aka: atomic radii)
- Chemicool periodic table [online]
- Yaws' Thermophysical Properties of Chemicals and Hydrocarbons [online]
- WebElements [online]
Refractive index (see also: physical properties, general)
- CRC materials science and engineering handbook [print]
- Handbook of optical constants of solids [print or online]
- International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry and technology [print or online]
- Knovel solvents [online]
- Polymer handbook [print or online]
S
Solubility (see also: Physical properties general)
- Agrochemicals desk reference [print or online]
- CRC handbook of chemistry and physics [print or online]
- CRC handbook of data on organic compounds [print]
- Data for biochemical research [print]
- Dictionary of substances and their effects [print]
- Groundwater chemicals desk reference [print or online]
- Handbook of environmental data on organic chemicals [print or online]
- Handbook of environmental fate and exposure data for organic chemicals [online]
- Handbook of organic solvent properties [online]
- Industrial solvents handbook [online]
- International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry and technology [print or online]
- IUPAC-NIST solubility data series [online]
- Nonaqueous electrolytes handbook [print]
- Reaxys [online]
- Solubilities of inorganic and organic compounds [print]
- Solubilities: inorganic & metal-organic compounds [online]
Specific heat (see also: heat capacity)
- Biology data book [print or online]
- CRC handbook of chemistry and physics [print or online]
- CRC materials science and engineering handbook [print]
- NIST Chemistry WebBook [online]
- Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook [online]
- Thermal properites of aqueous uni-univalent electrolytes [online]
- Thermophysical properties of high temperature solid materials [print]
Stability constants
- Critical stability constants v. 2-6 [print]
- Dean's analytical chemistry handbook [print or online]
- Stability constants of metal-ion complexes, with solubility products of inorganic substances [print]
- Stability constants of metal-ion complexes [print]
Surface tension
- Handbook of electrochemical constants [online]
- Handbook of heat transfer fundamentals [print]
- Ionic liquids database - ILThermo [online]
- Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds [online]
T
Tensile strength
- Corrosion resistant materials handbook [print]
- CRC materials science and engineering handbook [online]
- MatWeb [online]
- Polymer handbook [print or online]
- Reaxys [online]
Thermal conductivity
- CRC handbook of chemistry and physics [print or online]
- Handbook of heat transfer fundamentals [print]
- Industrial solvents handbook [online]
- International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry and technology [print or online]
- Ionic liquids database - ILThermo [online]
- Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook [online]
- Properties of nonmetallic fluid elements [print]
- Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds [online]
- Yaws' transport properties of chemicals and hydrocarbons [online]
Thermodynamic properties (see also: enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs free energy, heat of formation)
- CODATA key values for thermodynamics [online]
- CRC handbook of thermophysical and thermochemical data [online]
- Evaluated kinetic data for high temperature reactions, v.1-3. [print]
- Handbook of organic solvent properties [online]
- Heat capacities and entropies of organic compounds in the condensed phase [print]
- International thermodynamic tables of the fluid state [print]
- Knovel critical tables [online]
- NIST Chemistry WebBook [online]
- NIST-JANAF thermochemical tables [print or online]
- NIST/TRC web thermo tables [online]
- Physical and thermodynamic properties of aliphatic alcohols [print]
- Thermodynamics of enzyme-catalyzed reactions NIST standard reference database 74 [online]
- Yaws' handbook of properties of the chemical elements [online]
- Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds [online]
- Yaws' Thermophysical Properties of Chemicals and Hydrocarbons [online]
U
V-Z
V
Vapor pressure
- Agrochemicals desk reference [print or online]
- CRC handbook of chemistry and physics [print or online]
- CRC materials science and engineering handbook [print]
- Groundwater chemicals desk reference [print or online]
- Handbook of environmental fate and exposure data for organic chemicals [online]
- Handbook of organic solvent properties [online]
- Handbook of physical-chemical properties and environmental fate for organic chemicals [online]
- Industrial solvents handbook. 5th ed. [online]
- International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry and technology [print or online]
- NIST Chemistry WebBook [online]
- Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook [online]
- Yaws' handbook of Antoine coefficients for vapor pressure [online]
- Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds [online]
Virial Coefficient
- Thermodynamic data for pure compounds [online]
- The virial coefficients of gases: a critical compilation [print]
- Virial coefficients of pure gases and mixtures: a critical compilation [print]
Viscosity
- Handbook of electrochemical constants [online]
- Ionic liquids database - ILThermo [online]
- Nonaqueous electrolytes handbook [print]
- Polymer handbook [print or online]
- Properties of nonmetallic fluid elements [print]
- Yaws' transport properties of chemicals and hydrocarbons [online]
W
X
Y
Young's modulus (AKA: Elastic Coefficient, Elastic Modulus, Modulus of Elasticity)
- Knovel Power Engineering Worksheets (Mathcad-enabled) [online]
- Metals handbook desk edition [print]
- Properties of porous silicon [print]
- Properties of silicon carbide [print]
Z
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