• Introduction and starting points
• Subscribed web-based sources
• Free web-based sources
• Book sources
• Further sources

Introduction and starting points

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. QD65.H3 READY REF. For properties, look in the organic or inorganic section, not in the index.
• Merck Index. RS51.M4 READY REF. Information on >10,000 significant chemicals, drugs, and biological substances. Use the index
• Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook. TP151.P45 READY REF. Section 2: Physical and chemical data
• Lange's Handbook of Chemistry. QD65 L36 REF. For properties, look in the organic or inorganic section, not in the index

NOTE! Property Information Wiki. Prof. Gary Wiggins, School of Informatics, Indiana University

Subscribed web-based sources:  Access is restricted to Mines IP addresses

• Chemical Properties Handbook
• International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry & Technology
• Knovel Critical Tables
• Lange's Handbook of Chemistry
• Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook
• Smithsonian Physical Tables
• Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds
• DIPPR Project 801. From Design Institute for Physical Property Data/AIChE. Physical, thermodynamic, and transport properties for industrially important chemicals used in chemical process and equipment design.

Free web-based sources

• NIST Data Gateway: search by property, substance name, or keyword. Also see:
  • NIST Chemistry Webbook
  • NIST Fundamental Physical Constants
  • IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
  • Descriptions of all  NIST Online Databases
• CHEMID Plus Lite: Search by CAS Number or name. >350,000 chemical records, over 200,000 with structures; links to other databases for information. Plug-ins may be required; plug-ins cannot be installed on Library public access (Reference) computers.
• Interactive PhysProp Database Demo. From Syracuse Research Corp. Retrieves data from the PhysProp database of 25,000 compounds. Requires CASRN to search.
• ChemExper Chemical Dictionary Searches thousands of chemicals from hundreds of suppliers.
• MatWeb: property information on 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.
• CODATA Key Values for Thermodynamics
• NCMS SOLV-DB: data on solvents.
• Hazardous substances data bank (HSDB) (part of Toxnet). Also try TOXMAP for geographic data access
• Sigma-Aldrich: properties, references, structures, FT-NMR and FT-IR Raman spectra for many chemicals
• SDBS: Spectral Database for Organic Compounds
• PubChem Chemical structures of small organic molecules
• Chemical Entities of Biological Interest
• PGM Database: A collection of published data and internal Johnson Matthey data defining the physical properties and characteristics of platinum group metals and their alloys. Includes physical properties, data sheets, and phase diagrams.

Book sources

• Tables of Physical & Chemical Constants. QC61 .K3 REF
• Landolt-Bornstein QC61.L33 REF, QC61.L332 REF. Selected volumes indexed online. [Note: CSM does not own all volumes] 
• Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds. QD148.D53 REF. Chemicals are arranged by dictionary number. Use the indexes (2 volumes at the end of the set) to locate a dictionary number.
• CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds. QD257.7 .H36
• Dictionary of Organic Compounds. QD246 .D5 REF. Chemicals are arranged by dictionary number. Use the indexes (3 volumes at the end of the set) to locate a dictionary number.
• Polymer Handbook. QD388.P65 REF. Use table of contents or index to find particular area of interest.
• Dictionary of organometallic compounds. QD411.D53 REF
• NIST-JANAF Thermochemical Tables. QD511.2.J2 READY REF
• Sax’s Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials. T55.3.H3 S3 REF. Arranged alphanumerically by entry number; use the indexes.
• Thermophysical Properties of Matter. TA418.52.P8 REF
• Physical properties : a guide to the physical, thermodynamic, and transport property data of industrially important chemical compounds. TP200  .Y38 REF
• Physical and thermodynamic properties of pure chemicals : data compilation. TP200 .D39 1989 REF
• Spectra and spectral data

Further sources

• Several libraries maintain lists of chemical and physical properties, cross-referenced to books that contain that type of property data. The CSM Library may not own all of the items referred to on these lists, you will need to search for the titles in Catalyst.
  • Arizona State University site
  • Finding Physical and Chemical Properties  from University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Thermodex from U Texas
  • Materials Properties Locator Database from SUNY Buffalo
• PPSI Physical Properties Source Index lists recommended databases, handbooks, and websites (data, definition, measurement) for physico-chemical and other material properties
• Finding Physical Properties of Chemicals: A Practical Guide for Scientists, Engineers, and Librarians By A. Ben Wagner, SUNY Buffalo