Direct access to material properties for modeling and simulation

摘要

For developing or verifying material science models and simulation techniques, it is frequently important to have access to reliable material properties in electronic format. New sources of such data are becoming more readily available now, and one notable example of this is the services of STN International. STN is the worldwide scientific and technical information network, operated jointly by the American Chemical Society in the USA, Fachinformationzentrum-Karlsruhe in Europe, and the Japanese Information Center for Science and Technology in Asia. The numeric properties data services available on STN, notably the Material Property Data Network (MPD Network) and the Chemical Property Data Network (CPD Network) are described in some detail below, and their applicability to expert modeling and simulation programs discussed.