Properties of substances

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) — by Gutow, Jonathan H — last modified Jun 11, 2009 10:50 PM

Ways to find copies of the information sheets all suppliers and manufacturers are required to provide. You can also search the supplier's web sites directly. This link provides access to a number of databases.

What's that Stuff? — by Gutow, Jonathan H — last modified Jun 11, 2009 10:50 PM

A site maintained by the American Chemical Society that tells what is in many common consumer products.

NIST Database of Spectral and Physical Properties — by Gutow, Jonathan H — last modified Jun 11, 2009 10:50 PM

This is a good source of thermodynamic data.

NIST Database of Isotope Abundance and Mass — by Gutow, Jonathan H — last modified Apr 18, 2010 08:40 PM

 

Spectral Database for Organic Compounds SDBS — by Gutow, Jonathan H — last modified Jun 11, 2009 10:50 PM

This is a database of IR, NMR and Raman Spectra from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology of Japan. Includes some inorganic compounds as well.

Sigma-Aldrich — by Gutow, Jonathan H — last modified Jun 11, 2009 10:50 PM

You will need to create an account, but can then access many IRs and NMRs as well as general physical properties of substances they sell.

NCMS Solvent Database — by Gutow, Jonathan H — last modified Jun 11, 2009 10:50 PM

A database of physical properties of many important industrial solvents (funded by DOD/DOE and EPA).

Computational Chemistry Comparison and Bench Mark Databases — by Gutow, Jonathan H — last modified Jun 11, 2009 10:50 PM

NIST web site which has information useful for comparing computational methods. Includes geometries and some other molecular properties.

ChemFinder — by Gutow, Jonathan H — last modified Jun 11, 2009 10:50 PM

An easy to use site that has general physical data. Often slow and access is very limited if you are not a subscriber.