LibGuides: Physical & Thermodynamic Properties: Selected Print Tools

Sources in the Library

This is just a small descriptive selection of some of the significant data compilation efforts that appeared in print over many decades.

Critical Stability Constants. by Martell & Smith
Publication Date: 6 vols, 1974-89.
This classic reference was later updated by a NIST database, but after the database was discontinued this set must again be consulted.
DECHEMA Chemistry Data Series.
Publication Date: 1970s-??
The DECHEMA data collections began in the late 1970s. Emphasis is on thermal properties, phase equilibria (VLE, LLE, SLE), PVT, and transport properties for systems consisting of small, commercially important organic molecules in the fluid phase. Series titles, all located in the Chemistry Reference collection:
Vapor-liquid equilibrium data collection.
Call Number: QD 503 G59
The largest and best-known of the CDS series, divided into many volumes and sub-volumes.

Critical data of pure substances. (QD 511.8 S555 1986)
Heats of mixing data collection. (TP 156 M5 H43 1984)
Recommended data of selected compounds and binary mixtures. (QD 526 S74 1987)
Liquid-liquid equilibrium data collection. (QD 503 S67)
Vapor-liquid equilibrium for mixtures of low boiling substances. (QD 503 V36 1982)
Solid-liquid equilibrium data collection. (QD 503 K55 1987)
Activity coefficients at infinite dilution. (QD 541 A28 1986)
Thermal conductivity and viscosity data of fluid mixtures. (QC 145.4 T5 S74 1988)
Phase equilibria and phase diagrams of electrolytes. (QD 565 E64 1990)
Electrolyte data collection. (QD 565 B35 1993)
Polymer solution data collection. (QD 381.9 S65 H36 1992)
Solubility and related properties of large complex chemicals. (QD 543 M385 2003)

International Critical Tables.
Publication Date: 1926-30
Although quite dated now, in its time the ICT was the best and best-known compilation of evaluated physical, mechanical and chemical data. Some of the units used are obsolete, but it is still worth checking for hard-to-find information, especially for unusual materials, and it remains a significant work. It was prepared under the auspices of the National Research Council. The 7-volume print set and index is available in the Chemistry Library's reference collection.
International thermodynamic tables of the fluid state.
Call Number: QD 511.8 I584 CHEM REF
Sponsored by IUPAC, this book series exhaustively described behaviors of several basic gases and liquids. Library has volumes on CO2, chlorine, oxygen, ethylene, fluorine, methanol, and methane.
Landolt-Börnstein
Call Number: PMA Library
Publication Date: 1950-
Extensive compilation of physical and chemical data on all types of materials, with an emphasis on solid state materials and semiconductors.
National Standard Reference Data Service of the USSR.
Call Number: QD 511.8 N374 CHEM REF
Publication Date: Hemisphere, 1987-91
Translated from a Russian series, these volumes cover thermodynamic properties of a number of gases: helium, nitrogen, methane, ethane, oxygen, air, ethylene, freons, noble gases, and propane.
NSRDS-NBS Series by National Bureau of Standards
Call Number: QC 100 U573 CHEM STACKS
Publication Date: 1964-82
The National Standard Reference Data Series comprised 72 titles focused on physical, spectral, and radiochemical data compilations and critical reviews. Some were later updated in JPCRD and its supplements. Most are available free on the NIST web site. Indexing: A cumulative property index covering nos. 1-42 of this series plus other NSRDS publications between 1964 and 1972 was published in no.55. The cumulative property index in v.5 (1976) of JPCRD also included entries for nos. 43-58 of this series.
Quantities, Units, and Symbols in Physical Chemistry
Publication Date: 3rd ed., 2007
IUPAC's "Green Book" is a good source to define terms for property names and units before starting your search. Available as a PDF file.
Selected Data on Mixtures : Series A.
Publication Date: [1973-1995]
A journal that reported thermodynamic properties of non-reacting organic binary systems in a standard tabular format. UT owns only 1973-77 and 1985-95 plus an index volume.
Solubility Data Series
Call Number: QD 543 S6629 CHEM REF
A useful source of evaluated solubility data for hard-to-locate systems, SDS was originally published as a book series by Pergamon Press. It has since continued within the JPCRD; use the journal's search feature to find them. The library's collection lacks some of the volumes.

Do people really still look stuff up in handbooks?

Honestly, not so much anymore. But don't dismiss the option. Much of the data published in older printed handbooks and compilations doesn't exist digitally anywhere. But a thorough search for data needs to include them. How? We have a tool for you.

ThermoDex
Finding desired data in the print collection of a technical library can be difficult. Hardest of all is knowing what sources you might look in, and where they are.
ThermoDex is a finding aid that lists about 300 such tools, with a description and listing of the types of data and compounds covered by each. You can search by these parameters to pull up a list of possible sources to consult in the library.