Subject & Course Guides: Chemical engineering : Industry: Chemical Resources

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND REACTION INFORMATION

NIST Chemistry WebBook
This site provides thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program.
NIST Chemical Kinetics Database
The NIST Chemical Kinetics Database includes essentially all reported kinetics results for thermal gas-phase chemical reactions. The database is designed to be searched for kinetics data based on the specific reactants involved, for reactions resulting in specified products, for all the reactions of a particular species, or for various combinations of these. In addition, the bibliography can be searched by author name or combination of names. The database contains in excess of 38,000 separate reaction records for over 11,700 distinct reactant pairs. These data have been abstracted from over 12,000 papers with literature coverage through early 2000.
NDRL/NIST Solution Kinetics Database
The NDRL/NIST Solution Kinetics Database contains data on rate constants for solution-phase chemical reactions. The database is designed to be searched by reactants, products, solvents, or any combination of these. In addition, the bibliography may be searched by author name, title words, journal, page(s), and/or year. Present converage of the literature is throught early 1995. The database contains 156 unique solvents in which rate constant data are reported (this does not include mixtures of solvents). These data were gathered from 3920 unique data sources. The database contains more than 11,500 unique chemical species most of which have chemical formulae and CAS numbers. A database of more than 32,000 chemical names gives primary and alternate names for the compounds in the database.

CRC handbook of chemistry and physics
Online, digital version of the print handbook of the same title. Searchable across tables and chapters, this resource provides access to physical science data, and physical property data of common compounds, both inorganic and organic. (Restricted to 2 simultaneous users.)

Beilsteins Handbuch der organischen Chemie (The Beilstein handbook of organic chemistry)
Call Number: QD251.B42 B45
ISBN: 0387129510
Anschutz Library

The Beilstein handbook of organic chemistry is a comprehensive source of evaluated data for organic compounds and includes corresponding literature references. The source is in German until the Fifth supplement which is in English. Holdings in the KU Libraries continue until 1995. The value of the source is particularly for the older literature pre 1910 which is not covered in SciFinder.

The volumes are held in Anschutz Library at QD 251 .B4. Each volume of Beilstein concentrates on a group of structurally related compounds. The title is composed of the following sections:
1. Main work (Hauptwerk, abbreviated "H") covers the literature up to 1910.
2. First Supplement (Erstes Erganzungswerk "EI") covers 1910-1919.
3. Second Supplement (Zweites Erganzungswerk, "EII") covers 1920-1929.
4. Third Supplement (Drittes Erganzungswerk, "EIII") covers 1930-1949.
5. Fourth Supplement (Viertes Erganzungswerk, "EIV") covers 1950-1959
6. Fifth Supplement (Funtes Erganzungswerk, "EV") covers 1960-1979.

If you need assistance searching the volumes, please contact Dr. Camarda.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT & SUSTAINABILITY: Databases & Journals

Environment index
Provides indexing and abstracts to the journal literature in the area of environmental policy and studies. The database covers applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental law, geography, marine & freshwater resources, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Formerly called: Environmental issues & policy index.
Gale In Context: Environmental Studies
Interdisciplinary resource for environmental and sustainability studies. This resource provides news, video, primary source documents and through topic, organization, and country portals
Knovel
Engineering resources including reference handbooks with data sets. Use the browse function to find resources on pollution control and prevention and remediation and waste treatment.

ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering
Call Number: Electronic journals
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering invites Letters, Articles, Features, and Perspectives (Reviews) that address challenges of sustainability in the chemical enterprise and advance principles of Green Chemistry and Green Engineering.

CHEMICAL SUPPLIERS

Chemical catalogs (SciFinder)
Selected substance records in the REGISTRY database link to CHEMCATS, a database of chemical suppliers. You will need to register to access SciFinder.
ChemExper Chemical Directoy
Contains information on 200,000 different chemicals from suppliers worldwide.
Chemical Week Buyers' Guide
Browse by type of service/product, or search by supplier, product, trade name, state or country
eMolecules
An openly accessible search engine for chemical structures helping to identify suppliers of a given compound.
WWW Chemicals
Search for chemicals by CAS number, molecular formula, or catalog number to identify a listing of chemical suppliers.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT & SUSTAINABILITY: Web Resources

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Database
The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Database provides information about EISs prepared by federal agencies, as well as EPA's comments concerning the EISs.

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Environmental Impact Statements are documents resulting from studies by federal agencies that consider the environmental impacts of proposed actions and reasonable alternatives to those actions. They are required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for certain actions that may have significant affects on the quality of the human environment.
Northwestern University Transportation Library
One of the world's largest collections of environmental impact statements. This site provides clear instructions on how to search for an environmental impact statement in the Transportation Library catalog.
OSHA Occupational Chemical Database
OSHA maintains this chemical database as a convenient reference for the occupational safety and health community. It compiles information from several government agencies and organizations. Information available in the report includes: physical properties, exposure guidelines, NIOSH Pocket Guide, and emergency response information, including the DOT Emergency Response Guide. This database originally was developed by OSHA in cooperation with EPA.
Envirofacts (EPA)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) host the Envirofacts database. You can search by geographic location if you would like a snapshot of a specific area, by facility name/ID to find information for a specific facility. Facility name results may not exactly match the entered criteria if any of the program systems reporting for the facility match the search criteria. The EPA facility ID is the same across all program systems. Program System ID will correspond only to the specific program, and by NAICS/SIC (North American Industry Classification System or Standard Industrial Classification) code to get a snapshot of the facilities reporting for a particular industry.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
ATSDR is directed by congressional mandate to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous substances in the environment. These functions include public health assessments of waste sites, health consultations concerning specific hazardous substances, health surveillance and registries, response to emergency releases of hazardous substances, applied research in support of public health assessments, information development and dissemination, and education and training concerning hazardous substances.
Substance Registry Services (SRS) (EPA)
The Chemical and Substance Resources search is part of the Substance Registry Services (SRS), EPA's authoritative resource for information about chemicals, biological organisms and other substances tracked or regulated by EPA.