Web links for materials research coursework

General starting points

http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/records/NI000666.html

http://www.mse.utah.edu/material/wpstring.html

http://www.mse.cornell.edu/courses/engri111//

http://www.aip.org/success/designsfuture/

http://sciencegems.com/HSG/GradMaterial.html

http://hypertextbook.com/facts/

MatWeb, Your Source for Materials Information

MatWeb's database includes thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyester, and polyolefins; metals such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel, superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys; ceramics; plus a growing list of semiconductors, fibers, and other engineering materials.

http://www.matweb.com/

Kevlar

http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/Kevlar/

Plastics in cars

http://www.sae.org/automag/plastics/05.htm

Conducting polymers

Nobel prize site http://www.nobel.se/announcement/2000/chemistry.html

http://www.designinsite.dk/htmsider/m1328.htm

http://homepage.dtn.ntl.com/colin.pratt/cpoly.htm

Light emitting polymers

http://www.lowendmac.com/misc/2k0821.html

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news_224537.html

http://www.briefme.com/a/article.cgi?id=28935&uid=284625

http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG19990210S0057

http://www.engineering2us.com/editorial/features/jul00/f_20000707.asp

MDF

http://www.anu.edu.au/Forestry/wood/mdf/toc.html

http://www.pbmdf.com/

http://www.wwpa.org/woodinfo.htm (all woods included here)

Structures and Materials Improving Air and Space Travel

http://www.larc.nasa.gov/research/sandm/

Spin offs from space research

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/pao/factsheets/factsheets/spinoffs/

Silly Putty

http://www.vern.com/putty/links/

International Rubber Research and Development Board

http://www.irrdb.org/

Plastics

http://www.set.usm.edu/~frobinsn/intro_to_plastics.html

http://www.joesherlock.com/fifties4.html

Smart materials

http://www.sciam.com/explorations/050596explorations.html

http://www.iop.org/Journals/sm

http://www.nature.com/nsu/000217/000217-8.html

http://www.dupont.com/

Glass

http://www.glasslinks.com/newsinfo/physics.htm

Bullet proofing

http://www.npo-sm.ru/e_index.html

http://www.ce.ufl.edu/activities/bullet/buletndx.html

http://www.bpt.co.za/ship.htm

Carbon fibre

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1320/

http://www.mouchel.com/News/carbonbr.htm

Concrete

http://www.takenaka.co.jp/takenaka_e/dome_e/history/tech/concrete.html

http://ebooks.whsmithonline.co.uk/encyclopedia/13/M0039713.htm

Iron

http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/glihc/articles/carrhist.html

http://www.mohawk.net/~djberry/Environmental/iron2.htm

http://www.autosteel.org/

Composites

http://callisto.my.mtu.edu/MY472/

Nanomaterials

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/alliance/partners/ApplicationTechnologies/Nanomaterials.html

http://www.nanomat.com/nanoint.htm

http://www.healthtech.com/conference/00mem/abstracts/baker.htm

The future of materials

http://www.mrs.org/publications/bulletin/21stcen/

Ceramics

http://www.ceramics.org/

http://www.ceramics.org/outreach/precollege.asp (includes movies!!)

http://www.ceramics.com/list.html

http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/9611.Kokini.ceramic.html

http://www.nvinet.com/~cffc/engines.htm