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A Reference Guide for Cryogenic Properties of Materials
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Abstract
A thorough knowledge of the behavior of materials at cryogenic temperatures is critical
for the design of successful cryogenic systems. Over the past 50 years, a tremendous
amount of material properties at cryogenic temperatures have been measured and
published. This guide lists resources for finding these properties. It covers online
databases, computer codes, conference proceedings, journals, handbooks, overviews and
monographs. It includes references for finding reports issued by government laboratories
and agencies. Most common solids and fluids used in cryogenics are covered.
Introduction
This is a guide to finding properties of materials at cryogenic temperatures. Over
the last 50 years, a large amount of material properties at cryogenic temperatures have
been measured and published. For the working engineer or scientist, the problem is
frequently not that the desired material property is unknown at cryogenic temperatures
but that it is unclear where to find the published data. The goal of this document is to
make the properties easier to find. There are 2 caveats to this guide. The first is that it is
not meant to be completely exhaustive. The second is that this is simply a guide to the
scientific literature and inclusion in this list does not mean the data is somehow “better”
or more accurate than other sources.
Databases
Cryogenic Information Center
This a commercial database issued on CD-ROM that contains references to
more than 146,000 papers, books and technical reports specifically concerning
cryogenics. The database includes the cryogenic database formally maintained
by the US National Bureau of Standards. The citations go back as far as 1829.
Many useful references for cryogenic material properties may be found in this
database. The database permits searches by keyword, title, author and year
among others. The citation listing is updated on a regular basis. Information
regarding the Cryogenic Information Center may be found at:
SPIRES
This is a free online database listing more than 500,000 papers, books,
laboratory reports and preprints associated with high energy physics. The
database permits searches by keyword, title, author and year among others.
Properties of cryogenic materials are not an emphasis of this database.
However, references to those properties measured during the development of
high energy physics experiments and accelerators are frequently found here.
Of particular value are the large number of reports from high energy physics
laboratories worldwide that are referenced here. The SPIRES website may be
DOE Energy Citations Database
This is a free online database of all energy related research funded by the US
Department of Energy and its predecessors from 1948 to the present. The
database contains references to technical reports, papers, thesis and books.
The database may be found at http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/
A related database, the DOE Information Bridge, contains full text versions of
DOE funded work dating back to 1995. This database may be found at:
Both these databases permit searches by keyword, title, author and year
among others. Both are regularly updated.
Since these databases deal with much more than the properties of cryogenic
materials, the careful use of search terms is required to avoid drowning in
irrelevant citations.
Defense Technical Information Center
This is a free online database that contains citations to technical papers and
reports dating back to 1974. This database allows searches by keyword, title,
author and year among others and is regularly updated. The database includes
but is not limited to reports from Department of Defense contractors. The
database contains references to cryogenic material properties but also to many
other topics so careful searching is needed. The database may be found at:
NIST Data Gateway
This is a free online database created by the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST). It provides links to online NIST property databases.
The database allows searching by keyword, material or property. Both
cryogenic and room temperature material properties are covered. The database
may be found at: http://srdata.nist.gov/gateway/gateway