Phase diagrams (PAMS reference)
From WolfWikis
This page describes places to find phase diagrams in the library. (You might alternatively be interested in searching the catalog for books about thermodynamics or the CH 434\phase diagrams page.)
Finding phase diagrams can be very challenging. A lot of the trouble is that there is no "one place" to check. Depending on the substance you are interested in, it may be in any number of places. It can also be difficult (or impossible) to find an ideally beautiful phase diagram illustrating all critical points and boundaries; you may only find phase change data and will need to construct the diagram yourself.
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Elements
Phase Diagrams of the Elements, in reference QD503 .Y68 1991
Pure substances
For substances that are not elements, not mixtures of multiple substances or alloys; e.g., water, carbon dioxide:
- NIST Webbook - search for the substance, check Phase change
- DIPPR - change search to "this title only", search for the substance
- Knovel Scientific and Engineering Databases - search "phase diagram" and substance name
- If inorganic: Thermochemical Properties of Inorganic Substances (QD511.8 T47 1991) in reference
or even search the library catalog for the substance and thermodynamics. Note that you'll often find only data from which the diagram can be constructed, not the diagram itself.
Binary/ternary alloys
- Knovel or the reference books devoted to this in QC/QD, and the Ts.
Other places to look
There are a lot of other places to look. There are several indices and resources in reference, lots of books in the library catalog housing thermodynamic data, or you may need to do a literature search in Web of Science or SciFinder Scholar. Or pass the search along to me.