Physics Databases

Units, Constants, Conversion, Acronyms

MatWeb
"The Online Materials Information Resource" offers free materials information on approx. 25,000 materials incl. metals, plastics, ceramics, and composites

NIST Atomic Spectra Database
The Atomic Spectra Database (ASD) contains data for atom and ion transitions, and energy levels. Lines are included for the first 99 elements in the periodic table.

Physics Portal of FIZ-Karlsruhe
Several scientific information sources and services
- parts of the services are liable to charges - please have also a close view onto your local subscriptions -

INSPEC
The INSPEC database contains citations with abstracts to world physics, electronics and electrical engineering, computers and computing, and control theory and technology literature including journals, conference proceedings, books, dissertations, and reports.
INSPEC via STN-on-the-web
INSPEC via FIZ Technik WEB
INSPEC via STN Easy
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INIS
This database is an information source for scientific literature published worldwide on nuclear science and technology.
INIS via STN-on-the-web
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AXIOM publications and patents search engine of the IOP
This search engine combines and supersedes other search engines for articles, patents, and yields incredible services.
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Periodic Tables and Tables of Isotopes

Patents

DEPATISnet
Is a service provided by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office. One can conduct online searches in patent publications from around the world stored in the database of DEPATIS, the in-house patent information system of the GPTO. This service is free of charge.

DPINFO
Access to the databases for patents, utility models, trade marks, industrial designs, and patents of the former GDR of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office

Europe's Network of Patent Databases
Search and read patent applications from PCT, US, EP, JP

Caution: Using the patent services by your self will not substitute the work of a patent office, but it may complement it.