Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has introduced Knovel Databases, a series of new offerings in the company’s growing Critical Content line addressing gaps in convenient access to authoritative engineering data.
Knovel aims to deliver content that allows engineers to find answers dramatically faster than they would otherwise. Knovel sources validated content from more than 90 publishing partners, including prominent engineering societies and associations. When critical content is not available from partners, Knovel strategically works with credible sources and renowned experts to create it.
Knovel’s Critical Content line launched several years ago with Knovel Critical Tables to provide access to physical constants and other properties of over 20,000 inorganic and organic compounds, including 385 common solvents. Today, Knovel’s Critical Tables are among the top three resources accessed on Knovel.
Most recently, Knovel commissioned the creation of Knovel Databases to provide its engineering customers with highly interactive tables, graphs and data compiled from authoritative sources.
The first two Knovel Databases are now available. The Magnesium Alloy Database, developed by J. Gilbert Kaufman, covers properties of magnesium alloys. This is of particular interest to many of Knovel’s automotive and aerospace customers as pressure grows to identify new ways of lowering fuel loads and consumption. The Knovel Optical and Filter Glass Database is a unique compilation of properties of commercial optical and filter glasses from commercial manufacturers around the world. Development for additional databases is underway.
The exclusive, interactive content from the first two databases will supplement the company’s existing subject areas. The Magnesium Alloy Database will complement the Aluminum Alloy Database in the Metals & Metallurgy subject area. The Knovel Optical and Filter Glass Database will be an anchor in the Optics & Photonics subject area, representing the properties of glasses from 16 manufacturers and growing.
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