Knovel, the US-based provider of a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced an expansion to Yaws' Critical Property Data for Chemical Engineers and Chemists which it launched in July 2012. The expanded database now includes data on superheated, saturated and subcooled fluids, mixtures, refrigerants and various materials used in chemical plant construction and equipment design – information previously unavailable in a single reference database.
Adding to Yaws' initial release offering more than 5,000 inorganic and 34,000 organic substances as well as 293,000 records, the database now includes an additional 90 tables and 5,000 records of property data for mixtures, refrigerants and miscellaneous solids and liquids.
Yaws’ Critical Property Data closely follows the content in Section 2 of Perry's tables, the most frequently used section of Perry's on Knovel. However, Yaws' database provides information in a format that's easier to use, more discoverable and interactive. Features of this database include interactive graphs providing visualization of data points and the ability to calculate and plot additional data values as functions of variables such as temperature and pressure; and interactive tables with sort and filter capabilities, allowing for easy assessment and comparison of data.
This is the second release of Yaws' Critical Property Data for Chemical Engineers and Chemists, part of Knovel's Critical Content line. Additional properties and substances will be added over time.
