Makeitfrom.com – Material Properties Database

It might be a bit difficult to navigate this site if you don’t know the intricate details of material sub-types - you’ll probably recognize the top-level categories and then get stumped by the subcategories (hybrid austenitic-ferritic wrought cold finished…? ).<p>Having worked in a machine shop, here are some common engineering materials you might be familiar with:<p>Stainless steel <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.makeitfrom.com&#x2F;material-properties&#x2F;Cold-Finished-316-Stainless-Steel" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.makeitfrom.com&#x2F;material-properties&#x2F;Cold-Finished...</a><p>Aerospace-grade aluminum <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.makeitfrom.com&#x2F;material-properties&#x2F;7075-T6-Aluminum" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.makeitfrom.com&#x2F;material-properties&#x2F;7075-T6-Alumi...</a><p>Tool steel (this is what most cutters, drills, punches, blades etc for cutting and milling other metals are made of) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.makeitfrom.com&#x2F;material-properties&#x2F;Hardened-M2-Tool-Steel" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.makeitfrom.com&#x2F;material-properties&#x2F;Hardened-M2-T...</a><p>Tungsten carbide (what high-quality cutting tools are made of - usually you have a small bit with three or four cutting edges, mounted in some fashion on tool steel holders) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.makeitfrom.com&#x2F;material-properties&#x2F;Tungsten-Carbide-WC" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.makeitfrom.com&#x2F;material-properties&#x2F;Tungsten-Carb...</a>

Nice Site I studied Materials Engineering - graduated some years ago now - back in the day we had a cdrom program we had to pay for a license key as undergrads to gain access to a material properties database - this site seems like a much more modern version.<p>As a top level category may want to add composites - I note wood was under Polymers but could not find CFRP, Fibreglass (GRP) etc. Also Graphene (I did my thesis on synthesizing this material so particular interest to me...)<p>If you could generate charts like these: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Material_selection#Ashby_plots" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Material_selection#Ashby_plots</a> for a selected list of materials that would be a useful feature.

I&#x27;m almost uncomfortable saying this: I wish that each entry linked to suppliers for that entry. I wouldn&#x27;t even mind if the site made money off affiliate links or similar. As a hobbyist, the hardest &quot;material&quot; related challenge I face is where to even buy it, let alone at prices that aren&#x27;t insane.

Based on the URL, I expected a material lookup app where you enter design constraints, and get a list of suitable materials. With each added constraint you could get a shorter list, plus a suggestion for new ones to add that narrow the list further. Maybe not super useful for people who already know what they&#x27;re doing, but it could be interesting.

Nice resource; would it be possible to add citations to the data sources?

High-end plastics are intersting category just because they can be so exotic. You don&#x27;t really see or hear about things made of stuff like Celazole etc so it is difficult to get a grasp how they compare to more commonplace materials

cool! It would be interesting to connect with an llm... as it goes these days.