Overview

Overview of Material Page

1. Material Overview Section

This section provides critical details about the material, including its official designation, alternative names, and its classification within global standards (highlighted in Number 1 in the image). Specifically, this section includes:

• Material Name/Designation: The primary numerical or alphanumerical identifier for the material (e.g., "1.4404").

• Material Designation: A more detailed name, including the chemical composition or alloy type (e.g., "X2CrNiMo17-12-2").

• Alternative Designations: Any alternative or historical names the material may be known by in various regions or standards (e.g., "16Cr-12Ni-2Mo").

• Country/Standard: The governing standard body and the country for this material specification (e.g., "United States / ASME").

• Material Group (Taxonomy): The category or group this material falls under, typically based on its alloy family (e.g., "Ferrous Alloys / Stainless Steels").

1. Action Buttons

   In the top right corner, you’ll find various buttons that allow for quick actions related to the material (highlighted in Number 2 in the image). These include:

   • Add to Material List Builder: Adds the current material to your customized list, helping you keep track of multiple materials for comparison or reporting.

   • Add to Report Builder: Includes this material in your report, making it easy to generate documents or summaries for your projects.

   • Export to CAx: Allows you to export material data in different formats, ensuring compatibility with various software or engineering tools.

   • Bookmark page: Saves the current material page for easy access later, making it convenient for you to revisit frequently used materials.

2. Right Menu

The right-hand menu provides an organized structure for accessing different material properties (highlighted in Number 3 in the image).

Each section represents a property group, next the numbers indicate how many specific properties are available within that group. This is always the first place to check when you are looking for data on a material:

• Material Description: a list of all standards, and other producer documents defining the material sometimes along with a comment or applications in which it used

• Cross Referencing: here you will find Cross Reference tables and Equivalent Finder Find Equivalent Materials

• Properties: the most commonly used properties for many available at Room Temperature but also with temperature dependency

  • Composition: the known composition of the material

  • Mechanical properties: the strength related properties such a yield, tensile, elongation, hardness, impact energy and more. Often dependent on form and heat treatment

  • Physical properties: intrinsic material properties such as density, elasticity, thermal, rheology, electrical material properties

  • Some more specialized categories such Heat treatment details with some CCT and TTT diagrams; Machining and Manufacturing details as well as for metals a section dedicated to Metallographical images.

• Extended Range: The curve data necessary for some advanced simulations

  • Stress-Strain curves engineering and true available for numerous test conditions

  • Formability: high strain curves, Forming Limit Cuves (FLC), R-value (Lankford), bending radius

  • Fatigue: both stress life with SN curves and strain life EN curves can be found in many different conditions

  • Fracture Mechanics and Creep data from both standards and trusted literature.

• Data Plus: Electrode for welding, brazing. Coating details, dimension tables and tribology

• Enviro: all about the impact the environment can have on the material with Corrosion in many environments, Ageing both temperature or fluid dependent, Weathering (temperature, UV...) or even radioactive in Irradiation.

• Compliance provides the material regulatory status in 300+ regulations worldwide

• Supplier can help you find a supplier for your materials although shelf availability will remain a challenge.