SPACEMATDB - Space Materials DataBase
- Bulk materials such as metals and alloys and non-metallic materials such as glasses, polymers, ceramics and composites
- Filler materials such as solder alloys
- paints, lacquers, varnishes, adhesives, lubricants and coatings
- Pottings, sealants and foams
- Films, foils, tapes, inks
- Precautions
- Processing and Assembly
- Vendor information
- Experience and equivalance
- Physical properties
- Elastic properties
- Optical properties
- Electrical properties
- Thermal properties
- Environmental properties relevant for space use, such as corrosion (general, stress, bimetallic), atomic oxygen, machinebility, welding, outgassing, offgassing/toxicity, flammability, UV radiation
- Fluid compatibility
- Special recommendations and lessons learned
SPACEMATDB combines data from several sources:
- European Space Materials Database (ESMDB - not available outside ESA) at ESA/ESTEC
- The ESMAT website database section
- Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization (MMPDS) data and its predecessor MIL-HDBK-5
- MAPTIS (Materials and Processing Information System) at NASA
- Aluminum Association (AA)
- CDA (Copper Development Association).
- MATWEB
- NASA outgassing data
- Datasheets from manufacturers
- ASM Metals Handbook
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physiscs
- Materials and Processes for Spacecraft and High Reliability Applications, by Barrie D. Dunn
- Laboratory testing at ESTEC or at ESA recognized testhouses (stress corrosion, galvanic corrosion, thermal cycling, outgassing, offgassing/toxicity, flammability, UVradiation, atomic oxygen, optical, etc)
- Testing in Space on STS/NASA, Eureca/ESA, ISS (Medet/ESA, Misse - now operated by Aegis Aerospace)
- Published acticles by the author on atomic oxygen, stress corrosion and bimetallic corrosion
- Materials & Processes and SME Courses given by the author
- Open literature