Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedias

Acronym Finder
Acronyms and abbreviations.
www.acronymfinder.com

Answers.com
Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and much more.
www.answers.com

Encyclopedia.com
www.encyclopedia.com

IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Technology
Definitive guide to chemical terminology. Informally known as the Gold Book.
goldbook.iupac.org

OneLook Dictionary Search
www.onelook.com

Organometallic HyperTextBook
A guide to organometallic chemistry.
www.ilpi.com/organomet/

SYMBOLS.com
Encyclopedia of graphic symbols.
www.symbols.com

Thesaurus.com
thesaurus.reference.com

Wikipedia
The free encyclopedia.
www.wikipedia.org

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Health and Safety

Alfa Aesar MSDS Search
Search for a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS).
www.alfa.com/alf/msds_search.htm

ChemIDplus Advanced
This database allows users to search the NLM ChemIDplus database of chemicals. A user may enter compound identifiers such as Chemical Name, CAS Registry Number, Molecular Formula, Classification Code, Locator Code, and Structure or Substructure. New searchable features include search and display by Toxicity indicators such as Median Lethal Dose (LD₅₀), by Physical/Chemical Properties such as LogP, and by Molecular Weight.
chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/chemidheavy.jsp

Health and Safety Executive
Britain’s Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are responsible for the regulation of almost all the risks to health and safety arising from work activity in Britain.
www.hse.gov.uk

IPCS INCHEM
Offers quick and easy electronic access to thousands of searchable full-text documents on chemical risks and the sound management of chemicals.
www.inchem.org

Johnson Matthey Catalysts MSDS Search
Search for a MSDS.
www.jmcatalysts.com/pct/search.asp

ReachLegislation.com
www.reachlegislation.com

REACHReady Ltd
Chemical Industries Association: Service Network.
www.reachready.co.uk

Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH)
EU regulatory framework.
ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/reach/reach_intro.htm

TOXNET
Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
toxnet.nlm.nih.gov

Where to find MSDS on the Internet
Other MSDSs can be found at:
www.ilpi.com/msds/

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History

Please select a category or link from the list below.

Elements

International Platinum Group Metals Association
www.ipa-news.com

See Platinum Group Metals: Platinum; Palladium; Rhodium; Iridium; Ruthenium; Osmium.

Platinum Guild International:
www.preciousplatinum.com

Platinum History
Includes: Platinum, an Ancient Lost Treasure; Egyptian Burial; Pre-Incan Adornments; Confused Conquistadores; Alchemy; The Metal of Kings; Papal Chalice; The Metric System; Major Discoveries; Fabergé Famous Eggs; Palatial Platinum Room; Cartier; The Titanic; A Major Discovery; British Royals; World War II.
www.preciousplatinum.com/en-GB/guides-advice/pt-history.aspx
Platinum History
www.preciousplatinum.com/pdf/en_uk/History_guides_uk.pdf

People

Döbereiner, Johann Wolfgang
Döbereiner Firelighter
www.chemsoc.org/timeline/pages/1823.html

Döbereiner’s Lighter
www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/d-bereiners-lighter

Grove, William
Sir William Grove
Father of the Fuel Cell.
www.corrosion-doctors.org/Biographies/GroveBio.htm

Catalysis

Gas-Phase Catalysis by Platinum-Group Metals–Past, Present, and Future
Stan Golunski, JOM, October, 2001, Volume 53, Number 10, Pages 22–24
dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11837-001-0050-7

Paul Sabatier – Nobel Lecture
The Method of Direct Hydrogenation by Catalysis.
www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1912/sabatier-lecture.html

Wilhelm Ostwald – Nobel Lecture
On Catalysis.
www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1909/ostwald-lecture.html

Coins

Coins & Medals of Imperial Russia: Nicholas I
Yale University
www.library.yale.edu/slavic/coins/html/nicholas1.html

National Numismatic Collection (NNC)
Smithsonian Institution
americanhistory.si.edu/collections/numismatics/

Russian Coins and Medals
The Willis H. duPont – Georgii Mikhailovich Collection
americanhistory.si.edu/collections/numismatics/russianc/russ.htm

Fuel Cells

Collecting the History of Fuel Cells
A Smithsonian project to gather historical materials pertaining to the history of fuel cells.
fuelcells.si.edu

Metric System

What is the History of Weighing?
From the National Physical Laboratory, U.K.
www.npl.co.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.2083

Unit of Length (meter)
Historical context of the SI.
physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/meter.html
Unit of Mass (kilogram)
Historical context of the SI.
physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/kilogram.html

Photography

Mike Ware’s Alternative Photography
Platinum and palladium printing.
www.mikeware.co.uk

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Innovation/Science News

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Energy
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2006/energy/

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/

Chemie.DE News
The latest news, articles and reports from the chemical, analytical and laboratory industries.
www.chemie.de/news/e/

Chemistry World
www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/

EurekAlert!
www.eurekalert.org

Google Directory – Science > News and Media
directory.google.com/Top/Science/News_and_Media/

Google News
news.google.com

Google News Archive Search
news.google.com/archivesearch

innovations-report
www.innovations-report.com

NewScientist.com
www.newscientist.com

news@nature.com
www.nature.com/news

Planet Ark
Reuters Daily World Environment News.
www.planetark.org

Platinum today: New Application Development
Monthly roundups covering news of scientific developments that may lead to new pgm applications are listed here.
www.platinum.matthey.com/applications/other-demand-sectors/new-application-development/Scientific Development.html

Reuters
www.reuters.com

SciCentral
Gateway to the best science news sources.
www.scicentral.com

Science | Business
The independent news service on how ideas get from the laboratory to market.
www.sciencebusiness.net

ScienceDaily Magazine
www.sciencedaily.com

Technology Research News
www.trnmag.com

Yahoo! Search – News Search
news.search.yahoo.com

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Intellectual Property

The British Library
The world’s largest patent collection.
www.bl.uk

The British Library’s Business & IP Centre
Helping you exploit the world’s greatest patent resources.
www.bl.uk/bipc/
British Library Experts
Find pages written by British Library experts on patents.
www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/patents/index.html

China Patent Database
search.cnpat.com.cn/Search/EN/

CIPO-OPIC, Canadian Intellectual Property Office – Office de la propriété intellectuelle
www.cipo.ic.gc.ca

Canadian Patent Database
Search options: Basic; Number; Boolean; Advanced.
patents.ic.gc.ca/cipo/cpd/en/introduction.html

CNIPR
Maintained by Intellectual Property Publishing House; can provide professional Chinese patent information service.
english.cnipr.com/cnipreng/

C-PAT Search
Chinese patent search tool in English, supported with full-text search function and all data from 1985.
english.cnipr.com/enpatv/search/tableSearch.do?method=showTable

Delphion Intellectual Property Network (From Thomson Reuters)
Premier site for searching, viewing, and analysing patent collections worldwide.
www.delphion.com

Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA)
German Patent and Trade Mark Office.
www.dpma.de

DOE Patents Database
The U.S. Department of Energy’s central collection of patent information.
www.osti.gov/doepatents/

Espacenet
worldwide.espacenet.com

Use the Espacenet network to search:
Patent applications in their original language from The European Patent Office and The World Intellectual Property Organization (PCT)

Patent applications with an English abstract and title from Worldwide and Japan

The national patent offices of the member states act as service providers and offer users access via home pages hosted by them. In this way the pages can be customised to meet national requirements vis-à-vis language, links to other pages and help functions.

www.epo.org/searching/free/espacenet.html

Languages
- Austria, at.espacenet.com, German
- Belgium, be.espacenet.com, French, Dutch
- Cyprus, cy.espacenet.com, English
- Denmark, dk.espacenet.com, Danish
- Finland, fi.espacenet.com, Finnish
- France, fr.espacenet.com, French
- Hellenic Republic, gr.espacenet.com, Greek
- Ireland, ie.espacenet.com, English
- Italy, it.espacenet.com, Italian
- Luxembourg, lu.espacenet.com, French
- Monaco, mc.espacenet.com, French
- Netherlands, nl.espacenet.com, Dutch
- Portugal, pt.espacenet.com, Portuguese
- Russia, ru.espacenet.com, Russian
- Spain, es.espacenet.com, Spanish
- Sweden, se.espacenet.com, Swedish
- Switzerland, ch.espacenet.com, French, German, Italian
- United Kingdom, gb.espacenet.com, English
- See also European Patent Office.

European Patent Office
Official website of the European Patent Office (EPO), the executive body of the European Patent Organisation.
www.epo.org

European Publication Server
Published patent applications.
publications.european-patent-office.org

FreePatentsOnline
Patent searching and inventing resources.
www.freepatentsonline.com

Fuel Cell Today: Patent Review
Fuel Cell Today publishes a review of the latest developments in fuel cell and related patents worldwide. Covering the main geographical markets, including Europe, North America and Asia; and focusing on various fuel cell technologies and applications, the Patent Quarterly Review gives a reliable insight into fuel cell R&D worldwide.
http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/analysis/patents

Google Patents
www.google.com/patents

IFI Claims Patent Services
Reliable, text-searchable, and value-added databases of U.S. patents.
www.ificlaims.com

Indian Patent Information Retrieval System
Gateway to search Indian patent applications.
www.patentoffice.nic.in/ipirs1/patentsearch.htm

IP Australia
Federal government agency that grants rights in patents, trademarks and designs.
www.ipaustralia.gov.au

Japan Patent Office
www.jpo.go.jp

Searching PAJ
www19.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/PA1/cgi-bin/PA1INIT?

KIPRIS (Korea Industrial Property Rights Information Service)
Entire Korean industrial property rights information since 1948.
eng.kipris.or.kr/

KnowledgeLink Newsletter (From Thomson Reuters)
Articles on information topics in business, industry and academia.
scientific.thomsonreuters.com/news/

LexisNexis, Intellectual Property Solutions
“Properly obtain and protect intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, with technology that’s innovative, integrated with the way you work, and designed to help you make better business decisions.”
www.lexisnexis.com/ip/

MicroPatent (From Thomson Reuters)
Patent and trademark provider including electronic downloads, faxes and electronic research systems.
www.micropat.com

Patent Lens
CAMBIA’s initiative for increasing patent transparency.
www.patentlens.net

Patent Lens – Free Full-Text Patent Search
A fully text-searchable patents (PCT, US and EPO) database.
www.patentlens.net/patentlens/quick.html

PatentsSearcher.com
“Cutting-edge ranking algorithms for patents, export to spreadsheet, PDF, search for classes, inventors, patent family, patent cart.”
patentssearcher.com

PATMG, Patent and Trade Mark Group
Special Interest Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).
www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/patmg

SIPO
State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China.
www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo_English/

SIPO English Patent Search
Chinese patent search tool in English.
59.151.99.140/sipo_EN/search/tabSearch.do?method=init

SureChem
Powerful gateway for chemical patent search. It offers unprecedented coverage, turnaround times and data access. Users can perform structure and keyword search.
www.surechem.org

TechConnect
Global technology outreach organisation, dedicated to locating the world’s most promising IP and start-up companies across all industries and technology focus areas.
www.techconnect.org

Thomson Reuters, Scientific
Value-added patent databases for patent searches, competitor intelligence, research and development, and intellectual property protection.
scientific.thomsonreuters.com

Patent ProfilesNet
“Allows quick and direct access to current awareness profiles which summarise key developments in your area of interest.”
www.patentprofilesnet.com

TotalPatent™ (From LexisNexis)
A patent research, retrieval and analysis solution
law.lexisnexis.com/total-patent

UK Intellectual Property Office
Official government body responsible for granting intellectual property rights in the United Kingdom.
www.ipo.gov.uk

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Online business systems to search existing patents and trademarks, order copies, apply for patents, register trademarks, pay fees and monitor progress.
www.uspto.gov

WIPO GOLD
A free public resource which provides a one-stop gateway to WIPO’s global collections of searchable IP data. It aims to facilitate universal access to IP information.
www.wipo.int/wipogold/en/

yet2.com
The global online marketplace that enables interactive technology and intellectual property transfer between corporations, academic institutions, national laboratories, technology brokers and individual inventors.
www.yet2.com

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Properties: Chemical, Physical

chemistry in its element
“Chemistry World takes a whirlwind tour of the Periodic Table: each week a leading scientist or author tells the story behind a different element.”
www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/podcast/element.asp

Knovel.com
“The most comprehensive and reliable source of scientific and engineering information online. Engineers and scientists will be able to find technical information, data and analysis tools needed to answer questions, solve problems and spur productivity. The reference books currently available include: Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Handbook of Chemical Vapor Deposition, Engineering Documentation Control Handbook, Handbook of Physical Vapor Deposition, Handbook of Deposition Technologies for Films/Coatings, and Perry’s Deluxe.”
www.knovel.com

Material Data Network
Materials information on the web, from Granta Design Ltd.
matdata.net

MatWeb
Searchable database of material data sheets.
matweb.com

MatWeb Metal and Alloy Composition Search
Platinum: e.g. Electrical Properties, Mechanical Properties, Optical Properties, Physical Properties, Thermal Properties.
matweb.com/search/CompositionSearch.aspx

NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is a federal technology agency that develops and promotes measurement, standards, and technology.
www.nist.gov

NIST Chemistry WebBook
Provides chemical and physical property data on over 40,000 compounds.
webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/
e.g. platinum: phase change data; reaction thermochemistry data; gas phase ion energetics data; ion clustering data; gas phase kinetics (on kinetics web site).

NIST Elemental Data Index
Provides access to the holdings of NIST Physics Laboratory online data organised by element.
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/Elements/cover.html
e.g. platinum: atomic spectroscopic data; x-ray and gamma ray data; radiation dosimetry data; nuclear physics data; condensed matter physics data.

NIST Physical Reference Data
Research data.
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/

The Periodic Table of Videos
From the University of Nottingham, U.K.
www.periodicvideos.com

Rhodium Express
International journal Rhodium Express published between 1993 to 1996 (17 issues in total), which drew papers on rhodium complexes from around the world.
sites.google.com/site/rhodiumexpress/

SpringerMaterials
Physical and chemical data in materials science.
www.springermaterials.com

Visual Elements Periodic Table
www.rsc.org/periodic-table
e.g. platinum, www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/78/platinum
palladium, www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/46/palladium

WebElements
Chemistry’s periodic table (periodic chart) of the elements on the WWW.
www.webelements.com
e.g. platinum, www.webelements.com/platinum/index.html
palladium, www.webelements.com/palladium/index.html

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Scientists

AuthorMapper
Scientific research and author locations globally.
www.authormapper.com

Catalyst R&D in Europe
R&D groups working on catalysis.
www.efcats.org/R+_+D+in+Catalysis.html

Chemdex
The directory of chemistry on the WWW.
www.chemdex.org

Community of Science
Resources for Researchers.
www.cos.com
www.cos.com/services/

COS Expertise
Global network of research experts from scientific and scholarly fields.
expertise.cos.com

DGRweb
The ACS Directory of Graduate Education (DGR) is the most comprehensive source of information on chemical research and researchers at universities in the U.S. and Canada.
dgr.rints.com

EPSRC Grants on the Web
‘Current Grant Portfolio’: where you can browse or search the EPSRC portfolio of current research grants.
gow.epsrc.ac.uk/GOWDefault.aspx

FECS Database of Chemical Scientists
Provides details of chemical scientist in Europe and the rest of the world. Hosted by chemsoc on behalf of the Federation of European Chemical Societies (FECS).
chemsoc.org/networks/fecsregister.htm

ISI Highly Cited Researchers
Gateway to the most highly influential scientists and scholars worldwide.
isihighlycited.com

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
International organisation dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paper-based theses and dissertations.
www.ndltd.org

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Search Engines

Ask Jeeves
www.ask.com

Bing
www.bing.com

British Library Direct
direct.bl.uk

Browsys
Browsys Search Assistant is a handy web search tool, allowing quick access to multiple search services and online content providers from one single page.
www.browsys.com

Google
www.google.com

Google Scholar
For scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.
scholar.google.com

GoPubMed
Knowledge-based search engine for biomedical texts. It allows users to identify experts in the biomedical field
www.gopubmed.com

GrabAll
Comparison search engine with categories.
www.graball.com

Ixquick
www.ixquick.com

J-EAST
Search for English citations and abstracts for articles published in Japan.
sciencelinks.jp/j-east

Microsoft Academic Search
Free academic search engine.
academic.research.microsoft.com

OneMine
Mining research library.
www.onemine.org

Science Accelerator
Searches science, including R&D results, project descriptions, accomplishments, and more, via resources made available by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), U.S. Department of Energy.
www.scienceaccelerator.gov

Science-Search.org
For scientific searching.
www.science-search.org

Scirus
For scientific information.
www.scirus.com

Scitopia.org
Federated vertical search that lets you explore the research most cited in scholarly work and patents.
www.scitopia.org

techXtra
Helps you find engineering, mathematics and computing information.
www.techxtra.ac.uk

WorldWideScience.org
Global science gateway: accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases.
www.worldwidescience.org

Zibb
Business to business search engine.
www.zibb.com

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Technical Information

Catalysis & Chiral Technologies
Catalyst technology for asymmetric synthesis, coupling chemistry, or heterogeneous reactions.
www.jmcatalysts.com/pharma/index.asp?id=416

Catalysis Forum
Monthly technical update on catalysis products and services.
jmcatalysis-forum.com

Catalyst Gauze
For nitric acid, cyanide, caprolactam and hydroxylamine manufacture.
www.nitrotechnologies.noble.matthey.com

Catalytic Reaction Guide
Comprehensive resource on key synthetic transformations that can be achieved using precious and base metal homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts.
www.jmcatalysts.com/pharma/crg.asp

Chemical Products
Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os and Ru salts and solutions.
www.chemicals.matthey.com

Environmental Catalysts and Technologies
Autocatalysts, heavy-duty diesel and stationary source emission control.
ect.jmcatalysts.com

Fabricated PGMs
Includes glass industry products, gauze, laboratory apparatus, crucibles, wire, tube and sheet products.
www.noble.matthey.com

Fuel Cells
Membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs), anode and cathode catalysts, fuel processor (FP) reactors, fuel processor catalysts and coated components for the complete fuel cell system.
www.jmfuelcells.com

Gas Purification Technology
Palladium membranes, getter and catalytic gas purification equipment.
pureguard.net

Glass
Complete range of complementing pgm technologies for glass manufacturers.
www.glass.noble.matthey.com

Global Emissions Management
Publication from Environmental Catalysts and Technologies.
www.jm-gem.com

Labware
Platinum and precious metal labware for crystal growth and analytical applications.
http://www.alfa.com/en/html/bulk.html?bulkLink=labware

Medical Products
Includes fine wire and micro-machined parts.
www.jmmedical.com

Metal Joining Products
Palladium brazing alloys.
www.jm-metaljoining.com

Metals Refining
A precious metals refining service.
www.pgmrefining.com

Palladium Jewellery Technical Manual
“Palladium – An Introduction”.
www.johnsonmattheyny.com/technical/palladiumTechManual

PGM Prices
Create and download price charts and price data tables.
www.platinum.matthey.com/pgm-prices/

Pharmaceuticals
Manufacture of pharmaceutical products for the oncology, anticancer and associated markets. Cisplatin, carboplatin.
www.jmpharma.com

Platinum Jewellery Technical Manual
“An Introduction to Platinum”.
www.johnsonmattheyny.com/technical/platinumTechManual

Platinum Metals Products
Noble Metals website for metals information.
www.noble.matthey.com/ourmarkets.asp

Precious Metal Inks
Platinum and gold inks in matt or bright finishes.
www.glassmatthey.com/products/precious_metals/

Precious Metal Plating
Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir and Ru plating salts.
www.jmcatalysts.com/pct/marketshome.asp?marketid=78

Process Technologies
Catalysts and absorbents for process technologies.
www.jmcatalysts.com/ptd/

Research Chemicals
Fine chemicals, metals, and materials.
www.alfa.com

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