(Obtained from http://www.nist.gov/pml/data/periodic.cfm, 31.01.

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1.2 Resources and Databases
There are many widely available resources with various physico-chemical data, in
print and online. A selection of resources for general, spectroscopic and structural
data is compiled in Table 1.1.
Table 1.1 Select resources of physico-chemical, spectroscopic and structural data
General physico-chemical data
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Haynes, W.M. (edt.) (2012) 93rd
edition, CRC Press.
Book
SI Chemical Data Aylward, G. & Findlay, T. (2013)
6th edition, John Wiley & Sons.
Book
National Institute of Standards and
Technology, USA
http://www.nist.gov/srd/onlinelist.
cfm
Public
Mass spectrometry
MassBank (Japan) http://www.massbank.jp/?lang¼en Public
Mass Spectrometry Data Center (NIST) http://chemdata.nist.gov/ Public
m/zCloud (HighChem LLC, Slovakia) http://www.mzcloud.org/ Public
Spectral data
Spectral Database for Organic Compounds
SDBS (National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)
http://sdbs.db.aist.go.jp/sdbs/cgibin/
cre_index.cgi?lang¼eng
Public
Structural data
Cambridge Structural Database (CSD)
Crystal structures of organic compounds
http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/
products/csd/
Licence
Inorganic Crystal Structure Database
Crystal structures of inorganic compounds
http://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/icsd_
content.html
Licence
CRYSTMET®
Crystal structures of metals and alloys
http://www.tothcanada.com/ Licence
Protein Data Bank (PDB)
Protein and oligosaccharide structures
http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/ Public
Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank
(BMRB)
NMR structures of biomolecules
http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu/ Public
Nucleic Acids Data Bank
Structures of oligonucleotides
http://ndbserver.rutgers.edu/ Public
PDF Databases
Powder diffraction data
http://www.icdd.com/ Licence
1.3 Units and Constants
1.3.1 Decimal Factors
1.3.2 The Greek Alphabet
1.3.3 SI Base Parameters and Units
Table 1.2 Decimal factors Factor Prefix Symbol Factor Prefix Symbol
10_1 deci d 10 deka da
10_2 centi c 102 hekto h
10_3 milli m 103 kilo k
10_6 micro m 106 mega M
10_9 nano n 109 giga G
10_12 pico p 1012 tera T
10_15 femto f 1015 peta P
10_18 atto a 1018 exa E
Table 1.3 The Greek
alphabet
Α, α alpha I, ι iota Σ, σ sigma
B, β beta K, κ kappa T, τ tau
Γ, γ gamma Λ, λ lambda Y, υ upsilon
Δ, δ delta M, μ mu Φ, ϕ phi
Ε, ε epsilon N, ν nu Χ, χ chi
Ζ, ζ zeta Ξ, ξ xi Ψ, ψ psi
H, η eta Π, π pi Ω, ω omega
Θ, θ theta P, ρ rho
Table 1.4 SI base
parameters and units
Symbol Parameter Unit Name
I Electric current 1 A ampere
Iv Light intensity 1 cd candela
l Length 1 m metre
m Mass 1 kg kilogram
n Molar amount 1 mol mole
t Time 1 s second
T Temperature 1 K kelvin
1.3.4 Important Physico-chemical Parameters and Units
Table 1.5 Important physico-chemical parameters and units
Symbol Parameter Unit Name
b Molality 1 mol kg_1
B Magnetic induction 1 T ¼ 1 kg s_2 A_1 ¼ 1 V s m_2 tesla
c Molar concentration 1 mol l_1
C Electric capacitance 1 F ¼ 1 kg_1 m_2 s4 A2 ¼ 1 A s V_1 farad
E Energy 1 J ¼ 1 kg m2 s_2 ¼ 1 C V joule
ε Molar extinction
coefficient
1 l mol_1 cm_1
ε Permittivity 1 F m_1
F Force 1 N ¼ 1 kg m s_2 ¼ 1 J m_1 newton
F Magnetic flux 1 Wb ¼ 1 kg m2 s_2 A_1 ¼ 1 V s weber
G Electric conductance 1 S ¼ 1 kg_1 m_2 s3 A2 ¼ 1 Ω_1 siemens
H Enthalpy 1 J ¼ 1 kg m2 s_2 joule
η Viscosity 1 P ¼ 0.1 kg m_1 s_1 ¼ 0.1 Pa s poise
i Current density 1 A m_2
j Flux density 1 mol m_2 s_1
κ Conductivity 1 S m_2
L Magnetic inductivity 1 H ¼ 1 kg m2 s_2 A_2 ¼ 1 V A_1 s henry
Λm Molar conductivity 1 S m2 mol_1
M Molar mass1 1 g mol_1 ¼ 1 Da (dalton)
μ Electric dipole moment 1 D ¼ 3.336_10_30 C m debye
ν Frequency 1 Hz ¼ 1 s_1 hertz
p Pressure 1 Pa ¼ 1 kg m_1 s_2 ¼ 1 N m_2 pascal
P Power 1 W ¼ 1 kg m2 s_3 ¼ 1 J s_1 watt
Q Electric charge 1 C ¼ 1 A s coulomb
ρ Density 1 g cm_3
ρ* Mass concentration 1 mg ml_1
R Electric resistance 1 Ω ¼ 1 kg m2 s_3 A_2 ¼ 1 V A_1 ohm
S Entropy 1 J K_1
θ Temperature 1 _C degree
Celsius
u Ion mobility 1 m2 s_1 V_1
U, ϕ, E Electric potential (voltage) 1 V ¼ 1 kg m2 s_3 A_1 ¼ 1 JA_1 s_1 volt
V Volume 1 l ¼ 1 dm3
Vm Molar volume 1 l mol_1
v Partial specific volume 1 ml g_1
w Mass fraction
Volume fraction
1 (typically given in %w/w, %w/v or %v/v)
x Mole fraction 1
z Charge number 1
1Note that the molecular mass is the mass of one molecule given in atomic mass units (u, Da). The
molar mass is the mass of 1 mol of molecules and thus has the units of g mol _1