What is TDBDB (The Thermodynamic DataBase DataBase)?

It is a search engine for thermodynamic data available in TDB format. Such files can be read by most thermodynamic modeling software (Thermocalc, Pandat, Open Calphad, etc.). This site provides links to the data files and acticles rather than data/article itself (for copyright and fairness reasons). You will need to have rights of access to the data source itself to download the files or the papers.

Credits and agreements

The thermodynamic engine used "under the hood" is Open Calphad. The plots are generated with Gnuplot (2D and 3D plots) or xtk (online interactive 3D). The "glue" that holds the thermodynamic engine and the plotting programs together is the "ocplot" command of ATAT.

The data comes from a variety of sources, most notably:

the electronic supplementary information of the CALPHAD journal, for which you or your institution need to have a subscription.
the excellent NIMS database and you will have to register there (which is free) to access the data.
The NIST MATDL database.

When using this resource, the following should be acknowledged:

For the use of this web site: [Web] [Paper] [Cite]
For Open Calphad: [Web] [Paper 1] [Cite Paper 1] [Paper 2] [Cite Paper 2]
For ATAT: [Web] [Paper] [Cite]
For NIMS: [Web] [People] [Contact].
For NIST: [Web] [Paper]
For XTK: [Web] [Paper]
Don't forget the paper which actually reported the thermodynamic data (click on the [Crossref] link of the database entry.)

In using this service, you agree not to copy over our database's content to create your own service or engage in any activity that is deliberately detrimental to our service or its authors.

Usage

First enter the elements of interest and click search (or press enter). Your are then given a choice of databases.

The TDB link points to the database file while the doi link points to the original paper. The crossref link points to the appropriate entry in CrossRef to allow you to easily download citation info in any format (click on the "actions") menu in CrossRef.

Clicking on the "View" button, after selecting one of the database, gives you a (crude) preview of the phase diagram. You can specify a lower and upper temperature of interest. If both temperature limits are the same, an isothermal cross-section is generated. The accuracy/quality of the preview is controlled by the "number of samples", which indicates how many equilibrium calculations will be used to generate the phase diagram.

By default the plot is created with Gnuplot and the corresponding script can be obtained by clicking "Download Gnuplot code" . This is useful to include in a paper or to rotate 3D plots interactively (off-line). Checking the box "Interactive 3D" invokes the Xtk viewer, which enables online interactive 3D.

Binary and ternary isothermal sections are shown as a 2D plot. Ternary phase diagrams and quaternary isothermal sections are shown as 3D plots.

The plots are still rather crude (do not blame Open Calphad for this, as this is in large part due to the ploting algorithm used).

Below the plots, some log files are reported, to help in debugging.

FAQ

Why is database's radio button grayed?
Because the tdb file cannot be read by Open Calphad and/or solely contains kinetic data. The TDB file list should still work.
Why I am asked for credentials after clicking on the tdb file or the doi?
See Credits section.