How Knovel works
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Technical content in Knovel
Knovel continually expands its global network of content providers
Users now have access to multidisciplinary engineering content from over 140 publishers, societies and professional associations, including:
Technical references and premium content offerings cover a wide range of engineering expertise.
Find full text content, equations, materials and substances data, and interactive charts and graphs in 40+ subject areas, including:
Aerospace and radar technology | Mechanics and mechanical engineering |
Biochemistry, biology and biotechnology | Chemistry and chemical engineering |
Pharmaceutics, cosmetics and toiletries | Electrical and power engineering |
Electronics and semiconductors | Sustainable energy and development |
Substances and material databases provide a convenient way to access hard-to-find data
In-house and 3rd party industry and engineering experts develop unique database for Knovel. Property tables include physical, solvent, and thermodynamic properties. The physical property tables alone include over 21,000 inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances. Other specialized databases include:
Aluminum alloy
Magnesium alloy
Optical and filter glass
Titanium alloy
Crude oil assay
Polymer matrix composites
Discover Knovel’s unique engineering content offerings and materials databases.
Better tools in Knovel
Interactive tables, graphs and tools help Knovel users find material and substance property data for specific scenarios and conditions, including:
21,000 compound and substance property tables
1,000 equations paired with worked examples
1,000 unique units for 90 properties in unit converter
100,000 interactive tables and graphs with live data
The Knovel steam calculators are some of the many built-in-tools within Knovel.
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10 major engineering challenges
From sagging infrastructure to climate change, get a quick overview of 10 major engineering challenges along with data points and links to additional information in Knovel.
