| the Gateway to Materials ConstitutionThe product, MSI Eureka, is a materials focused knowledge base that gives control on inorganic materials, on the growing published knowledge

| the Gateway to

Materials Constitution

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MSI

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MSI: the company

MSIT: the team

MSI Eureka: the product- who does it serve

- what problems does it solve

- what makes it unique

- product details

- functionalities

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| The Gateway to Materials Constitution | by MSI

The product, MSI Eureka, is a materials focused knowledge base that gives control on inorganic materials, on the growing published knowledge and how materials change when temperature, pressure or compositions are changed. Key are: phase diagrams.

The global team, MSIT

Materials Science International Team is the group of experts behind MSI Eureka. MSIT compiles and evaluates data, generates missing data, creates phase diagrams.

The company, MSI

Materials Science International Services, GMBH hosts the global team, markets MSI Eureka



MSI: From a Max-Planck project to a global network

1984 a global scientific team, MSIT,

started from the Stuttgart Max-Planck-

Institute for Metals Research.

Since 1989 MSI, GmbH gives office and

guidance to MSIT.

Today MSI & MSIT form the largest

network in materials constitution.

MSI Introduction



GB Leeds; Sheffield; Manchester; Birmingham; Surrey

DE Stuttgart; Clausthal; Aachen; Jülich; Freiberg

NL Eindhoven

FR Lille; Montpellier; Rennes; Paris; Grenoble; Lyon

AT Vienna

IT Genova

GR Volos

UA Kiev (Acd. of Sc.); L’viv (Univ.); Chernivtsi; Kramatorsk

RU Moscow (Acd. of Sc.); State Univ.

CN Changsha / Hunan; Central South Univ.; Bejing

JP Tokyo (IT); Kyoto, Sendai

Malaysia Sains Univ. Tronoh

USA Cincinnati; Raleigh; Gainsville; Evanston; Gaithersburg

BR Campinas; Lorena; Sao Paulo, IPT; PUC Rio

South Africa Witwatersrand

India Chenai, Bhabha Atom. Center

BE Leuven

Since 25 years ~120 materials scientists, collaborate remotely

monitor all relevant publications

evaluate data on binary & ternary materials systems

execute joint research in Europe and outside

meet once per year

enjoy cooperation

A global team,

cooperating all year



You know us, already

“Ternary Alloys” book series of 18 volumes

critical evaluation of materials systems; phase diagrams of ternary Al, Ag, As, Li, Mg systems; jointly with VCH, later by MSI

Landolt-Börnstein 17 volumes sub-series “Ternary Alloys Phase Diagrams”

critical evaluation of selected materials systems;

jointly with Springer Verlag

“Red Book” book series of 18 volumes

extracts of the constitutional data from the world publications, (now electronic only).

“Metal-Boron-Carbide”

author Peter Rogl, edited by MSI; jointly with ASM

”Pressure Dependent Binary Phase Diagrams”

author Yuri Lewinski, edited by MSI; jointly with ASM

Authored by MSI & MSIT



Materials properties are affected by their “phases”

Phases change with temperature, pressure or materials composition

Rising temperature transforms the solid phase (snow) into liquid.

The pressure under the skates transforms solid (ice) into liquid. The couple glides on a water film.

Adding salt (ice + NaCl) lowers the melting point. Ice transforms into liquid.

changes by pressurechanges by temperature changes by composition

Scientists read such phase changes from : phase diagrams

The Subject: Phase Transformations (1)

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What happens to my material, e.g. in service life?

Can I employ phase diagrams in research or to develop new materials?

gives you the road maps!

For alloys (steels, bronzes, magnets, implants, electronic materials,…and more)

For non-metals (ceramics, sensors, semiconductors,…and more)

For composites (cermets, …and more)

multiphase, Ag-Cu-Sn solder alloy

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Phase Transformations: Engineering Material



MSI Eureka is an information platform

which can be licensed by subscription.

MSI Eureka’s features include:

The only source monitoring ALL inorganic material systems ever published: more than 45.000 element combinations

The only scientific program that evaluates entire material systems(contrary to collections of uncorrelated phase diagrams)

Unary, binary, ternary and …more-component materials systems

Constantly updated content, automatic alert system

Interactive diagrams, intuitive user interface



Our Vision

Make targeted

progress happen !

To give you control on the growing

knowledge on materials’ constitution

validated & transparent,

easy to access,

applicable.



Our Mission

we keep informed,

we add expertise,

we simplify your mission.

You can focus on what is important

for you.

simplifies your research

Simplify research



MSI Eureka Concept

monitoring all literature

(MSI)

evaluating many literature (MSIT)

offering customers added value

(MSI Eureka)

Links to Literature

Critical Evaluations

(many)

(all)

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Acting: Staff / authoring teams / reviewers / staff

Inorganic materials systems

abstracts

diagrams

phases



Who Does It Serve

Scientists & Engineers (academic & corporate; R&D professionals, educators & students)

Information Managers (librarians; information professionals)

Science Managers (program officers; project managers, funding agencies)

Physics

Chemistry

Engineering

Materials Science

Crystallography

Thermodynamics

Crystal growth

Materials design

Alloy development

Industrial engineering across multiple industries (including automotive, aerospace, heavy industry, manufacturing, energy conversion, etc.)

functional materials, sensors, etc

structural materials

metals, ceramics, cermets

others

Audience in the fields of:



For Scientists & Engineers

(1) Find information on specific materials (fast, comprehensive and relevant info only)

(2) Understand the material system as a whole(when temperature, pressure, or composition vary)

(3) Develop new materials or optimize the existing materials

(4) Optimize project-time and -resources efficiently

scientist



Find the literature for specific materials’ constitution

Problems that can arise

search profiles are too complicated

searches are time-consuming

many irrelevant hits found

overview still incomplete

loads of redundant information to process

when searching for literature

when working through literature

With MSI Eureka

simple search by periodic table

only relevant results, identified by scientists

fast answers, by categories

very complete overview

always up-to-date, automatically alerted

For Scientists & Engineers (1)



Developing / applying new materials

Problem

fundamental information is missing

“trial & error” will lead to unnecessary experiments

“mission impossible” may come too late

With MSI Eureka

you learn on time: “mission possible/difficult/ impossible”

you get road maps to solutions

you minimize number of experiments

you save time and resources

you reach your targets faster

phase diagrams

road maps to solutions





Problems

How to learn what is known about your material, before the project starts ?

How to forecast the behavior of your material, how behave similar materials ?

Synergies, who else investigating “your” material ?

With MSI Eureka

A few clicks tell you

you quickly check similar materials, using the periodic table

In Current Work Alert you may find similar work ongoing elsewhere

Optimize project time, chances and resources



Problem (1)

library human resources are limited,

search services are time-consuming

for individual customers

for „embedded librarians“ in major projects

MSI Eureka improves customer service, saves resources

intuitive searches, easy access, all by a few clicks

Individual requests: now directly from the scientist’s desk, by the end user, no communication problems.

Embedded librarians: MSI Eureka monitors ~ 200 journals, ongoing alert service, easy access.

For Information Professionals (1)



Problem (2): find „all relevant“ or „relevant only“

find all relevant information:

without MSI Eureka: almost impossible: too many irrelevant hits

find relevant information only:

without MSI Eureka: many relevant information missed

Solutions with MSI Eureka

you find all materials and relevant information only, easily.

you find all materials ever published, up-to date

only relevant entries, identified by scientists, not by automated search profiles

For Information Professionals (2)



No matter how good services are, „google first“ is a wide spread habit.

The MSI web site directs “googlers” back to library services

Web visitors will find the answer to their search -via the MSI web site -from their own library, displayed in their browser.

Library Services or Google ?



MSI-Eureka assists research management

having virtually all materials systems ever published

planning, writing proposals and executing projects

proof novelty

learn the state of the art

find data available, easily

check for missing data, easily

find related work ongoing elsewhere

proof viability with respect to the material

minimize materials inherent research risks

save time and resources in the project

check data on alternative materials, with a few mouse clicks

For Science Managers



Comparable Sources

ASM, Pauling File, selected diagrams, no materials systems, no evaluations except binary systems (ASM till 1990)

Springer Materials (announced): evaluated ~720 ternary materials systems (by MSIT), binary systems (by B. Predel). All frozen at the publication date,.

other sources are print or CD-ROM media, not critically evaluated, no material systems

Only MSI Eureka offers:

Information on all materials systems, > 45.000 element combinations, no ionic liquids.

the largest phase diagram program ever, ongoing since 25 years

largest number of evaluated materials systems, ~ 4000 systems

information up-to-date, complete, concise – current with the world knowledge - at the time you search.

MSI Eureka is unique: by content, by coverage, by quality + it is alive !



A Value Proposition

Content of MSI Eureka includes:

>50 MSIT authored books:

18 volumes “Ternary Alloys”, (VCH+MSI)

18 volumes “Red Books”, (MSI)

17 volumes “Landolt Boernstein”, (Springer+MSI)

3 volumes ASM-books, (ASM+MSI)

240.000 bibliographic entries relevant to materials

constitution of 45.000 systems

…and more

Σ > 50.000 print pages.



Some Customers

Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research



"Before we spent a lot of time in searching different bibliographic databases and in sorting out

irrelevant hits, to find relevant and validated data on materials constitution. Since the year 2000

- with “MSI Eureka” and its forerunner the “MSIT Phase Diagram Center” - we can do this job in

minutes. Already the time saving pays for itself, and we appreciate the outstanding quality

of the evaluated phase diagrams for the ternary materials systems.“

Prof. R. Schmid-Fetzer

TU Clausthal, Germany

“With MSI Eureka we have been able to rationalize our research plans using the high quality

critical evaluations as a starting point in experiments and computer simulation (Calphad

method). MSI Eureka indeed helps to simplify science, we can achieve our research goals more

efficiently and it brings real materials constitution into student teaching.”

Prof. H.J. Seifert,

TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

Customer Quotes

2nd part: Product Details of MSI Eureka

data categories

screenshots of main features



Data Categories in MSI Eureka

Compilations:

Links to Literaturebibliographic data base with 240.000 entries

on all inorganic materials ever published, 45.000 systems

Research Results

4288 extended extracts from the literature

Reference Phase Diagrams

1550 phase diagrams for 1272 binary and ternary systems

Evaluations – constitutional data & phase diagrams:

Ternary System Reports – ~4000 evaluated ternary systems

Binary System Reports – 150 evaluated binary systems

p-T-x System Reports - 188 evaluated pressure / temperature data



Selected functionalities of MSI Eureka

What does a System Report look like?

The text part of the System Report is an interactive document. Here the user finds explanations why, e.g. after critical review of ALL data, phase diagrams in the System Report may differ from those published earlier.

Descriptive Text




Link from System Report to related data

Related diagram data

Interactive link




Link from Diagrams to tabulated data

Interactive link to phase specification

Related tables describe the type of phase structure, lattice parameters, stability range,….

Related tables describe which phases take part in the reaction, form or disappear with changing temperature? When and how they do this, and what is the element concentration in each phase.

Interactive link to phase reactions




Link to reference information

Click on references to view full bibliographic information




Navigate interactive documents

Manipulate phase diagrams

search tables

find your answers quickly



Take - Away Points

Sort & access the world’s collective knowledge with a few mouse clicks.

Information on ALL inorganic material systems ever studied: above 45.000 element combinations

MSI Eureka evaluates entire material systems(contrary to collections of uncorrelated phase diagrams)

Unary, binary, ternary and …more-component systems

Constantly updated by a large community (MSIT)

Interactive diagrams, intuitive user interface

MSI Eureka is unique: by content, by coverage, by quality + it is alive !

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| the Gateway to Materials ConstitutionThe product, MSI Eureka, is a materials focused knowledge base that gives control on inorganic materials, on the growing published knowledge