After the latest release, the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD) comprises more than 100,000 records and thus enables users to secure and improve product quality and production processes
For more than 25 years, the crystal structure database ICSD (Inorganic Crystal Structure Database) has been a helpful tool for material scientists, chemists, and physicists when it comes to solving problems from basic and applied research.
The valuable data are particular useful for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of unknown materials or waste products thereby allowing, for example, to elucidate corrosive processes during production.
ICSD, a reference database for inorganic materials research, is jointly produced by Fiz Karlsruhe and the National Institute for Standards and Technology (Nist), USA.
With its more than 100,000 records of completely identified inorganic crystal structures, including atom positions, ICSD offers scientist an insight into technologically relevant materials such as superconductors, fire-proof materials (ceramic oxides) and intermetallic compounds.
ICSD is updated twice a year with a total of 6000 structures.
In addition, each year about 4000 to 6000 records are modified to meet the current state of science.
ICSD not only contains geometrical data but also the complete bibliographical references and therefore enables users to quickly access the original publications, for example, via the full text broker service Fiz AutoDoc.
Fiz Karlsruhe offers ICSD as an integrated package with well-established search and analysis software for Windows-based computers or as a web-based solution.
This software family enables users to search the world of inorganic materials for existing compounds while at the same time identifying and entering unknown regions.
The software offers sophisticated visualisation options for analysing crystal structures.
At the same time, users may compare the data contained in ICSD with the data used in their experiments, for example, powder diffractograms.
