I’d like to compile a list of all the macroscopic properties of solid materials, if such a thing is possible. So things like tensile strength, electric conductivity, specific heat, etc. Not microscopic properties like atomic number, and not things like temperature that aren’t determined by the properties of the material. (Of course, some of the properties I’m interested in will be temperature dependent, but that’s OK as long as they also depend on the properties of the material.) Also, nothing that depends on how much material you have – so weight shouldn’t be listed, but density should.
Perhaps the best way to go would be for people to just list as many as they can think of off the top of their head, rather than worrying about whether it’s a complete list.
A lot of macroscopic properties such as hardness and tensile strength are variable depending on how the material has been worked, so it just isn’t possible to give a standardized list. A paper clip and a sewing needle are both made out of steel but one is a hell of lot harder and stiffer than the other.
Getcherself a copy of the {b}CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics**. They’ve been putting this out annually for 85 years or so, and it’s the required reference for students. It has an awful lot of what you’re looking for, all in one convenient package.
The old volumes were about 8" high by 5" wide, printed on very thin paper. They called them “Chemical Rubber Bibles”, because that’s what they looked like, plus they contained The Truth. For the past 40 years or so they’ve been 12" high and correspondingly wider.
… or the “Rubber Book”. The rubber comes from Chemical Rubber Company (CRC), the company that publishes it. I think they have moved out of the rubber business.
