Search for Tables¶
Select tables containing original information.
Search criteria in each smaller card are: Component, System, System Type, Year, Composition by analysis and Property Group .
Component¶
A user can select the components that should be present in the glasses of interest. Any table containing at least one glass including the corresponding component(s) will be selected.
A search bar allows you to quickly find the component with its chemical formula. After selection, the number of the selection is displayed and updated in the top area.
You can click on the Clear button in the upper right corner of this area to clear all the fields (the clear button turns blue when a selection exists). Same for System, Year and Property Group areas.
When you move the mouse pointer over the text of the number of selected components and click, the selected components are displayed and listed. Same for the text of the number of selected property groups in Property Group area.
Search Options¶
This option allows you to specify the type of components for the search.
If the Original components option is selected, then the query is run using the original component names.
If the Atom names option is selected, the query is run using the basic atom names, i.e. if the atom O is selected, components containing "O are searched for.
Note
Switching from Original components to Atom names will clear all selections in the Component card and vice versa.
In addition, the System type card is disabled in SciGlass when Atom names is selected and is not considered in the search. If this is not the case for the latest SciGlass version, please contact us.
System¶
A user can select types of components which are to be included in the glasses contained in the table. During the search, all tables containing at least one glass belonging to the chosen system are selected.
Tip
In some cases, you may want to match exactly the selected systems instead of having tables that contain at least one glass belonging to the chosen system.
To achieve this, you can click on the Exact toggle button or alternatively use the System type criteria with regard to the number of components.
System type¶
The dropdown list determines a specific list of system types with regard to the number of components: All, One-component (One-comp), Binary, Ternary, Quaternary and multi-component (>4 components) glasses. All means the absence of any selection (default).
There are two ways to define the system type for a glass: all components whose concentrations are reported, regardless of how low they are, or only the main components that are present in a glass in noticeable concentrations.
For example, a glass with reported composition 80 SiO2 + 19.95 Na2O + 0.05 Fe2O3 can be considered as ternary or binary system.
The options Considered as components and Ignored radio buttons allow selection of whether impurities in concentrations of less than 0.5wt% should be taken into account or ignored.
Note
Although it says: Impurities < 0.5wt%, values of less than 1% by weight (rough value) may still be considered impurities in the original database depending on the original source.
Year¶
The user can narrow down the period of years for which the data is of interest. If you are looking for a specific publication and know the year of publication, you can enter the same year in both fields (e.g. from 2019 to 2019).
Note
The SciGlass database only be updated until 2019 (the year it becomes open source).
Composition by analysis¶
Click on the toggle button to select the tables in which the glass composition is reported by chemical analysis. In general, the property data for such glasses are much more reliable than the glasses with compositions by batch.
Property Group¶
All properties of glasses and melts are divided into 29 groups. If a certain group of properties is selected, this means that all tables containing data from properties belonging to this group are collected for display by a user.
A search bar allows you to quickly find the properties with their name. After selection, the number of the selection is displayed and updated in the top area.
Check all 29 groups in the Glossary Lists of properties
Clear & Run¶
Clear: Clear all fields of the query.
Run: Run the query and navigate to the Result Card section.
Example¶
The result of the query is displayed in the Result Card section, which lists the SciGlass tables that match the query conditions.
Get started¶
For example, query the database with Component: SiO2, System: SiO2, Property Group: Glass transition temperature, Tg.
After you have clicked on Run, you will be navigated to the Result Card section (see below).
Result Card (Only Table view)¶
When the results are shown in the Result Card section, click on the Table ID of a record to open a particular table.
Tip
With the Page length option, you can choose the number of rows (tables) to display (default: 25 tables) and search with the Search bar in the Result Card section.
Future
It is planned to add a Filter button on the right-hand side of the search bar. With this you can filter each column individually.
Detail Card (Table view)¶
For example, let us click on the Table ID: 205 in the table list view of Result Card to open it.
This will bring you to the Detail Card section.
Information about the melting process, notes and references to the table are displayed in the upper part (text area). You can resize the text area to expand/hide it.
Information about the glass compositions and properties are displayed in the lower part (table).
The unit of the compositions is indicated at the top left above the table.
In this example, it is marked as Mol.% by batch (sometimes also in Mol.%, Wt.%, or At.%) indicate the concentration in the respective percent units; the type of composition specification in the original paper (by batch or by analysis) is indicated.
Tip
- Abbreviations and symbols are often used in the table header. Sometimes you can hover over it to see the full name, check the Glossary List of symbols for more information.
- For a more focused reading mode, you can click on the View fullscreen icon in the upper right corner or use the keyboard shortcut (f).
- You can export the detailed table information as an Excel or CSV file by using the Export button.
Future
It is planned to add a Filter button on the right-hand side of the search bar. With this you can filter each column individually.
If spectral data or a diagram of glass formation is available for the table, the corresponding icon is displayed (see below). If you click on the icon, the corresponding graphical data is displayed in a pop-up window.
If you click on the Glass No, the calculation results will be displayed in a pop-up window.
Detail Card (Visualization view)¶
You can click on the toggle button in the middle of the card header to switch between the table view and the visualization view.
In SciGlass Next there are two simple but useful chart types:
and Histogram plot:
Future
It is planned to add the Ternary diagram chart type in the future to display data with a ternary diagram. The ternary diagram function has already been implemented for the Glass Formation data and will be available in the future for all data which is called Property Diagram in SciGlass.
For more detailed introduction, check Visualization