Progresses on Thermodynamic Databases

Chemical production is accompanied by heat generation and the generation of new substances. The use of these calories and products, for sustainable development and environmental protection is of great significance. Thermodynamics is the understanding and mastery of the nature of heat and the law of energy conversion. It is a macroscopic theory based on experiment and has a high degree of universality and reliability. Thermodynamic data is an essential basic data for chemical design, simulation, and production. Therefore, thermodynamic data is of great significance to the sustainability of chemical production and environmental protection. Several relatively complete thermodynamic database around the world such as FactSage, THERMO-CALC, HSC Chemistry, inorganic thermochemical database, metallurgical thermodynamic database and so on were summarized and discussed. (paper)