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Databases in Materials Science. Contemporary state and future

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The state-of-the art of databases in materials science, understood as ordered and stored information, is discussed and the outlook for their development is deliberated. The text is divided in sections dealing with the glory, misery and future vision of databases, thermal analysis having its own comment.

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  1. ŠKODA Research Ltd, Tylova 57, CZ-31600, Plzeň

    J. Fiala

  2. University of Mining and Metallurgy, Tř. 17 listopadu 15, CZ-70833, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic

    J. Fiala

  3. Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles University, Legerova 63, CZ-12000, Prague

    J. Šesták

  4. Institute of Physics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Cukrovarnická 10, CZ-16253, Prague, Czech Republic

    J. Šesták

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Fiala, J., Šesták, J. Databases in Materials Science. Contemporary state and future. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 60, 1101–1110 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010100917679

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