TDB (Thermo-Calc)

File Format
Name	TDB
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Scientific Data formats Physics data TDB
Extension(s)	.tdb

TDB (Thermo-Calc Database Format) is a (plain-text) file format for storing storing thermodynamic databases. The format is used by the Thermo-Calc software.

Identification

The format does not include any header information, which makes automatic identification difficult. Most identification tools will simply identify these files as text/plain.

Specifications

• Thermo-Calc Database Manager’s Guide

Software

• Thermo-Calc

Sample files

• http://144.213.2.51/cmsc/pst/database/al-elem/alta/alta_wit.tdb
• http://www.met.kth.se/~bosse/BOOK/databases/cost507B.TDB
• http://is.muni.cz/th/270259/prif_m/SBSNZN_fin.tdb

Links

• Thermodynamic Data - includes overview of a number of related file formats