To ease integration with pysand-web, adding a display name to the material properties dictionary would be of great help (pysand.erosion.material_properties):
{ 'carbon_steel': {'rho_t': 7800, 'K': 2e-9, 'n': 2.6, 'angle_dependency': 'ductile', 'name': 'Carbon Steel'}, 'duplex': {'rho_t': 7850, 'K': 2e-9, 'n': 2.6, 'angle_dependency': 'ductile', 'name': 'Duplex'}, 'ss316': {'rho_t': 8000, 'K': 2e-9, 'n': 2.6, 'angle_dependency': 'ductile', 'name': 'SS316'}, 'inconel': {'rho_t': 8440, 'K': 2e-9, 'n': 2.6, 'angle_dependency': 'ductile', 'name': 'Inconel'}, 'grp_epoxy': {'rho_t': 1800, 'K': 3e-10, 'n': 3.6, 'angle_dependency': 'ductile', 'name': 'GRP Epoxy'}, 'grp_vinyl_ester': {'rho_t': 1800, 'K': 6e-10, 'n': 3.6, 'angle_dependency': 'ductile', 'name': 'GRP Vinyl Ester'}, 'hdpe': {'rho_t': 1150, 'K': 3.5e-9, 'n': 2.9, 'angle_dependency': 'ductile', 'name': 'HDPE'}, 'aluminium': {'rho_t': 2700, 'K': 5.8e-9, 'n': 2.3, 'angle_dependency': 'ductile', 'name': 'Aluminium'}, 'dc_05_tungsten': {'rho_t': 15250, 'K': 1.1e-10, 'n': 2.3, 'angle_dependency': 'brittle', 'name': 'DC 05 Tungsten'}, 'cs_10_tungsten': {'rho_t': 14800, 'K': 3.2e-10, 'n': 2.2, 'angle_dependency': 'brittle', 'name': 'CS 10 Tungsten'}, 'cr_37_tungsten': {'rho_t': 14600, 'K': 8.8e-11, 'n': 2.5, 'angle_dependency': 'brittle', 'name': 'CR 37 Tungsten'}, '95_alu_oxide': {'rho_t': 3700, 'K': 6.8e-8, 'n': 2, 'angle_dependency': 'brittle', 'name': '95 Alu Oxide'}, '99_alu_oxide': {'rho_t': 3700, 'K': 9.5e-7, 'n': 1.2, 'angle_dependency': 'brittle', 'name': '99 Alu Oxide'}, 'psz_ceramic_zirconia': {'rho_t': 5700, 'K': 4.1e-9, 'n': 2.5, 'angle_dependency': 'brittle', 'name': 'PSZ Ceramic Zirconia'}, 'ZrO2-Y3_ceramic_zirconia': {'rho_t': 6070, 'K': 4e-11, 'n': 2.7, 'angle_dependency': 'brittle', 'name': 'Zr02-Y3 Ceramic Zirconia'}, 'SiC_silicon_carbide': {'rho_t': 3100, 'K': 6.5e-9, 'n': 1.9, 'angle_dependency': 'brittle', 'name': 'Silicon Carbide'}, 'Si3N4_silicon_nitride': {'rho_t': 3200, 'K': 2e-10, 'n': 2, 'angle_dependency': 'brittle', 'name': 'Silicon Nitride'}, 'TiB2_titanium_diboride': {'rho_t': 4250, 'K': 9.3e-9, 'n': 1.9, 'angle_dependency': 'brittle', 'name': 'Titanium Diboride'}, 'B4C_boron_carbide': {'rho_t': 2500, 'K': 3e-8, 'n': .9, 'angle_dependency': 'brittle', 'name': 'Boron Carbide'}, 'SiSiC_ceramic_carbide': {'rho_t': 3100, 'K': 7.4e-11, 'n': 2.7, 'angle_dependency': 'brittle', 'name': 'Ceramic Carbide'} }