Process Measurements Division

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Process Measurements Division, part of NIST's Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, establishes, disseminates, and extends the realization of national measurement standards for temperature, humidity, pressure and vacuum, fluid flow, air speed, liquid density and volume. Measurement science research efforts seek to develop the knowledge base from which new measurement methods, technologies, and standards can be developed. Standards are realized and disseminated to U.S. industry, academia, and other government agencies via NIST measurement services. Research results often take the form of recommended practices, new sensing technologies and instrumentation, and reference data or mathematical models required for analysis, control, and optimization of industrial processes.


Chief: Dr. James R. Whetstone

 

 

 

 

News and Events
Super Sensitive Gas Detector Goes Down the Nanotubes Super Sensitive Gas Detector Goes Down the Nanotubes

When cells are under stress, they blow off steam by releasing minute amounts of nitrogen oxides and other toxic gases. In a recent paper,* researchers at the National Institute of Standards and …

Sniffing Out a Better Chemical Sensor Sniffing Out a Better Chemical Sensor

Marrying a sensitive detector technology capable of distinguishing hundreds of different chemical compounds with a pattern-recognition module that mimics the way animals recognize odors, …

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