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Chemistry

Chemical thermodynamics & chemical properties

News and Updates

Jodie Pope

Reliable Flow for Chip Makers

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have begun an ambitious project to attack a vexing problem in the semiconductor

Projects and Programs

NCNR DAC and CCUS efforts

Ongoing
Overview Capture of carbon dioxide from the air (direct air capture; DAC) combined with energy efficiency and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)
schematic of the scanning droplet cell apparatus

Autonomous Scanning Droplet Cell

Ongoing
We use autonomous experimentation to elucidate the role of composition, processing, and microstructure on the aqueous corrosion of complex metal alloys. To do
Conceptual Art of Gas Molecules Adsorbed in a Zeolite Adsorbent

NIST Data Resources for Adsorption

Ongoing
NIST provides data resources related to adsorption of both gases and liquids on solid adsorbents through the NIST Data Resources for Adsorption Science and

Publications

An Equation of State for the Thermodynamic Properties of Helium

Author(s)
Diego Ortiz Vega, Kenneth Hall, James Holste, Allan H. Harvey, Eric W. Lemmon
This report documents the equation of state for fluid helium implemented in Version 10 of NIST's REFPROP Standard Reference Database. The equation of state is

Thermochemical study of 2-adamantanone

Author(s)
Ala Bazyleva, Dzmitry Zaitsau, Gennady J. Kabo
The results of a thermochemical study of the standard molar enthalpy of combustion of 2-adamantanone in the crystalline phase state by isoperibol combustion

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