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Material Measurement Laboratory

Applied Chemicals and Materials Division

Projects/Programs

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NIST Proficiency Testing

Ongoing
Proficiency Test (PT) results are available at no cost to customers who have tested SRMs 2092, 2096, and 2098. A PT result serves as a means to verify the

NRC Associateships

Ongoing
NRC ASSOCIATESHIPS Postdoctoral Opportunities in the Fluid Characterization Group at NIST are available in cooperation with the National Academies/National
An image showing the hybrid AFM + SLA system from the SPM4AMP project

Photopolymer Additive Manufacturing

Ongoing
NIST's goal is to support innovation in the PAM industry by enabling unprecedented high-resolution , mechanically-precise vat photopolymerization via
Running crack in a buried pipeline.

Pipeline Safety

Ongoing
Our goal is to provide standard test methods and critical data to the pipeline industry to improve safety and reliability. Of particular interest is the testing
Color coded refrigerant bottles

Refrigerants and Working Fluids

Ongoing
The conversion of primary energy (e.g. heat generated by the combustion of a fuel) into useful work most often involves a working fluid operating in a

Renewable Energy and Fuels

Ongoing
Energy is one of the most critical problems facing the United States, with technical, economic, and public policy aspects. Our group develops state-of-the-art
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Standard Reference Measurements

Ongoing
Property measurements of the very highest accuracies are important for developing the thermodynamic and transport property models for working fluids and
Breathalyzer

Vapor Sampling in the Field

Ongoing
We develop and deploy portable vapor sampling instruments to collect detailed chemical information in the field, in sampling situations where the laboratory is
example sample for tomography

X-Ray Computed Microtomography

Ongoing
Seeing inside a material object, in three dimensions, is often crucial for proper characterization, so that the link between microstructure and properties can