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The Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility (NZERTF) is a unique laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in Gaithersburg, Md
The Parallel Beam Diffractometer laboratory is a highly-controlled space (0.01 degree C stability) containing a set of absolutely calibrated stacked goniometer
The silicon lattice comparator is very high-precision Laue double-crystal diffractometer which can make comparisons of the crystal lattice characteristics of a
The NIST Thermal-infrared Transfer Radiometer (TXR) is used for measuring the radiance temperature in the thermal-infrared spectral region of extended-area
Access Information Refrigerators and freezers are available in the laboratories for storing temperature sensitive samples shortly before, during and shortly
Access Information Refrigerators and freezers are available in the laboratories for storing temperature sensitive samples shortly before, during and shortly
Thermogravimetric Analysis, or TGA, is a classic thermoanalytical measurement performed on many different types of materials. In our laboratory, it is used for
Three independent femtosecond laser systems used for generating ultrafast pulses in the mid-IR (and far infrared:THz) through the UV; infrared (InSb and MCT)
A Perkin-Elmer Lambda 1050 spectrophotometer is used to complement the reference reflectance and transmittance instruments. It performs this function by
A compressor is used to pressurize up to twenty-five 40 L gas cylinders to 35 MPa. The cylinders can then be used as a source of rapidly changing gas flow by
Description: Three independent femtosecond laser systems are used for generating tunable ultrafast pulses in the mid-infrared (IR) and Terahertz (THz) spectral
A new facility has been commissioned to the establish ultraviolet spectral power responsivity in the air-ultraviolet spectral range between 200 nm and 400 nm
NIST with US Forest Service (USFS) have invested in the development of instrument packages and measurement science to enable the successful scientific use of
Most calibrations of vacuum gauges are based on a known gas flow rate that is generated by one of two flow meters that operate at constant pressure. The "piston
The Vector Potential Photoemission Microscope endstation sits at the end of both the SST-I and SST-II beamlines, providing both soft (0.1 keV to 2.2 keV) and