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Shear influence on colloidal cluster growth: a SANS and USANS study

August 1, 2023
Author(s)
Chris Muzny
This study examines the time evolution of silica/water clusters where the formation of a gel network from unitary silica particles is interrupted by a simple Couette shear field. The aim is to enable the general understanding of this simple system by

Prediction of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Properties for Liquid Hydrocarbons from Hydrotreating Biomass Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Derived Organic Intermediates

April 11, 2023
Author(s)
Suphat Watanasiri, Kristiina Iisa, Eugene Paulechka, Earl Christensen, Chris Muzny, Abhijit Dutta
Catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) of wood, woody residues, and agricultural waste has the potential to produce organic liquid intermediates that can be hydroprocessed to sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). In this article we present results of property

Modeling the linear and nonlinear dielectric response of solvents

March 13, 2023
Author(s)
Michael Woodcox, Avik Mahata, Aaron Hagerstrom, Angela Stelson, Chris Muzny, Ravishankar Sundararaman, Kathleen Schwarz
We demonstrate a method to compute the dielectric spectra of fluids in molecular dynamics by directly applying electric fields to the simulation. We obtain spectra from molecular dynamics simulations with low magnitude electric fields (0.01 V/A) in

A Roadmap for LIMS at NIST Material Measurement Laboratory

April 11, 2022
Author(s)
Gretchen Greene, Jared Ragland, Zachary Trautt, June W. Lau, Raymond Plante, Joshua Taillon, Adam Abel Creuziger, Chandler A. Becker, Joe Bennett, Niksa Blonder, Lisa Borsuk, Carelyn E. Campbell, Adam Friss, Lucas Hale, Michael Halter, Robert Hanisch, Gary R. Hardin, Lyle E. Levine, Samantha Maragh, Sierra Miller, Chris Muzny, Marcus William Newrock, John Perkins, Anne L. Plant, Bruce D. Ravel, David J. Ross, John Henry J. Scott, Christopher Szakal, Alessandro Tona, Peter Vallone
Instrumentation generates data faster and in higher quantity than ever before, and interlaboratory research is in historic demand domestically and internationally to stimulate economic innovation. Strategic mission needs of the NIST Material Measurement

Towards improved FAIRness of the ThermoML Archive

February 28, 2022
Author(s)
Demian Riccardi, Zachary Trautt, Ala Bazyleva, Eugene Paulechka, Vladimir Diky, Joe W. Magee, Andrei F. Kazakov, Scott Townsend, Chris Muzny
The ThermoML archive is a subset of Thermodynamics Research Center (TRC) data holdings corresponding to cooperation between NIST TRC and five journals: Journal of Chemical Engineering and Data (ISSN: 0021-9568), The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics (ISSN

ThermoData Engine

June 21, 2018
Author(s)
Vladimir Diky, Chris D. Muzny, Kenneth G. Kroenlein, Eric W. Lemmon, Ian H. Bell, Andrei F. Kazakov, Yauheni Paulechka

ThermoData Engine (TDE) Version 10.2 (Pure Compounds, Binary Mixtures, Ternary Mixtures, and Chemical Reactions): NIST Standard Reference Database 103b

August 31, 2017
Author(s)
Vladimir Diky, Chris D. Muzny, Alexander Y. Smolyanitsky, Ala Bazyleva, Robert D. Chirico, Joe W. Magee, Yauheni Paulechka, Andrei F. Kazakov, Scott A. Townsend, Eric W. Lemmon, Michael D. Frenkel, Kenneth G. Kroenlein
The ThermoData Engine is a software expert system implementing the concept of dynamic data evaluation for thermophysical and thermochemical properties of, primarily, organic compounds. This new release provides a substantially expanded database of

Reference Correlation for the Viscosity of Carbon Dioxide

March 21, 2017
Author(s)
Arno D. Laesecke, Chris D. Muzny
A comprehensive database of experimental and computed data for the viscosity of carbon dioxide (CO2) was compiled and a new reference correlation was developed. Literature results based on an ab initio potential energy surface were the foundation of the

ThermoData Engine (TDE) Version 10.1 (Pure Compounds, Binary Mixtures, Ternary Mixtures, and Chemical Reactions): NIST Standard Reference Database 103b

July 14, 2016
Author(s)
Vladimir Diky, Chris D. Muzny, Alexander Y. Smolyanitsky, Ala Bazyleva, Robert D. Chirico, Joe W. Magee, Yauheni Paulechka, Andrei F. Kazakov, Scott A. Townsend, Eric W. Lemmon, Michael D. Frenkel, Kenneth G. Kroenlein
The ThermoData Engine is a software expert system implementing the concept of dynamic data evaluation for thermophysical and thermochemical properties of, primarily, organic compounds. This new release provides a substantially expanded database of

Thermophysical Properties of Carbon Dioxide and CO2-Rich Mixtures

May 9, 2016
Author(s)
Allan H. Harvey, Ian H. Bell, Marcia L. Huber, Arno R. Laesecke, Eric W. Lemmon, Christopher W. Meyer, Chris D. Muzny, Richard A. Perkins
This report summarizes the results of work performed under DOE/NETL Interagency Agreement DE- FE0003931, which began in October 2011 and ended (after a 6-month no-cost extension) March 31, 2015. The key objectives for this work were to: (1) Measure the dew

ThermoData Engine (TDE) Version 10 (Pure Compounds, Binary Mixtures, Ternary Mixtures, and Chemical Reactions): NIST Standard Reference Database 103b

December 31, 2015
Author(s)
Vladimir Diky, Chris Muzny, Alexander Smolyanitsky, Ala Bazyleva, Robert D. Chirico, Joe W. Magee, Eugene Paulechka, Andrei F. Kazakov, Scott Townsend, Eric Lemmon, Michael D. Frenkel, Kenneth Kroenlein
The ThermoData Engine is a software expert system implementing the concept of dynamic data evaluation for thermophysical and thermochemical properties of, primarily, organic compounds. This new release provides a substantially expanded database of

ThermoData Engine (TDE) Version 9.0 (Pure Compounds, Binary Mixtures, Ternary Mixtures, and Chemical Reactions); NIST Standard Reference Database 103b

December 31, 2014
Author(s)
Michael D. Frenkel, Robert D. Chirico, Vladimir Diky, Kenneth Kroenlein, Chris Muzny, Andrei F. Kazakov, Joe W. Magee, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, Eric Lemmon, Jeongwon Kang
The ThermoData Engine is a software expert systems implementing the concept of dynamic data evaluation. This new release includes implementation of three important new features: (1)new parameters for the NIST "modified UNIFAC" method for predictions of

Progress toward new Reference Correlations for the Transport Properties of Carbon Dioxide

September 10, 2014
Author(s)
Allan H. Harvey, Marcia L. Huber, Arno R. Laesecke, Chris D. Muzny, Richard A. Perkins
The thermophysical properties of carbon dioxide are essential for accurate process design and optimization. While the thermodynamic properties of CO2 are available with excellent accuracy from the reference-quality equation of state of Span and Wagner, the

Algorithmic Framework for Quality Assessment of Phase Equilibrium Data

June 3, 2014
Author(s)
Vladimir Diky, Robert D. Chirico, Joe W. Magee, Chris D. Muzny, Andrei F. Kazakov, Kenneth G. Kroenlein, Michael D. Frenkel, Jeongwon J. Kang
Data quality assessment procedures for various types of phase equilibrium data are reviewed and analyzed. Experimental data for vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE), liquid-liquid equilibrium (LLE), solid-liquid equilibrium (SLE), infinite dilution activity

ThermoData Engine (TDE) Version 8.0 (Pure Compounds, Binary Mixtures, Ternary Mixtures, and Chemical Reactions); NIST Standard Reference Database 103b

December 31, 2013
Author(s)
Michael D. Frenkel, Robert D. Chirico, Vladimir Diky, Kenneth Kroenlein, Chris Muzny, Andrei F. Kazakov, Joe W. Magee, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, Eric Lemmon
The ThermoData Engine is a software expert systems implementing the concept of dynamic data evaluation. This new release includes four important new features. (1) Implementation of the Peng-Robinson EOS for mixtures. (2) Evaluation of ideal-gas entropies

Ionic Liquids Database - ILThermo (v2.0)

December 16, 2013
Author(s)
Andrei F. Kazakov, Joe W. Magee, Robert D. Chirico, Vladimir Diky, Kenneth G. Kroenlein, Chris D. Muzny, Michael D. Frenkel
ILThermo is a web-based ionic liquids database available free to the public. It aims to provide users worldwide with up-to-date information on publications of experimental investigation on ionic liquids, including numerical values of chemical and physical

ThermoData Engine (TDE): Software Implementation of the Dynamic Data Evaluation Concept. 9. Extensible Thermodynamic Constraints for Pure Compounds and New Model Developments

November 18, 2013
Author(s)
Vladimir Diky, Robert D. Chirico, Chris D. Muzny, Andrei F. Kazakov, Kenneth G. Kroenlein, Joe W. Magee, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, Michael D. Frenkel
ThermoData Engine (TDE) is the first full-scale software implementation of the dynamic data evaluation concept, as reported in this journal. The present article describes the background and implementation for new additions in latest release of TDE. Advances

Improvement of Quality in Publication of Experimental Thermophysical Property Data: Challenges, Assessment Tools, Global Implementation, and Online Support

September 6, 2013
Author(s)
Robert D. Chirico, Michael D. Frenkel, Joe W. Magee, Vladimir Diky, Chris D. Muzny, Andrei F. Kazakov, Kenneth G. Kroenlein, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, William E. Acree, Jr., Joan F. Brennecke, Paul L. Brown, Peter T. Cummings, Theodoor W. de Loos, Daniel G. Friend, Anthony R. Goodwin, Lee D. Hansen, William M. Haynes, Nobuyoshi Koga, Andreas Mandelis, K N. Marsh, Paul M. Mathias, Clare McCabe, O'Connell J. P., Agilio Padua, Vicente Rives, Christoph Schick, Martin P. Trusler, Sergey Vyazovkin, Ron D. Weir, Jiangtao Wu
This article describes a 10-year cooperative effort between the U. S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and five major journals in the field of thermophysical and thermochemical properties to improve the quality of published reports of

New Group-Contribution Approach to Thermochemical Properties of Organic Compounds: Hydrocarbons and Oxygen-Containing Compounds

August 19, 2013
Author(s)
Michael D. Frenkel, Sergey P. Verevkin, V N. Emel'yanenko, Robert D. Chirico, Vladimir Diky, Chris D. Muzny
A new group-contribution approach involving systematic corrections for 1,4-non-bonded carbon-carbon and carbon-oxygen interactions has been proposed. Limits of the applicability of the method, associated with the highly branched structures, were