Thermochemical properties

News and Updates

Red fire extinguisher is attached to pipes and hoses inside a vehicle.

NIST Tool Will Help Military Vehicles Fight Fires Using Less Harmful Chemicals

March 2, 2021

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new, interactive spreadsheet that will help the U.S. military

Room Temperature Conversion of CO₂ to CO: A New Way to Synthesize Hydrocarbons

November 2, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have demonstrated a room-temperature method that could

Vapor-Liquid Equilibria Article- the #1 Most Downloaded paper from the Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data

June 25, 2020

A paper from members of the Applied Chemicals and Materials Division has 762 downloads from the Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data in the last 30 days

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)

Gas properties for flow metering

Ongoing

Flow meters that rely on measuring the pressure drop across a laminar flow element can be accurately calibrated using a benign surrogate gas (such as helium or

Polymer Formulations

Completed

Our goal is to develop combinatorial and high-throughput measurement approaches for rapid characterization of the structure and phase behavior of multicomponent

Multiscale structure and dynamics in advanced technological materials

Ongoing

This project develops and applies metrologies and standards for characterizing microstructure and dynamics in advanced functional materials of technological

Publications

Thermal Conductivity of Binary Mixtures of 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane(R-134a), 2,3,3,3-Tetrafluoropropene (R-1234yf), and trans-1,3,3,3-Tetrafluoropropene (R-1234ze(E)) Refrigerants

July 28, 2022

Author(s)

Aaron Rowane, Ian Bell, Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins

A total of 2160 thermal conductivity data points, measured using a transient hot-wire instrument, are reported for binary mixtures of R-134a, R-1234yf, and R

Chromatography at -30 °C for Reduced Back-Exchange, Reduced Carryover, and Improved Dynamic Range for Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry

June 22, 2022

Author(s)

Kyle Anderson, Jeffrey W. Hudgens

For hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) to have an increased role in quality control of biopharmaceuticals, H for D back-exchange occurring

How reproducible are surface areas calculated from the BET equation?

May 23, 2022

Author(s)

Johannes W. Osterreith, James Rampersad, David Madden, Nakul Rampal, Luka Skoric, Bethany Connolly, Rob Ameloot, Joao Marreiros, Conchi Ania, Diana Azevedo, Enrique VilarrasaGarcia, Bianca Santos, Daniel Siderius

Porosity and surface area analysis plays a prominent role in modern materials science, where their determination spans the fields of natural sciences

HDX-MS and MD simulations provide evidence for stabilization of the IgG1— FcγRIa (CD64a) immune complex through intermolecular glycoprotein bonds

December 8, 2021

Author(s)

Kyle Anderson, Kerry Scott, Christina Bergonzo, Ioannis Karageorgos, Elyssia Gallagher, Venkata Tayi, Michael Butler, Jeffrey W. Hudgens

Previous reports present different models for the stabilization of the Fc—FcγRI immune complex. Although accord exists on the importance of L235 in IgG1 and

Tools and Instruments

Nanocalorimeter Measurement System

This Nanocalorimeter Measurement System is used for nanocalorimetry measurements at fast heating rates (100 °C/s to 100,000 °C/s) and measurements of samples