Thermochemical properties

News and Updates

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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)

NIST Standard Reference Simulation Website

Ongoing

NIST Standard Reference Database 173 Last Update to Data Content: September 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.18434/T4M88Q The Standard Reference Simulation Website

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Microsystems for Harsh Environment Testing

Completed

Our goal is to develop and demonstrate a MEMS-based methodology for evaluating time-dependent mechanical properties of materials that undergo exposure to

Solvation Free Energies

Ongoing

Measuring and maintaining water quality is increasingly becoming a significant global issue. As new chemicals are introduced into the water supply, development

Publications

Thermal Analysis of Improvised Energetic Chemicals using Laser-Heating Calorimetry

October 29, 2022

Author(s)

Ashot Nazarian, Cary Presser

Thermal analysis of six improvised energetic chemicals was carried out using laser-heating calorimetry to demonstrate the feasibility of this methodology to

Report Experimental Data Effectively

October 1, 2022

Author(s)

John O'Connell, Vladimir Diky, Ala Bazyleva

Research, design, and simulation require reliable and accurate data. Use these principles and best practices for reporting experimental results.

Temperature Extrapolation of Henry's Law Constants and the Isosteric Heat of Adsorption

September 28, 2022

Author(s)

Daniel Siderius, Harold Hatch, Vincent K. Shen

Computational screening of adsorbent materials often uses the Henry's law constant ($\KH$) (at a particular temperature) as a first discriminator metric due to

Effect of network connectivity on behavior of synthetic Broborg Hillfort glasses

September 2, 2022

Author(s)

José Marcial, Maria Cicconi, Carolyn Pearce, Jaroslav Kloužek, James Neeway, Richard Pokorny, Miroslava Vernerova, John McCloy, Emily Nienhuis, Rolf Sjoblom, Jamie Weaver, Russell Hand, Pavel Hrma, Albert Kruger

There is wide industrial interest in developing robust models of long-term (>100years) glass durability. Archeological glass analogs, glasses of similar

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