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Fiber Sources and Applications
Last Updated Date: 02/21/2013

Optical frequency combs convert a laser source containing a single frequency of light into pulses that include thousands of frequencies. This … more

Assessing NP EHS
Last Updated Date: 02/02/2013

Due to their small size, nanoparticles can enter living organisms in previously unforeseen ways and their immense surface area results in higher … more

Pipeline-Scale Flow Measurement Standards for Natural Gas
Last Updated Date: 01/28/2013

NIST natural gas flow calibrations are performed offsite at the CEESI Iowa flow facility in Garner, Iowa under NIST’s metrological … more

Synchrotron Radiation-Based Calibrations for Space Weather Prediction
Last Updated Date: 11/19/2012

Orbital ultraviolet and extreme-ultraviolet spectrometers are calibrated on beamline 2, taking advantage of the calculability of synchrotron … more

HML Organic Chemical Metrology Program Areas
Last Updated Date: 11/16/2012

The Organic Chemical Metrology Program exists within the Chemical Sciences Division, MML, which is located at the Hollings Marine Laboratory in … more

HML Inorganic Chemical Metrology Program Areas
Last Updated Date: 11/16/2012

The Inorganic Chemical Metrology Program exists within the Chemical Sciences Division, MML which is located at the Hollings Marine Laboratory in … more

Measurements and Standards for Contaminants in Biological (Human) Materials
Last Updated Date: 11/15/2012

For the past 25 years NIST has developed a number of biological fluid and tissue Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) primarily for clinically … more

Hyperspectral Image Projector (HIP)
Last Updated Date: 11/15/2012

Detecting climate change with remote sensing instruments, providing state-of-the-art surveillance imagery for security and defense, or getting the … more

STARR II
Last Updated Date: 11/14/2012

STARR II is a facility for measuring reflectance and scattering of materials in the ultraviolet to short-wave infrared wavelength range (230 nm to … more

Nanoparticle Measurements and Standards for Biomedical Applications and Health
Last Updated Date: 11/13/2012

Our goal is to develop certified reference materials, standard test methods, measurements, and critical data for the physicochemical … more

Traceable Calibration Gases: SRMs, NTRMS, and Protocol Gases
Last Updated Date: 10/22/2012

The Gas Metrology Group in the Chemical Sciences Division is tasked with providing traceability in gas analysis for the U.S. This group works with … more

Fundamental Chemical Metrology
Last Updated Date: 10/22/2012

The Chemical Sciences Division serves as the Nation’s reference laboratory for chemical compositional measurements and standards to … more

Standard Reference Materials for Hexavalent Chromium in Contaminated Soil
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012

Significant environmental remediation efforts are being conducted to address the hazards posed by the long-term terrestrial disposal of hexavalent … more

Simultaneous Determination of Mercury and Tin Species in Standard Reference Materials
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012

Methods applicable to the extraction and quantification of mercury and tin species in biological, environmental, and clinical reference materials … more

Certification of Three Soil SRMs for Inorganic Environmental Measurements
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012

Analysis of soils for metals and other elements is essential in assessing environmental compliance and the impacts of potentially toxic elements … more

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