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Fossil Fuel Standard Reference Materials
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 To support regulatory and industry requirements for reference materials and standards, NIST produces and maintains a large inventory of fossil … more
Activated Carbon and FGD Gypsum Standard Reference Materials
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 New Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) consisting of activated carbon sorbent materials and flue gas desulfurization (FGD) gypsum are being … more
Establishing Measurement Traceability for Gaseous Mercury Emissions Monitoring
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 As a result of the environmental impact of mercury and the neurotoxic risk associated with trophic transfer of methyl mercury to humans, the … more
Reference Materials and Standards for Fossil Fuels, Electric Utility Emissions, and Coal Combustion By-Products
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) fossil fuel Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) continue to be in high demand by the … more
Development of Standards for the World Meteorological Organization, Global Atmosphere Watch Program
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 The presence of hydrocarbons in the atmosphere has become important to climate change assessment studies due to their role as precursors to ozone … more
Traceable Calibration Gases: SRMs, NTRMS, and Protocol Gases
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 The Gas Metrology Group in the Analytical Chemistry Division is tasked with providing traceability in gas analysis for the U.S. This group works … more
Measurements and Standards to Support Global Climate Change Studies
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 Much of the world's assessment and critical evaluation of currently available data on contributions to climate change comes from the … more
Pipeline-Scale Flow Measurement Standards for Natural Gas
Last Updated Date: 12/15/2011 NIST is developing gas flow calibration tools known as critical flow venturis (CFV), or sonic nozzles, to calibrate natural gas flow meters used … more
Aperture area measurements
Last Updated Date: 11/03/2011 Radiometric and photometric measurements require defining apertures. The accuracy to which these measurements can be accomplished requires … more
Synchrotron Radiation-Based Calibrations for Space Weather Prediction
Last Updated Date: 10/04/2011 Orbital ultraviolet and extreme-ultraviolet spectrometers are calibrated on beamline 2, taking advantage of the calculability of synchrotron … more
Fiber Sources and Applications
Last Updated Date: 10/03/2011 Optical frequency combs convert a laser source containing a single frequency of light into pulses that include thousands of frequencies. This … more
STARR II
Last Updated Date: 11/09/2010 STARR II is a planned facility for the spectral and angular characterization of reflection, transmission and scattering of materials across the … more
Fundamental Guided Wave Metrology
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Radio-frequency (RF) waves and microwaves are involved with almost every facet of everyday life. Radio stations, television, wireless devices, … more
Field Parameter Metrology
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Consider the consequences if nearby electronics could interfere with a jet's instruments or cause an automobile to stall. The Field Parameter … more
HML Inorganic Chemical Metrology Program Areas
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 The Inrganic Chemical Metrology Program exists within the Analytical Chemistry Division, MML which is located at the Hollings Marine Laboratory in … more |
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