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From the food we eat and the pharmaceuticals doctors prescribe to the paints and fuel additives we use, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) develops the technology, measurement methods, and standards to address the needs of the chemical industry.

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Programs and Projects
Humidity

The NIST Thermodynamic Metrology Group maintains and develops national standards of humidity (in the range 1 nmol/mol to 0.6 mol/mol of water … more

ANSI N42.42 Standard

The purpose of the N42 data format is to facilitate manufacturer-independent transfer of information from radiation measurement instruments for … more

Postdoctoral Opportunities

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Traceable Calibration Gases: SRMs, NTRMS, and Protocol Gases

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

Biomagnetic Imaging Standards and Microsystems

The Magnetics Group's program in biomagnetic imaging standards and microsystems develops calibration standards and new types of magnetic … more

MEMS Measurement Science and Standards

Our goal is to provide technical leadership in R&D for the MEMS measurement infrastructure essential to improving U.S. economic … more

Instruments
Laboratory Equipment - DynaPro NanoStar Dynamic Light Scattering

Location: E136 The DynaPro NanoStar is a dynamic light scattering (DLS) instrument that is used for the analysis of protein solutions, promiscuous … more

3D Atom Probe Tomography

The LEAP 4000X is a three-dimensional atom probe microscope which provides nano-scale surface, bulk and interfacial materials analysis of … more

Laboratory Equipment - Bel-Art Secador 2.0 Desiccator Cabinet

Cabinet is for the storage of humidity-sensitive items.  Cabinet is molded of a clear co-polyester plastic that is resistant to chemical … more

Software
Expect

* Download Expect source from SourceForge * Download Expect binaries from ActiveState * Expect Homepage Expect is a tool for automating … more

LFPF Software

The Logistic Function Profile Fitting program, LFPF , is based on a Fortran program written for DOS and originally issued under the name LOGIT. … more

Simulated Chromatographic Data

The following information is provided as an aid in the validation of mathematical models used in quantitation with chromatographic data. This data … more

NIST Mass and Fragment Calculator Software

The NIST Mass and Fragment Calculator is a program written in Visual Basic which calculates the mass of an input peptide or protein sequence along … more

Isotope Enrichment Calculator

The NIST Isotope Enrichment Calculator is a program written in Visual Basic which determines the percentage of 15 N enrichment of stable … more

Exercise Control System

The Systems Integration Division's (SID) Manufacturing & Modeling Simulation Group (MSG) worked with San Francisco Communications to … more

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