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Chemistry

Analytical chemistry

News and Updates

Events

Forensics@NIST 2024

FORENSICS@NIST 2024

Mon, Nov 18 - Thu, Nov 21 2024
THE MAIN EVENT: NOVEMBER 18-20, 2024 Join us virtually on Monday November 18th - Wednesday November 20th, 2024 to learn

Projects and Programs

NCNR DAC and CCUS efforts

Ongoing
Objectives To advance US competitiveness in Direct Air Capture (DAC) and Carbon Capture, Usage, and Sequestration (CCUS) Use advanced neutron scattering techniques to understand the adsorption process for the most promising materials for adsorption-based carbon capture and provide avenues to

Macromolecular Architectures

Ongoing
This project’s purpose is to synthesize and characterize model thermoplastics, thermoplastic elastomers (TPE), and mixed resins with systematic variation of polymer sequence, chemistry, and architectures to generate libraries of quantitative structure-property relationships validated by multiple
Cannabis

NIST Tools for Cannabis Laboratory Quality Assurance

Ongoing
Since the 1970s, cannabis (marijuana and hemp) and its constituent, Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, have been classified as Schedule I controlled substances. Seized evidence is tested by forensic laboratories, which verify the identity of the plant through macro- and microscopic evaluation and the

Publications

Quantification Approaches in Non-Target LC/ESI/HRMS Analysis: An Interlaboratory Comparison

Author(s)
Clay Davis, Anneli Kruve-Viil, Louise Malm, Jaanus Liigand, Reza Aalizadeh, Nikiforos Alygizakis, Emil Egede Fro̷kjær, Mulatu Yohannes Nanusha, Martin Hansen, Merle Plassmann, Stefan Bieber, Thomas Letzel, Lydia Balest, Pier Paolo Abis, Michele Mazzetti, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Nicola Ceolotto, Sangeeta Kumari, Stephan Hann, Sven Kochmann, Teresa Steininger-Mairinger, Coralie Soulier, Giuseppe Mascolo, Sapia Murgolo, Manuel Garcia-Vara, Miren López de Alda, Juliane Hollender, Katarzyna Arturi, Gianluca Coppola, Massimo Peruzzo, Hanna Joerss, Carla van der Neut-Marchand, Eelco N. Pieke, Ruben Gil-Solsona, Viktória Licul-Kucera, Claudio Roscioli, Sara Valsecchi, Austeja Luckute, Jan H. Christensen, Selina Tisler, Dennis Vughs, Nienke Meekel, Begoña Talavera Andújar, Dagny Aurich Dagny Aurich, Emma L. Schymanski, Gianfranco Frigerio, André Macherius, Uwe Kunkel, Tobias Bader, Pawel Rostkowski, Hans Gundersen, Belinda Valdecanas, Bastian Schulze, Sarit Kaserzon, Martijn Pijnappels, Mar Esperanza, Aurélie Fildier, Emmanuelle Vulliet, Laure Wiest, Adrian Covaci, Alicia Macan Schönleben, Lidia Belova, Alberto Celma, Lubertus Bijlsma, Emilie Caupos, Emmanuelle Mebold, Julien Le Roux, Eugenie Troia, Eva de Rijke, Rick Helmus, Gaëla Leroy, Niels Haelewyck, David Chrastina, Milan Verwoert, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis
Nontargeted screening (NTS) utilizing liquid chromatography electrospray ionization high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC/ESI/HRMS) is increasingly used to

Feasibility of Metrological Traceability Implementation Using the Joint Committee on Traceability in Laboratory Medicine Database Entries Including the Fulfillment of "Fit-for-Purpose" Maximum Allowable Measurement Uncertainty

Author(s)
MAURO PANTEGHINI, Johanna Camara, VINCENT DELATOUR, Katleen Van Uytfanghe, Hubert Vesper, Tianjiao Zhang
Background: In previous publications, the Task Force on Reference Measurement System Implementation proposed a procedural approach combining a critical review

Software

DTSA II

NIST DTSA-II

NIST DTSA-II builds on the best available algorithms in the literature to simulate, quantify and plan energy dispersive x-ray analysis measurements.

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 with m/z ions

JB95 Spectral fitting program

A graphical user interface program, JB95, based on a Windows 95 © API platform has been written in the C programming language to aid in the analysis of complex
chromatography program

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 may also be

Tools and Instruments

Microcalorimeter Detector

The NIST transition edge sensor microcalorimeter is energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer capable of ~5 eV resolution over a range of energies from hundreds to

X-Ray Diffractometer

The Bruker D8 defractometer is a general purpose X-ray diffraction system. The instrument features easy reconfiguration of the X-ray optics for a variety of

Awards

David Long Honored with PECASE

For outstanding contributions to the fields of trace gas analysis, the carbon cycle, atmospheric studies and pollution monitoring through