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S. P. Fivozinsky, Editor

National Measurement Laboratory

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National Bureau of Standards

Washington, DC 20234

December 1980

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December 1980

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ABSTRACT

The Office of Standard Reference Data is one of six program offices

in the National Measurement Laboratory, National Bureau of Standards.

The Standard Reference Data Program develops and disseminates data bases

of critically evaluated physical/chemical properties of substances.

These data bases are available through NBS and private publications, on magnetic tape, and from on-line retrieval systems.

The Office of Standard Reference Data is responsible for management

and coordination of the program. Work is carried out through a decentralized network of data centers and projects referred to as the

National Standard Reference Data System (NSRDS). This volume summarizes

the activities of the Program for the year 1980.

key words: data compilation, energy and environmental data, evaluated

data, materials data, standard reference data, thermochemical

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Staff of the Office of Standard Reference Data 1

Program Organization Chart 3

Introduction 5

Highlights of 1980 Activities 7

Reports of Standard Reference Data "Tasks" 9

14401 - NSRDS Coordination and Dissemination 10

14420 - Physical Data for Energy Applications 13

14425 - Data for Energy Systems Applications and Design . . 13

14430 - Reference Data for Environment and Health 17

14440 - Thermochemical Data for Process Design 21

14450 - Thermophysical Data for Process Design 23

14470 - Materials Durability and Resource Recovery Data . . 26

Publications in 1980 29

Publications Scheduled for 1981 35

Invited Talks and Presentations by OSRD Staff 39

Technical and Professional Committee Participation and Leadership . 41

NBS Seminars Sponsored by OSRD 45

Appendices

A. NBS and NML Organization Charts 47

B. Standard Reference Data Act, PL90-396 49

C. NSRDS Data Center List 51
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OFFICE OF STANDARD REFERENCE DATA

Physics Building - A323

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D.C. 20234

Chief - Dr. David R. tide, Jr.

Secretary, Miss Constance M. Verney

Telephone: (301) 921-2467

Overall management of the program; Editor-in-Chief of NSRDS

publications; supervisor of Data Systems Development Group

Program Manager - Dr. Lewis H. Gevantman

Secretary, Mrs. Mary E. Schlager

Telephone: (301) 921-3442

Energy-related data and data related to environment and health

Program Manager - Dr. Howard J. White, Jr.

Secretary, Mrs. Maria L. Weiler

Telephone: (301) 921-2581

Thermochemical data and thermophysical data related to industrial

process design

Program Manager - Dr. John R. Rumble, Jr.

Secretary, Mrs. Jeanne R. Bride

Telephone: (301) 921-3441

Data related to materials durability and resource recovery

Special Assistant for Technical Liaison - Dr. Sherman P. Fivozinsky

Secretary, Mrs. Jeanne R. Bride

Telephone: (301) 921-2104

General liaison with users; liaison with publishers regarding

promotion of NSRDS output; identification of new areas of

activity; supervisor of Technical Information Group

Technical Information Group

Mrs. Cynthia A. Goldman

Telephone: (301) 921-2228

Response to data inquiries from the public; maintenance of NSRDS

collection in main NBS Library and OSRD Reference Center holdings;

inventory control of NSRDS collection; exhibits

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Mrs. Gertrude B. Sherwood

Telephone: (301) 921-2229

Development and maintenance of automated bibliographic systems for

NSRDS publications; index development; systems for automated

production of publication lists and specialized bibliographies.

Data Systems Development Group

Mr. Robert C. Thompson

Telephone: (301) 921-2554

Computer typesetting of NSRDS publications; interaction with NBS

Technical Information and Publications Division on typesetting

matters; advice and assistance to data centers on automated data

handling

Mrs. Carla G. Messina

Telephone: (301) 921-2554

Development of advanced computer typesetting methods; interactions

with Government Printing Office on NSRDS publications

Mrs. Betti Joyce B. Molino

Telephone: (301) 921-2050

Development of on-line data storage and retrieval techniques;

advice and assistance to data centers on automation

Mrs. Constance L. Seymour

Telephone: (301) 921-2554

Data input and verification; editing of data files; processing of

files received from outside data centers

Staff Assistant - Mrs. Alice A. Dugan

Telephone: (301) 921-2468

Fiscal and budgetary matters; contracting; procurement; personnel

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Introduction

The Office of Standard Reference Data is responsible for program

management and coordination of the National Standard Reference Data

System (NSRDS). The formal existence of the NSRDS dates from 1963, when

the Federal Council for Science and Technology asked the National Bureau

of Standards to assume primary responsibility in the Federal Government

for promoting and coordinating the critical evaluation of numerical data

in the physical sciences. The program was conceived as a decentralized

national effort, with financial support coming from a variety of Government and private sources, but with NBS responsible for the overall planning and coordination. In 1968 the Congress provided a specific

legislative mandate for the program through passage of Public Law 90-396,

the Standard Reference Data Act.* This act states the policy of the

Congress to make reliable reference data available to scientists, engineers, and the general public, and it encourages cooperation among NBS,

other Federal Agencies, and the private sector in meeting this objective.

The technical scope of the program gives primary emphasis to welldefined physical and chemical properties of substances and systems which

are well characterized. Also included are materials of commerce (alloys,

ceramics, etc.) whose composition may vary only within clearly stated

ranges. Materials of uncertain or widely variable composition are not

included. Properties which depend upon arbitrarily defined characteristics of the measurement technique are generally excluded. While these

definitions leave many borderline cases, the overall intent is to con- centrate the effort on intrinsic properties that are clearly defined in

terms of accepted physical theory and substances whose composition and

history are so well known as to justify evaluation of the data. Biological properties and data relating to large natural systems ( e.g . , the

atmosphere, the oceans) also fall outside the program.

The major aim of the program is to provide critically evaluated

numerical data to the scientific and technical community in a convenient

and accessible form. Certain secondary outputs, such an annotated bibliographies and procedures for computerized handling of data, are also

made available. A second aim is to provide feedback into experimental

programs to help raise the general standards of measurement. That is, by

communicating the experience gained in evaluating the world output of data

in the physical sciences, NSRDS helps to advance the level of experimental

techniques and improve the reliability of physical measurements.

The Office of Standard Reference Data monitors and coordinates the

work of the various data centers and specialized projects which collectively make up the NSRDS. These projects are located in the technical

*See Appendix B.

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divisions of NBS and in universities, industrial laboratories, and other

Government laboratories. Close association between data evaluation

projects and relevant experimental research programs helps provide the

critical judgment which is essential to assure the reliability of the

final output.

The principal output of the program consists of compilations of

evaluated data and critical reviews of the status of data in particular

technical areas. Evaluation of data implies a careful examination, by an experienced specialist, of all published measurements of the quantity

in question, leading to the selection of a recommended value and a statement concerning its accuracy or reliability. The techniques of evaluation

depend upon the data in question, but generally include an examination of

the method of measurement and the characterization of the materials, a comparison with relevant data on other properties and materials, and a check for consistency with theoretical relationships. Adequate documentation is provided for the selections of recommended values and accuracy

estimates

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Evaluated data produced under the NSRDS program are disseminated

through the following mechanisms:

Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data - A quarterly

journal containing data compilations and critical data reviews,

published for the National Bureau of Standards by the American

Institute of Physics and the American Chemical Society.

NSRDS-NBS Series - A publication series distributed by the

Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office.

Appropriate publications of technical societies and commercial

publ ishers

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Magnetic tapes, on-line networks, and other computer-based

formats

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Response by OSRD and individual data centers to inquiries for

specific data.

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Highlights of 1980 Activities

The publication of data compilations and critical reviews continued

at a high level in 1980. Eighteen articles appeared in Volume 9 of the

Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data , the primary output

channel for the program. The circulation of this journal continues to

increase slowly, during a period when most scientific journals are ex- periencing a gradual decline in subscriptions. In addition, five data

publications appeared in the NSRDS-NBS series, and seven bibliographies and

other publications came out in other NBS series. The year also saw the

first issue of the Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams , a joint publication

of NBS and the American Society for Metals. Citations to NSRDS publications now run well above 2500 per year.

An important new undertaking of the Office of Standard Reference

Data in 1980 was the establishment of an interagency program to support

data evaluation projects in universities and industry. Initial support

for the program has come from the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and Office of Naval Research, which transferred a total

of $500,000 to OSRD in FY 1980 for this purpose. Over 40 proposals were

received; eight grants have been made, and another five or six are expected to be processed by the end of 1980. We hope through this program to promote broader participation of the scientific community in

data evaluation activities.

Cooperative activities with the private sector have also been ex- panded during the last year. An agreement was signed in May with the

American Institute of Chemical Engineers which permits full OSRD participation in the Design Institute for Physical Property Data (DIPPR).

This organization, which is supported by the chemical industry, has set

up an ambitious program to provide design data for the chemical engineering community. Another agreement, with the American Society for Metals, covers an international program on alloy phase diagrams. The organization of this program is well along, and the first publications have

already appeared.

Progress was made during the year on the development of computerized

data bases and their dissemination to the public. Usage of the mass

spectral data base, which is maintained by OSRD on the on-1 ine Chemical

Information System (CIS), has increased sharply. A single crystal data

base is almost ready to install on the CIS, and software development has

been started which will handle various thermodynamic data bases. A

comprehensive study of the formats of both bibliographic and numerical

data bases maintained in NSRDS data centers is underway, with the objective of bringing the less automated centers up to the level of the others.

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Three new thrusts for the Standard Reference Data Program were

pursued in the FY 1982 budget cycle. A proposal for a major expansion

of work on fluid properties was incorporated into a broader NBS

initiative on chemical engineering. This has been approved at the

Department of Commerce level and is now being considered by 0MB. Initiatives on data related to ionizing radiation and on computer dissemination of SRD were approved by the Director of NBS but did not survive the

screening at the Department of Commerce. However, as a result of the

presentation of these initiatives, OSRD expects to receive funds from

the Director's reserve in FY 81 to begin the proposed work on fluid

properties and computerization.

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Reports of Standard Reference Data Tasks

The activities of the Standard Reference Data program are organized

under seven application-oriented tasks. The first of these tasks includes the management, coordination, and dissemination functions of the

Office of Standard Reference Data. Three tasks deal with data centers

and other projects whose output is particularly relevant to energy and

environmental problems. Two tasks cover activities in the general area of thermodynamics and physical properties relevant to industrial process

design, with a particular focus on the chemical industry. The final

task includes properties of structural materials, especially those which

influence materials durability and performance. A summary of progress

on each of these tasks is given in this section.

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TASK NUMBER: 14401

TITLE: NSRDS Coordination and Dissemination

LEADER: Lide, D. R., Jr.

TASK OBJECTIVE: Coordinate the activities of the National Standard

Reference Data System, including both NBS projects and those at universities, Government laboratories, and industrial establishments; maintain

liaison with other U.S, and foreign institutions concerned with reference

data so as to avoid duplication and assure optimum coverage; establish

criteria for evaluation and presentation of data; disseminate reliable

reference data to the scientific and engineering community through

appropriate mechanisms tailored to user needs.

ACTIVITY CATEGORIES: Management and Coordination

Publ i cations

Technical Liaison and Information Service

Data Systems Development

TASK STATUS: Many of the activities in this overall management task are covered elsewhere in the report. The publication and dissemination

function represents a large part of the work of this task. Publications

issued in 1980 are listed under the programmatic task with which they

are associated. The following tables summarize the published output of

the program and the distribution of this output:

Publications in 1980

Series Pages Published Titles Published

JPCRD, Vol. 9 1350 18

NSRDS-NBS 3160 5

Data Compilations in 661 3

other NBS series

Data Compilations from 813 3

other publishers

Bibliographies and

Indexes in NBS series

478 4

Bibliographies and 2274 4

Indexes from other

publ ishers

Totals 8736 37

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Subscribers to JPCRD

Month/Year Number

9/1977 1156

9/1978 1205

9/1979 1237

9/1 980

Inquiries Received in OSRD

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(Does not include inquiries received by data centers

Year Number

1977 530

1978 730

1979 882

1980* 840

Sales of JPCRD Offprints and Supplements

Year Offprints Supplements

1977 4078 567**

1978 5577 184

1979 5981 137

1980* 5079 111

* Projected to end of year.

** New supplement issued in 1977.

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A number of other accomplishments in 1980 are worthy of mention:

- A computer-based indexed file of NSRDS outputs is nearing

completion. Materials, property, and author indexes for

the Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data have been

assembled this year using the system. The typesetting tape

for the indexes is produced directly from the system software.

The complete NSRDS Publication List with indexes will be

produced from the new file.

- The results of a study of the NBS role in nuclear waste

management has led to DOE funding of a comprehensive program

through the NBS Office of Measurements for Nuclear Technology.

This program will include funding for reference data activities

on phase diagrams of ceramics, powder diffraction patterns, and

geologic properties.

- The OSRD was a supporter of the Symposium on High Resolution

Infrared Applications and Developments, held at NBS June 23-25,

1980.

- The OSRD was host to the Chemical Information System Steering

Committee and to its newly established Scientific Advisory Board.

- OSRD staff have been heavily involved in organizing the 7th

International CODATA Conference. Two staff members presented

papers

.

- A summary of on-line or interactive physico-chemical numerical

data systems is being published (Hilsenrath, Technical Note 412).

- Data Handl ing for Science and Technology , An Overview and Sourcebook , is being published by North Holland Js. A. Rossmassler and

D. G. Watson, Editors).

- Two chapters of a major listing of data sources are being edited

by OSRD staff (D. R. Lide and L. H. Gevantman). The completed

work will be published by CODATA.

The OSRD continues active participation in the planning of data programs

of national and international bodies, such as the American Institute of

Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the American Association of Physicists in

Medicine (AAPM), the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA),

the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (lUPAC), and the

International Association for the Properties of Steam (lAPS).

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TASK NUMBER: 14420

TITLE: Physical Data for Energy Applications

LEADER: Gevantman, L. H. TASK OBJECTIVE: Provide the scientific and engineering community with

physical property data relevant to the more effective utilization of

energy and the development of new energy sources; maintain the primary

data bases required for the analysis of energy options; develop the capability for preparing sets of critically evaluated data needed in specific

energy R & D programs.

TASK NUMBER: 14425 (Other Agency)

TITLE: Data for Energy Systems Applications and Design

LEADER: Gevantman, L. H. TASK OBJECTIVE: Compile, evaluate, and disseminate physical and engineering properties data required for specific applications to systems for

energy production, storage, and conservation. Disseminate the data to the

user, employing distribution media such as books and journal publication,

magnetic tape, accessible automated data files, etc.

DATA CENTERS: Atomic Energy Levels Data Center (Atomic and Plasma

Radiation Division, Center for Radiation Research, NBS) - Spectra and energy levels for atoms and ions.

Atomic Transition Probabilities and Line Shapes and Shifts

Data Center (Atomic and Plasma Radiation Division, Center

for Radiation Research, NBS) - Atomic transition probabilities, spectral line shapes and oscillator strengths

for atoms and ions.

X-ray and Ionizing Radiation Data Center (Radiation Physics

Division, Center for Radiation Research, NBS) - Photon

cross sections and mass attenuation coefficients for the

elements; cross sections for photoabsorption, coherent

and incoherent scattering, pair and triplet production.

Photonuclear Data Center (Nuclear Radiation Division,

Center for Radiation Research, NBS) - Evaluated photonuclear cross section data for reactions of interest;

giant resonances, excitation energies, and angular

distribution.

Atomic Collision Cross Section Data Center (Quantum Physics

Division, Center for Absolute Physical Quantities, NBS) - Low-energy collision cross section data for electrons and

photons with atoms and molecules; transport properties,

including electron swarm data, electron affinities, and

plasma conductivity.

Molten Salts Data Center (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,

Troy, New York) - Transport and thermodynamic properties

including viscosity, surface tension, electrical con- ductivity, density, and phase diagrams.

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DATA CENTERS: Chemical Kinetics Information Center (Chemical Kinetics

(continued) Division, Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular

Sciences, NBS) - Chemical kinetic rate constant data on elementary gas phase reactions; photochemical rate data.

TASK STATUS: As reported previously, the two tasks are served by the same data centers. Their activities under these tasks are directed toward

improving the state of knowledge in fields concerned with energy production

and application, such as nuclear reactor technology, magnetic and laser

fusion, fossil fuel combustion, energy conservation and storage, and solar

energy.

Again, goals for progress toward realizing nuclear fusion for power were emphasized. A number of publications on atomic energy levels data

and atomic and molecular collision data highlighted the output in this

area. Further interaction with the IAEA Atomic and Molecular Data section

resulted in a solidification of IAEA plans to merge and disseminate numerical data inputs from all over the world.

A reprogramming effort is presently under way to widen the scope of

the nuclear data center objectives to include photon and particle interactions with all matter. Thus, in addition to their applicability to the area of nuclear power production, these data activities will also encompass

radiation effects on material improvement. The data will also apply to

problems encountered in the areas of radiation health and safety. Relative

to the above, the Photonuclear Data Center is now in the final stages of

preparing a manuscript on reaction data for carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen.

The data book on rock salt properties aimed at the design of nuclear

waste isolation facilities is now in the final stages of publication and

should issue by the end of the calendar year. The feasibility study on the availability of physical properties data on granite, basalt, shale,

and tuff is being actively pursued and is nearing completion. Depending

on its outcome new data projects to evaluate similar data for these

materials will be established.

Continued efforts to elucidate hydrocarbon combustion kinetics with

a view toward improved efficiencies have resulted in the issuance of

evaluated tables of kinetic rates on over 100 reactions. Nine more data

sheets, for a total of fifteen, on high temperature reaction rate data are being readied, and a manuscript documenting the evaluative effort and

its output to date is being prepared.

The data compilation project on materials used in energy storage and

conservation is nearing completion with the coming publication of data on new molten salt mixtures. Only data on polymer matrix materials remains

to be completed before this project can be considered concluded. Other

data projects involving electrochemical processes either for energy storage

or conservation have experienced some publication delay.

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PUBLICATIONS IN 1980: Energy Levels of Magnesium. Mg I through Mg XII , W. C. Martin and Romuald Zalubas, JPCRD Vol . 9,

No. 1, pp. 1-58.

Table of Recommended Rate Constants for Chemical

Reactions Occurring in Combustion, Francis Westley,

NSRDS-NBS 67.

Energy Levels of Scandium, Sc I through Sc XXI , Jack Sugar and Charles Corliss, JPCRD Vol. 9,

No. 2, pp. 473-512.

Pair, Triplet and Total Atomic Cross Sections and

Mass Attenuation Coefficients for 1 MeV - 100 GeV

Photons in Elements Z = 1 to 100 , J. H. Hubbell,

H. A. Gimm, and I. 0verb0, JPCRD Vol. 9, No. 4.

Physical Properties Data for Rock Salt , L. H.

Gevantman, Editor, NBS Monograph 167.

A Compilation of Kinetic Parameters for the Thermal

Degradation of n-Alkane Molecules , D. L. Allara

and R. Shaw, JPCRD Vol 9, No. 3, pp. 523-560.

Molten Salts Reference Standards for Density, Surface

Tension, Viscosity, and Electrical Conductance:

KNO3 and NaCl, G. J. Janz, JPCRD Vol. 9, No. 4.

Molten Salts: Volume 5, Part 1. Additional Single

a~nd Multi -Component Salt Systems. Electrical Con-

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ductance. Density, Viscosity, and Surface Tension

Data , G. J. Janz and R. P. T. Tomkins, JPCRD Vol. 9,

No. 4.

Selected Tables of Atomic Spectra, Atomic Energy

Levels and Multi pi et Tables, 0 v, C. E. Moore

NSRDS-NBS 3, Section 9.

Tables of Line Spectra of the Elements. Part 1,

Wavelengths and Intensities. Part 2, Transition

Probabil ttes , J. Reader, C. H. Corliss, W. L. Wiese, and G. A. Martin, NSRDS-NBS 68.

Bibliography on Atomic Transition Probabilities

(November 1977 through March 1980) , B. J. Miller,

J. R. Fuhr, and G. A. Martin, NBS Spec. Publ . 505-1.

Bibliography of Low Energy Electron Cross Section

Data U978 ), J. W. Gallagher and E. C. Beaty,

JILA Information Center Report No. 18.

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PUBLICATIONS

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IN 1980: Bibliography on Atomic Energy Levels and Spectra , July 1975 through June 1980 , R. Zalubas and

A. Albright, NBS Spec. Publ . 363, Supplement 2.

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TASK NUMBER: 14430

TITLE: Reference Data for Environment and Health

LEADER: Gevantman, L. H. TASK OBJECTIVE: Compile, evaluate, and disseminate physical and chemical

properties data on substances impacting the environment, with primary

emphasis on those causing undesirable changes in man's surroundings or affecting human health; provide the necessary data bases for the identification of such substances and for the prediction of their transport,

transformation, and ultimate fate in the environment.

DATA CENTERS: Molecular Spectra Data Center (Molecular Spectroscopy

Division, Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular Science,

NBS) - Microwave and infrared spectra of gaseous molecules; frequencies, intensities of absorption spectra;

molecular constants.

Ion Energetics Data Center (Chemical Thermodynamics Division, Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular Science,

NBS) - Heats of formation of gaseous ions; appearance

and ionization potentials; proton affinities.

Chemical Kinetics Information Center (Chemical Kinetics

Division, Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular

Science, NBS) - Gaseous reaction rate constants for

elementary reactions, photochemical rate constants,

activation energies for gaseous elementary reactions.

Radiation Chemistry Data Center (Radiation Laboratory,

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana) - Reaction

rate constants for ionizing and photochemical interactions with aqueous and other liquid media; G factors,

radical yields, radical spectra and lifetimes.

Aqueous Electrolyte Data Center (Chemical Thermodynamics

Division, Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular Science,

NBS) - Activity and osmotic coefficients of inorganic

salts in aqueous media.

TASK STATUS: The identification and quantification of environmental pollutants remains a serious problem. The traceability of these substances and

knowledge of their interactions with other materials in the biosphere prior

to their being rendered harmless constitutes a prime effort. As a conse- quence the need arises for data to detect, identify, and track these substances

present in highly dilute concentrations. Many of the efforts described in

this task are devoted to the buildup of a body of data which would help in the

solution of environmental pollution. They relate particularly to spectral

measurements inasmuch as such techniques provide the necessary sensitivities

required.

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The Molecular Spectra Data Center continues to issue microwave

spectral data on such molecules as formic acid, methyl cyanide, and

others. In addition, data on the fundamental vibrational frequencies of

halogenoal kanes and halogenoal kyl ethers have been issued in collaboration

with scientists in Japan.

The EPA/NIH mass spectra data file is disseminated in two forms. The

data tape is leased by 31 organizations resident in eight countries,

including the United States. The book form has been reprinted to accommo- date the continued demand for the hard-copy form, and a Supplement containing over 8000 additional spectra is in the final stages of publication.

In order to increase coverage of the literature and increase the number of

quality spectra in the collection, the Office of Standard Reference Data

(OSRD) has contracted with the Mass Spectral Data Centre, now at the

University of Nottingham (England), to collect, evaluate, and enter new spectra into the data file. The estimated number of additional data is

anticipated to average 1500 new spectra per year.

Consideration has been given to the automation and retrieval of other

types of spectral data. A feasibility study, aimed at codification and

ultimate digitization of IR spectra, has recently been completed under the

aegis of the Joint Committee on Atomic and Molecular Physical Data (JCAMP)

contracted jointly by OSRD and the Canadian National Research Council. A

representative sampling of IR spectra is being digitized to establish a basic cost figure per spectrum. An interagency agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is also being negotiated to further this

effort.

Data on the solubility of toxic metals in water have been published.

Th^ involve compounds of lead and mercury. In addition, the project on vapor pressure data (Henry's Law Constants) is nearing completion. Other

data efforts aimed at elucidating the behavior of toxic substances in water

will be considered. A related effort dealing with the solubility of chemical

substances in a variety of solvent media is under way through the lUPAC's

Commission V.8. This group has published two additional volumes, one dealing with the solubility of argon, and the other with the solubility of

I A halides in amides.

Data for modelling pollutant reactions and ultimate fate of undesirable

substances in the upper atmosphere have been improved by the report issued

by the CODATA Task Group on Chemical Kinetics. Another group has submitted

a manuscript to OSRD dealing with lower atmosphere evaluated kinetic data.

Together they cover the present state-of-knowledge concerning atmospheric

reactions. The outputs of the Radiation Chemistry Data Center extend the

kinetic data into solution phase where a coming publication will deal with

a compilation of aliphatic radical reaction rate constants in aqueous

solution. The Ion Energetics Data Center has updated and published data on ionization and appearance potentials through 1973. In addition, the Center

hopes to be completely up to date in the coming year (1981). These data

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have implications not only in the environmental area but also in the

fundamental processes involved in hydrocarbon combustion.

Finally, the published Annual Report of the Council on Environmental

Quality (CEQ) has been well received. The task manager (L. H. Gevantman)

made a contribution to the analysis of the trends and conditions of the

national water quality.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1980: Microwave Spectra of Molecules of Astrophysical

Interest. XVIII. Formic Acid , E. Willemot,

D. Dangoisse, N. Monnanteuil, and J. Bellet.

JPCRD Vol . 9, No. 1 , pp. 59-160.

Evaluated Kinetic and Photochemical Data for

Atmospheric Chemistry , D. L. Baulch, R. A. Cox,

R. F. Hampson, Jr., J. A. Kerr, J. Troe, and

R. T. Watson, JPCRD Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 295-471.

The Solubility of Some Sparingly Soluble Lead Salts : An Evaluation of the Solubility in Water and Aqueous

Electrolyte Solution, H. L. Clever and F. J. Johnston, JPCRD Vol . 9, No. 3, pp. 751-784.

Compilation and Evaluation of Solubility Data in the

Mercury (l) Chloride-Water System, Y. Marcus,

JPCRD Vol 9, No. 4.

Mic rowave Spectra of Molecules of Astrophysical

Interest. XIX. Methyl Cyanide , D. Boucher,

J. Burie, A. Bauer, A. Dubrulle, and J. Demaison,

JPCRD Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 659-720.

Tables of Molecular Vibrational Frequencies, Part 10 , T. Shimanouchi, H. Matsuura, Y. Ogawa, and I. Harada,

JPCRD Vol . 9, No. 4.

Ion Energetics Measurements, Supplement I. 1971-1973 , H. M. Rosenstock, D. Sims, S. S. Schroyer, W. J. Webb. NSRDS-NBS 66.

EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Data Base, Supplement I and

Cumulative Index , S. R. Heller and G. W. A. Milne,

NSRDS-NBS 63 Supplement.

Biweekly List of Papers on Radiation Chemistry and

Photochemistry, Annual Cumulation with Keyword and

Author Indexes, Volume 12, 19/9, Radiation Chemistry

Data Center, Radiation Laboratory, University of

Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 64556.

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PUBLICATIONS IN 1980:

(continued)

Projects supported by

11 cations:

Biweekly List of Papers on Radiation Chemistry and

Photochemistry, Volume 13 , 1980, Radiation Chemistry

Data Center, Radiation Laboratory, University of

Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556.

Chemical Kinetic and Photochemical Data Sheets for

Atmospheric Reactions , R. F. Hampson, Jr., U. S.

Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation

Administration, Report No. FAA-EE-80-17

OSRD have made contributions to the following pubCEQ Annual Report

lUPAC Solubility Data Series, Pergamon Press

Argon , H. L. Clever

lA-Halides in Amides, M. Salomon

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TASK NUMBER: 14440

TITLE: Thermochemical Data for Process Design

LEADER: White, H. J., Jr.

TASK OBJECTIVE: Provide the chemical process and related industries with

critically evaluated thermodynamically compatible data which can be used

to establish the equilibrium constants and heats of reaction for all

important chemical reactions; provide data describing the change in the

chemical properties of substances with changes in temperature and at

phase-transition points; provide bibliographic reference services on thermochemistry.

DATA CENTERS: Chemical Thermodynamics Data Center (Chemical Thermodynamics Division, Center for Thermodynamics and

Molecular Science, NBS) - Enthalpies and Gibbs energies

of formation, entropies and Cp in the standard state

at 298.15 K and 1 atm.; enthalpies of formation at 0 K

for inorganic substances and simple organic substances;

transition properties; thermal functions.

Aqueous Electrolyte Data Center (Chemical Thermodynamics

Division, Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular Science,

NBS) - Thermodynamic properties of aqueous electrolyte

solutions including activity and osmotic coefficients,

excess and partial molal properties of solution, solubilities and equilibrium constants in solution.

Thermodynamics Research Center (Texas A&M University,

College Station, Texas) - Thermodynamic properties of

organic materials, condensed-phase properties, transition

points and properties, density and vapor pressure of

liquids, ideal gas and real gas properties.

TASK STATUS: The publication of NBS Technical Note 270-8 closes a series that

started with Technical Note 270-1 published in 1965. The length of the task arose

from two factors; the sheer bulk of the data array covered, approximately 12,000

individual entries, and the fact that the nature of the tables demands thermodynamic compatibility among the entries. The tables give enthalpies and Gibbs

energies of formation for the elements and, as is well known, these can be

combined to give the enthalpies and Gibbs energies of reactions involving the

compounds in the tables. The compatibility requirement arises from the fact

that any set of reactions that can be reduced to the same net reaction, for

example, all possible methods to separate water into H

2

and Op, must give identical

values for the enthalpy or Gibbs energy of the net reaction. ^Initially compatibility was introduced by careful iterative hand procedures. As the task

proceeded computerized methods for the solution of large arrays of simultaneous

equations and for showing the primary interrelationships between substances were

developed. These enabled the compatibility to be introduced by computerized means. The automation of the introduction of thermodynamic compatibility will completely

alter the production of future tables of this type by allowing many more workers

to participate in the initial steps and reducing the introduction of compatibility

to a series of computer runs.

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The provision of data on the osmotic and activity coefficients of aqueous

electrolyte systems has continued. At the present time all available data for the

2:1 and 1:2 valence classes of substances at 25°C have been evaluated. Papers

covering these classes have either been published or are in various stages of

the publication process.

The data file for the TN 270 series has been automated and is in the process

of being entered into the Chemical Information System (CIS). CIS is an on-line

interactive data system that is accessible to subscribers by telephone line.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1980: Selected Values of Chemical Thermodynamic Properties : Compounds of Uranium, Protactinium, Thorium, Actinium

and the Alkali Metals, D. D. Wagman, W. H. Evans,

V. B. Parker, R. H. Schumm and R. L. Nuttall, NBS

Technical Note 270-8.

Tentative Set of Key Values for Thermodynamics , Part 8.

prepared by the CODATA Task Group on Key Values for

Thermodynami cs , CODATA .

The Thermochemical Properties of the Uranium-Halogen

Contai ni ng Compounds . V. B. Parker, NBS IR80-2029,

Bulletin of Chemical Thermodynamics, Vol . 23, 1980,

lUPAC Commission on Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry,

Robert D. Freeman, Editor.

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TASK NUMBER: 14450

TITLE: Thermophysical Data for Process Design

LEADER: White, H. J., Jr.

TASK OBJECTIVE: Provide industry with standard reference data on the

thermodynamic and transport properties of single substances and non- reacting mixtures of substances as functions of temperature, pressure,

and relative proportions of components, by critical evaluation of

existing experimental data, and by utilization of evaluated calculation

techniques to interpolate and extrapolate over ranges of variables and

to estimate data.

DATA CENTERS: Cryogenic Data Center (Thermophysical Properties Division,

Center for Mechanical Engineering and Process Technology,

NBS) - Thermophysical properties of cryogenic fluids and

their mixtures, properties of materials of construction

for cryogenic systems.

Thermodynamic Research Laboratory (Washington University,

St. Louis, Missouri) - Vapor-liquid equilibrium, excess enthalpy and excess volume of binary sub-critical fluid

mixtures, vapor pressures, real gas properties of single

component fluids.

CINDAS (Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana) - Thermal and electrical conductivities of metals and alloys,

viscosities, thermal conductivities, heat capacities of

industrially important fluids.

TASK STATUS: This Task emphasizes the thermophysical properties of fluids

(and, to a lesser extent, solids) which are required in a wide variety

of engineering problems. These data enter, for example, into the design

of heat exchangers, compressors, turbines, and similar equipment which

employ fluids; they are key elements in separation processes such as distillation; and they are needed for reliable metering of fluids transferred through pipelines. The ability to predict the properties of

fluid mixtures from the pure fluid data is important, since mixtures

are the normal rule in most industrial processes.

The abundance of water which characterizes our planet assures it a unique place in our technology. Water is probably the most extensively studied

chemical substance and the one for which reference data are needed most

frequently and for the most widely varying purposes. A coordinated program

of study of the thermodynamic properties of water has resulted in the

first three publications listed below.

The work leading to each of these publications required new technical

developments before the reference data could be prepared. The preparation of

the data on the ideal -gas properties required a more detailed consideration of

excited states for water than had been done before. The data in the critical

region required the use of scaling-law techniques to develop an expression for

a state function, the Helmholtz energy, so that the data for several different

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properties would he thermodynamically compatible. The formulation for

the properties in the classical region was required to cover a wider

range of temperatures and a much wider range of pressures than had been

covered before. This problem was solved by a new technique building the

formulation on a single physically-based model for the high-density fluid.

As a result, the formulation is relatively simple in regions of high

density and shows physical ly-real istic behavior on extrapolation.

Emphasis on the properties of mixtures was increased during 1980 with an increase in analysis of the methods available for treating mixtures. A

further paper on mixtures is listed below. In addition the popular bibliographic

source. Equilibrium Properties of Fluid Mixtures, by Hiza Kidnay and Miller

has been extended and updated and is ready for publication.

Difficulties in treating the region near the critical point have delayed the

completion of the work on ethylene. A final report on this work is in preparation but some additional work is desirable and hopefully can be carried

out.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1980: Thermodynamic Properties of Fluid Water , L. Haar,

J S. Gallagher and G. S. Kell pg. 69-83 in Water

and Steam: Their Properties and Current Industrial

Applications: Proceedings of the 9th International

Conference on the Properties of Steam held at the

Technische Universitat Munchen, FRG, 10-14 Sept. 1979,

J. Straub and K. Scheffler Editors, Pergamon PressA Revised and Extended Scaled Fundamental Equation for

tfie Thermodynamic Behavior of Steam in the Critical

Region , F. W. Balfour, J. V. Sengers, J. M. H. Levelt

Sengers, pg. 128-138 in Water and Steam: Their Properties

and Current Industrial Applications: Proceedings of

the 9th International Conference on the Properties of

Steam held at the Technische Universitat Munchen, FRG,

10-14 Sept. 1979, J. Straub and K. Scheffler Editors,

Pergamon Press.

Thermodynamic Properties of H^O in the Ideal Gas State , H. W. Woolley, pg. 158-166 in'^Water and Steam:

Their Properties and Current Industrial Applications:

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Properties of Steam held at the Technische Universitat MUnchen, FRG, 10-14 Sept. 1979, J. Straub and

K. Scheffler Editors, Pergamon Press.

A Review, Evaluation and Correlation of the Phase

Equilibria, Heat of Mixing and Change in Volume on Mixing for Liquid Mixtures of Methane & Propane , R. C. Miller, A. J. Kidnay, and M. J. Hiza, JPCRD

Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 721-734.

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PUBLICATIONS IN 1980:

(continued)

Other publications of

LNG Materials & Fluids, A User's Manual of Property

Data in Graphic Format, Second Supplement , Douglas

Mann, Editor, Cryogenics Division, NBS, Boulder, CO.

An Improved Representative Equation for the Dynamic

Viscosity of Water Substance , J. T. R. Watson,

R. S. Basu, and J. V. Sengers, JPCRD Vol . 9, No. 4.

the NBS Cryogenic Data Center:

CDC Current Awareness Service - Biweekly;

Superconductivity Devices and Materials - Quarterly;

Liquified Natural Gas - Quarterly;

Hydrogen - Future Fuel - Quarterly.

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TASK NUMBER: 14470

TITLE: Materials Durability and Resource Recovery Data

LEADER: Rumble, J. R.

TASK OBJECTIVE: To provide needed physical, chemical, and metallurgical

data for a better understanding of the phenomena and processes involved in

the performance of solid materials in use, and in recovery of available

thermal energy from selected groups of such materials after original use.

DATA CENTERS: Alloy Data Center (Metallurgy Division, Center for Materials

Science, NBS) - Evaluated phase diagram data for binary

and multicomponent alloys; related thermodynamic and

physical properties data.

Crystal Data Center (Ceramics, Glass, and Solid State Division, Center for Materials Science, NBS) - Crystallographic

data: cell parameters and ratios, space group, number of

formula units per cell, density, etc., on inorganic and

organic compunds, including metals, intermetal 1 ics , and

minerals.

Diffusion in Metals Data Center (Metallurgy Division, Center

for Materials Science, NBS) - Data on condensed-state

diffusion and mass-transport phenomena involving all

substances as the diffusing material, and all metal and

alloy systems as the matrix.

Phase Diagrams for Ceramists (Ceramics, Glass, and Solid

State Division, Center for Materials Science, NBS) - Evaluated phase diagrams of oxides, halides, cyanides,

sulfides, etc., and their binary, ternary, and higher

order systems.

TASK STATUS: Work under this task seeks improvements in the productivity

of research and the effectiveness of technology in selected areas of

materials performance in use and materials recovery after use. In particular, data compilation and evaluation efforts address the characterization

of corrosion products, the analysis of corrosion processes, the identification of wear debris, and other areas related to materials durability.

Diffusion and mass transport data are analyzed to provide better understanding of how corrosive substances diffuse into and affect structural

materials. Phase stability data are systematical ly evaluated, and new methods devised for their prediction, presentation, and application in the

development and design of new alloy, ceramic, and metallic/non-metallic

systems.

All the data centers compile, maintain, evaluate, and disseminate

comprehensive indexed collections of references and data relating to each

center's area of interest. The resulting bibliographic and numerical data

bases naturally form the basic resources used by the centers as they

address various data problems and requests.

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The task on Materials Durability and Resource Recovery has increased

its activities since the reprogramming described in the 1978 OSRD Annual

Report as reflected in the following activities of the data centers and

other projects.

The Alloy Data Center is presently evaluating phase stability data

and phase diagrams for all binary alloys containing titanium and one other

element. These systems are of current interest for many reasons, especially

for their use in light-weight heat-resistant fabricated products, as substitutes for durable stainless-steel chromium alloys, and as a high-strength

material for underwater vessels. In addition, the joint NBS/American Society

of Metals International program on alloy phase diagram data continues with

important progress being made in two areas. The new periodical "Bulletin

of Alloy Phase Diagrams" has been published. This journal will be a major

source of evaluated phase diagrams to the user community and represents an important step in updating of the available data. The other major area of

progress has been in the automation of storing, recalling, and manipulating

phase diagrams. Work to date provides a solid foundation for theoretical

modelling efforts, easier dissemination, and reliable presentation of phase

diagrams.

Currently, the Diffusion in Metals Data Center is especially concerned

with the evaluation of data relating to mass transport and diffusion phe- nomena in the durability of copper and its alloys, particularly multicomponent

alloys. These systems are of great interest with respect to understanding

and avoiding corrosion problems. This work is sponsored in part by the

International Copper Research Association (INCRA) and will result in the

second volume of evaluated data on these subjects pertaining to copper systems

The Data Center has continued its close interaction with the industrial

community, acting as the primary source of evaluated data in all alloy

diffusion areas.

The Alloy Data Center and the Diffusion in Metals Data Center have

completed, in the past year, a major compilation and evaluation of data for

candidate hydrogen storage materials. Data sheets covering eighteen possible

physical and chemical properties, including reaction rates, diffusion coefficients, and phase diagrams have been prepared for Lawrence Livermore

Laboratory where an on-line data base for these materials is being established

The Crystal Data Center is in the final stages of completion of the new Crystallographic Identification File. This file contains information

on over 57,000 crystalline compounds including microcontaminants, corrosion

products, and metals needed for single crystal identification. The file

will be of much importance to industrial laboratories and other research

efforts, and will be of special value in reducing duplicate measurements.

The Data Center plans to distribute the file through the on-line Chemical

Information System and the Cambridge University network of Affiliated

Crystal Data Centres.

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The Crystal Data Center has also completed an intensive user evaluation of its products and services. The results indicate a high usage of

Crystal Data , a joint NBS-JCPDS publication, with particular applications

to materials analysis and design. Suggestions are being incorporated into

the Data Center work to better serve the user community. The Data Center

has developed a program CNBS*AIDS80) for the computer-assisted evaluation

of crystallographic data. This project was done jointly with the JCPDS.

Aside from the obvious use as a tool in the creation and manipulation of

large data files, the program has already found great utility in analyzing

published data for consistency and accuracy. It is hoped that this will

facilitate the finding and correcting of errors by research scientists and

journal editors prior to publication.

The Phase Diagrams for Ceramists Data Center has recently sent to

publication volume four in the series "Phase Diagrams for Ceramists." This

volume contains evaluated phase diagram data on metals, oxygen, and metal

oxides, and continues the tradition of NBS as the major source of such

evaluated systems. As the capability to design new materials with predicted

properties has grown, the need for accurate phase diagram information for

systems of metals with non-metal lie components has increased correspondingly.

The Diffusion in Polymers Project is neaf* completion on a comprehensive

review of diffusion constants of organic molecules in polyolefins. This

review will, for the first time, provide an accessible and complete source of these data. With increased interest in the diffusion into and out of

plastics used as food-packaging material and countless other routine uses of

plastics, such a data source will prove to be Invaluable.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1980: Phase Diagrams for Ceramists, Volume 4 , R. S. Roth,

L. P. Cook, and T. Negas, Editors, The American

Ceramic Society.

Interactive Computer Graphics for Phase Diagram

Storage , J. L. Murray, Bull. Alloy Ph. Diag. 1, No. 1.

Registration/Identification of Crystalling Materials

Based on Lattice and Empirical Formula , J. Rodgers

and A. D. Mighell, J. Chem. Inf. Comp. Sci . (in press).

User Evaluation of Crystal Data Products and Services , Questionnaire Analysis and Impact , J. K. Stalick,

A. D. Mighell, and R. J. Boreni, NBS Technical Note 1112.

NBS*AIDS80, A Fortran Program to Evaluate Crystallographic Data, C. R. Hubbard, J. K. Stalick, and

A. u. Mignei I , Advances in X-ray Analysis, Plenum

Press

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Publications in 1980

Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, Volume 9

Energy Levels of Magnesium, Mg I through Mg XII

W. C. Martin and R. Zalubas

Microwave Spectra of Molecules of Astrophysical Interest.

XVIII. Formic Acid

E. Willemot, D. Dangoisse, N. Monnanteuil, and J. Bellet

Refractive Index of Alkaline Earth Halides and Its Wavelength and

Temperature Derivatives

H. H. Li

Evaluated Kinetic and Photochemical Data for Atmospheric Chemistry

D. L. Baulch, R. A. Cox, R. F. Hampson, Jr., J. A. Kerr, J. Troe,

and R. T. Watson

Energy Levels of Scandium, Sc I through Sc XXI

J. Sugar and C. Corliss

Comments: Revised Values of the Osmotic Coefficients and Mean

Activity Coefficients of Sodium Nitrate in Water at 25 °C

Y. C. Wu and W. J. Hamer

A Compilation of Kinetic Parameters for the Thermal Degradation of

n-Alkane Molecules

D. L. Allara and R. Shaw

Refractive Index of Silicon and Germanium and Its Wavelength and

Temperature Derivatives

H. H. Li

Microwave Spectra of Molecules of Astrophysical Interest.

XIX. Methyl Cyanide

D. Boucher, J. Burie, A. Bauer, A. Dubrulle, and J. Demaison

A Review, Evaluation, and Correlation of the Phase Equilibria, Heat

of Mixing, and Change in Volume on Mixing for Liquid Mixtures of

Methane + Propane

R. C. Miller, A. J. Kidnay, and M. J. Hiza

Saturation States of Heavy Water

P. G. Hill and R. D. Chris MacMillan

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The Solubility of Some Sparingly Soluble Lead Salts: An Evaluation

of the Solubility in Water and Aqueous Electrolyte Solution

H. Clever and F. J. Johnston

Molten Salts Reference Standards for Density, Surface Tension,

Viscosity, and Electrical Conductance: KNO^ and NaCl

George J. Janz

Molten Salts: Volume 5, Part 1. Additional Single and MultiComponent Salt Systems - Electrical Conductance, Density, Viscosity,

and Surface Tension Data

G. J. Janz and R. P. T. Tomkins

Pair, Triplet, and Total Atomic Cross Sections (and Mass Attenuation

Coefficients) for 1 MeV-100 GeV Photons in Elements Z=1 to 100

J. H. Hubbell, H. A. Gimm, and I. 0verb0

Tables of Molecular Vibrational Frequencies, Part 10

T. Shimanouchi, H. Matsuura, Y. Ogawa, and I. Harada

An Improved Representative Equation for the Dynamic Viscosity of

Water Substance

J. T. R. Watson, R. S. Basu, and J. V. Sengers

Static Dielectric Constant of Water and Steam

M. Uematsu and E. U. Franck

Compilation and Evaluation of Solubility Data in the Mercury (I)

Chloride - Water System

Y. Marcus

NSRDS-NBS Series

Selected Tables of Atomic Spectra, Atomic Energy Levels and Multiplet Tables, 0 V

C. E. Moore

NSRDS-NBS 3, Section 9

EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Data Base, Supplement I and Cumulative Index

S. R. Heller and G. W. A. Milne

NSRDS-NBS 63 Supplement

Ion Energetics Measurements, Supplement I. 1971-1973.

H. M. Rosenstock, D. Sims, S. S. Schroyer, and W. J. Webb

NSRDS-NBS 66

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Table of Recommended Rate Constants for Chemical Reactions

Occurring in Combustion

Francis Westley

NSRDS-NBS 67

Tables of Line Spectra of the Elements. Part 1. Wavelengths and

Intensities. Part 2. Transition Probabilities

J. Reader, C. H. Corliss, W. L. Wiese, and G. A. Martin

NSRDS-NBS 68

Data Publications from Other Publishers

Chemical Kinetic and Photochemical Data Sheets for Atmospheric

Reactions

R. F. Hampson

U. S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration

FAA-EE-80-17

LN6 Materials & Fluids, A User's Manual of Property Data in Graphic

Format, Second Supplement

Douglas Mann, Editor

Cryogenics Division, NBS, Boulder, CO

Data Publications in Other NBS Series

Physical Properties Data for Rock Salt

L. H. Gevantman , Editor

NBS Monograph 167

Selected Values of Chemical Thermodynamic Properties: Compounds of

Uranium, Protactinium, Thorium, Actinium, and the Alkali Metals

D. D. Wagman, W. H. Evans, V. B. Parker, R. H. Schumm, and

R. L. Nuttall

NBS Technical Note 270-8

The Thermochemical Properties of Uranium-Halogen Containing

Compounds

V. B. Parker

NBSIR 80-2029

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Bibliographies and Indexes in NBS Series

Bibliography on Atomic Transition Probabilities (November 1977

through March 1980)

B. J. Miller, J. R. Fuhr, and G. A. Martin

NBS Spec. Publ. 505-1

Bibliography of Low Energy Electron and Photon Cross Section Data

(1978)

J. W. Gallagher and E. C. Beatty

JILA Information Center Report No. 18

Bibliography on Atomic Energy Levels and Spectra, July 1975 through

June 1980

R. Zalubas and A. A. Albright

NBS Spec. Publ. 363, Supplement 2

Summary of On-Line or Interactive Physico-Chemical Numerical Data

Systems

J. Hilsenrath

NBS Technical Note 1122

Bibliographies and Indexes from Other Publishers

Biweekly List of Papers on Radiation Chemistry and Photochemistry,

Annual Cumulation with Keyword and Author Indexes, Volume 12, 1979

Radiation Chemistry Data Center

Radiation Laboratory

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN 46556

Biweekly List of Papers on Radiation Chemistry and Photochemistry,

Volume 13, 1980

Radiation Chemistry Data Center

Radiation Laboratory

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN 46556

Bulletin of Chemical Thermodynamics, Volume 23, 1980

lUPAC Commission on Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry

Robert D. Freeman, Editor

Data Handling for Science and Technology, An Overview and Sourcebook

S. A. Rossmassler and D. G. Watson

North-Hol land Publishing Co., Amsterdam and New York

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Miscellaneous Publications by OSRD Staff

1

The Charge Distribution of C

L. S. Cardman, J. W. Lightbody, Jr., S. Penner, $. P. Fivozinsky , X. K. Maruyama, W. P. Trower, and S. E. Williamson

Physics Letters 91B , 203 (1980)

A Computer Based File of X-ray and Electron Beam Central Axis Depth

Dose Data for Use in Radiotherapy

J. A. Purdy, W. B. Harms, and S. P. Fivozinsky

Proceedings of the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical

Care, IEEE (1980)

Special Features of NBS's Omnidata System Applicable to the Retrieval,

Analysis, and Dissemination of Chemical Data

Betti Joyce B. Mol i no Journal of Chemical Information and Computers Sciences, Volume 20

(1980)

Investigations of the Assumptions of the Multiple-Scattering Method for

Electron-Molecule Scattering Cross-sections

J. R. Rumble, Jr. and D. G. Truhlar

J. Chem. Phys. 7^, 3206 (1980)

Comparison of Local Exchange Potentials for Electron-Np Scattering

J. R. Rumble, Jr. and D. G. Truhlar

J. CHem. Phys. 72^, 5223 (1980)

CIAMDA - An Index to the Literature on Atomic and Molecular Collision

Data Relevant to Fusion Research

J. Rumble, Jr . et al . , Eds.

International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria (1980)

International Bulletin on Atomic and Molecular Data for Fusion

K. Katsonis and J. Rumble, Jr ., Eds.

Issued quarterly by International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna,

Austria (1980)

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Publications Scheduled for 1981

Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, Volume 10

Evaluated Kinetic Data for High Temperature Reactions. Volume 4.

Homogeneous Gas-Phase Reactions of Halogen Cyanide-Containing Species

D. L. Baulch, J. Duxbury, S. J. Grant, and D. C. Montague

Activity and Osmotic Coefficients of Aqueous Alkali Metal Nitrites

Bert R. Staples

Heat Capacity and Other Thermodynamic Properties of Linear Macromolecules. I. Selenium

U. Gaur, H. C. Shu, A. Metita, and B. Wunderlich

Heat Capacity and Other Thermodynamic Properties of Linear Macromolecules. II. Polyethylene

U. Gaur and B. Wunderlich

Atomic Transition Probabilities for Iron, Cobalt, and Nickel

(A Critical Data Compilation of Allowed Lines)

J. R. Fuhr, G. A. Martin, W. L. Wiese, and S. M. Younger

Evaluated Activity and Osmotic Coefficients for Aqueous Solutions:

Bi -Uni valent Compounds of Zinc, Cadmium, and Ethylene bis (trimethyl

ammonium) Chloride and Iodide

Robert N. Goldberg

Ion Product of Water Substance, 0-1000 °C, 1-10,000 bar

W. L. Marshall and E. U. Franck

Tables of the Dynamic and Kinematic Viscosity of Aqueous KCl Solutions in the Temperature Range 25-150 °C and the Pressure Range

0.1-35 MPa

J. Kestin and H. Khalifa, and R. J. Correia

Tables of the Dynamic and Kinematic Viscosity of Aqueous NaCl Solutions in the Temperature Range 20-150 °C and the Pressure Range

0.1-35 MPa

J. Kestin and H. Khalifa

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NSRDS-NBS Series

Selected Tables of Atomic Spectra, Atomic Energy Levels and

Multiplet Tables, 0 III, 0 IV

C. E. Moore

NSRDS-NBS 3, Section 10

Physical Property Data Compilations Relevant to Energy Storage,

IV. Flywheels: Data on Metals and Metal Alloys

H. M. Ledbetter

NSRDS-NBS 61, Part IV

Optical Spectra of Nonmetal lie Inorganic Transients in Aqueous

Solutions

Gordon L. Hug

NSRDS-NBS

Physical Properties Data Compilations Relevant to Energy Storage,

Part VI. Molten Salts Project III - Phase C

George J. Janz

NSRDS-NBS

Bibliographies and Indexes in NBS Series

Publications of the National Standard Reference Data System with

Author, Materials, and Property Indexes

G. Sherwood

A Catalog of Data Compilations on Photochemical and Photophysical

Processes in Solution

J. G. Brummer, W. P. Helman, and A. B. Ross

NBS Spec. Publ. 578

Data Index for Energy Transfer Collisions of Atoms and Molecules,

1970-1979

J. Van Blerkon, J. W. Gallagher, E. C. Beaty, and J. R. Rumble,

Jr.

NBS Spec. Publ. 593

Bibliographies and Indexes from Other Publishers

Biweekly List of Papers on Radiation Chemistry and Photochemistry,

Annual Cumulation with Keyword and Author Indexes, Volume 13, 1980

Radiation Chemistry Data Center

Biweekly List of Papers on Radiation Chemistry and Photochemistry,

Volume 14, 1981

Radiation Chemistry Data Center

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Bulletin of Chemical Thermodynamics, Volume 24 (1981)

lUPAC Commission on Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry

Robert D. Freeman, Editor

Equilibrium Properties of Fluid Mixtures, A Bibliography of Data on Fluids of Cryogenic Interest, Second Edition

M. J. Hiza, A. J. Kidnay, and R. C. Miller

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Invited Talks and Presentations by OSRD Staff

Activities of the National Standard Reference Data System, ASEE

Annual Meeting, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts,

June 23, 1980

Sherman P. Fivozinsky

A Review of Central Axis Depth Dose Data for Linear Accelerators,

AAPM Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 30, 1980

Sherman P. Fivozinsky

Comments on the Role of Engineering Judgment and the Computer in the

Management of Material Property Data, ASME Annual Meeting, San

Francisco, California, August 14, 1980

Sherman P. Fivozinsky

Compilation and Evaluation of Radiation Depth Dose Data from

Electron Accelerators Used for Radiotherapy: Experiences of a Pilot

Data Project in a Hospital Environment, Seventh International

CODATA Conference, Kyoto, Japan, October 9, 1980

Sherman P. Fivozinsky

Presentation on OSRD to the First Workshop on the DOE/STOR Technical

Management Information Systems; also chaired a committee on the need

for data in energy storage, Callaway Gardens, Georgia, December 1979

Lewis H. Gevantman

Progress Report on OSRD to the Radiation Chemistry Data Center

Advisory Board, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, April 1980

Lewis H. Gevantman

Presentation on Office of Standard Reference Data to the EPA

Modeling Group, April 1980

Lewis H. Gevantman

Presentation before the Numerical Data Advisory Board, NAS/NRC, on the project at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, July 1980

Lewis H. Gevantman

The Office of Standard Reference Data's Role in Disseminating

Critically Evaluated Data - presented to 30 librarians at Catholic

University seminar

Cynthia A. Goldman

Gordon Conference: Scientific Information Problems in Research,

Panel Discussion Summarizing Results in Conference, Plymouth, New

Hampshire, July 1980

David R. Lide, Jr.

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Critical Evaluation of Data and National and International Data

Programs, UNESCO-CODATA Training Course in Data Dissemination,

Tsukuba, Japan, October 1980

David R. Lide, Jr.

Reference Data Activities in the United States, University of Tokyo,

Tokyo, Japan, October 1980

David R. Lide, Jr.

Omnidata and Related Software as Developed and Applied by the Office

of Standard Reference Data for On-Line Retrieval, Analysis, and

Manipulation of NSRDS Data Bases, Seventh International CODATA

Conference, Kyoto, Japan

Betti Joyce B. Mol i no

Seminar on Electron Scattering by N

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- Models that Work, Max Planck

Institute, Gottingen, West Germany, February 1980

John R. Rumble, Jr.

The National Bureau of Standards and the National Standard Reference

Data System, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE),

88th National Meeting, Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, June 1980

Howard J. White, Jr.

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Technical and Professional Coironittee Participation and Leadership

David R. Lide, Jr .

Overseer's Visiting Committee, Department of Chemistry, Harvard

University

Council of the American Physical Society (APS)

Committee on Congressional Fellows, APS

Committee on Fellowships, Division of Chemical Physics, APS

Committee on Meetings, APS

1981 Irving Langmuir Prize Committee, APS

American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publication Board (Chairman)

Subcommittee on an Anniversary Physics Handbook (Chairman), AIP's

50th Anniversary Celebration Committee

Conmittee on Nomenclature, ACS

Division of Physical Chemistry, ACS (Alternate Councilor)

Chemical Abstracts Advisory Board, ACS

Section Committee, Chemistry, AAAS

Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data (Editor)

Committee on Data for Science and Technology of International

Council of Scientific Unions (U.S. Delegate to CODATA & Member

of Executive Committee)

CODATA Publication Committee (Chairman)

CODATA Bulletin (Associate Editor)

Program Committee for Seventh International CODATA Conference

Joint Committee on Atomic and Molecular Physical Data (JCAMP)

Interdivisional Committee on Nomenclature and Symbols, lUPAC

Commission on Symbols, Terminology, and Units, lUPAC (Chairman)

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Physical Chemistry Division, lUPAC (Vice -President)

Chemical Information System (CIS) Steering Committee (Chairman)

Journal of Physical Chemistry Editorial Search Committee

NAS/NRC Committee on Atomic and Molecular Science

Program Committee, Second International Conference on Precision

Measurement and Fundamental Constants

Lewis H. Gevantman

lUPAC Commission V.8 on Solubility Data (CoSecretary)

Source Selection Board, Department of the Army, Medical Bioengineering

Research and Development Laboratory

Executive Committee, Joint Committee on Atomic and Molecular Physical

Data

Subcommittee on the Chemical Substance Information Network (CSIN)

Basic Nuclear Data Committee of the National Nuclear Data Center

(Observer)

Reference Nuclear Data Committee of the National Nuclear Data Center

(Observer)

Subcommittee on Batteries of the Advisory Committee on Energy Storage

to the Department of Energy

Howard J. White, Jr .

International Association for the Properties of Steam, American Society

of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (Executive Secretary)

Task Group on the Internationalization and Systematization of Thermodynamic Tables, Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA/

ICSU) (Chairman)

Subcommittee on Thermodynamic Tables, Commission on Thermodynamics,

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (lUPAC) (Secretary)

Research Committee on the Properties of Steam, American Society of

Mechanical Engineers (Secretary)

Project Aspen, MIT (Advisory Committee Member)

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Coal Conversion Systems Technical Data Book, Institute of Gas Technology

(Advisory Committee Member)

Design Institute for Physical Properties Data, American Institute of

Chemical Engineers (Liaison Committee Member)

American Petroleum Institute

Sherman P. Fivozinsky

AAPM Medical Physics Data Group

NBS Nuclear Waste Study Group

Betti Joyce B. Mol i no

Advisory Group for NBS Computer Configurations

Technical Evaluation Subcommittee for a Uni vac Proposal

Alice A. Dugan

NML Administrative Council

NML-EEO Women's Personnel Panel, NBS

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The DOE/STOR Technical Management Information System

Viktor Hampel, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA

March 6, 1980

Search and Retrieval of Chemical Compounds through the DARC System

(A molecular connectivity search system developed in France)

David G. Watson, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre,

Cambridge, England

April 17, 1980

The National Nuclear Data Center

Sol Pearl stein, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, L.I., NY

May 20, 1980

Trends in Use of On-Line Data Bases and Systems

Martha Williams, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

September 8, 1980

Information Utilization in an Industrial Research Company

Patricia Lorenz, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Linden, NJ

October 24, 1980

The Atomic and Molecular Data for Fusion Program of the IAEA - Perspectives and Problems

John R. Rumble, Jr., National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD

November 3, 1980

A Computer Based File of X-Ray and Electron Beam Central Axis DepthDose Data for Use in Radiation Therapy

James A. Purdy, Washington University School of Medicine,

St. Louis, MO

December 10, 1980

The Metal Properties Council Plan for a Computer Data Base of

Mechanical Properties

Adolph Schafer, Metal Properties Council, New York, NY

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NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS

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Appendix B

Public Law 90-396

90th Congress, H. R. 6279

July 11, 1968

an act

To provide for the collection, compilotiun. critical evaluation, publication, and

sale of standard reference data. Be it enacted hy the Senate and Uov.ne of ReprenentativeH of the United Staten of America in Congrenn annembled,

DECLARATION OF POLICT Section 1. The Congress hereby finds and declares that reliable standardized scientific and teclvnical reference data are of vital importance to the progress of the Nation’s science and technology'. It is therefore the policy of the Congress to make critically evaluated refer- ence data readily available to scientists, engineers, and the general

public. It is the purpose of this Act to strengthen and enhance this policy; DEFINITIONS

Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act

(a) The term “standard reference data" means quantitative infor- mation, related to a measurable physical or chemical property of a

substance or system of substances of known composition and structure, which is critically evaluated as to its reliability under section 3 of this Act.

(b) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce.

Sec. 3. The Secretary is authorized and directed to provide or ar- range for the collection, compilation, critical evaluation, publication,

and dissemination of standard reference data. In carrying out this program, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent pi*acticable, utilize the reference data sen ices and facilities of other agencies and

instrumentalities of the Federal Government and of State and local governments, persons, firms, institutions, and associations, with their consent and in such a manner as to avoid duplication of those services and facilities. All agencies and instrumentaliiies of the Federal Government are encouraged to exercise, tlieir duties and functions in such manner as will assist, in carrying out the purpose of this Act. This

section shall be deemed complementarv’ to existing authority, and

nothing herein is intended to repe.*!!, supersede, or diminisli existing

authority or responsibility of any agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government.

Sec. 4. To provide for more etleetive integration and coordination of

standard reference data activities, tlie Secrebirv. in consultation with

other interested Federal agencies, sliall prescribe and publish in the

Federal Register such standards, criteria, and jinn-edures for the prep- anvtionand publication of standard reference data as may be netessar}- to carry out the provisions of this Act. Sec. 5. Standard reference data conforming to standards established by the Secretary may be maxle available and sold by the Secietary or by a person or agency designated by him. To the extent practicable

and appropriate, the prices established for such data may reflect the

cost of collection, compilation, evaluation, publication, and dissemination of the data, including administrative expenses: and the amounts

received shall be subject to the Act of March 3, ]!>t)L as amended (15

.i:.S.C.'2Tl-'278e). Sec. 6. (a) Notwithstanding tlie limitations contained in .section 8 of title 17 of the United States (xxle. tlie Secretary may secure copyright and renewal thereof on behalf of the rniie<l .States as autlior or proprietor in all or any part of any siaiidard reference data which

Standard Referenoe Data Aot*

82 STAT. 339

82 STAT. 340

Colleotion and

publi oati on of standard reference data.

Standards, etc. PubU cation In Federal Register,

Sale of reference data. Cost recovery.

31 Stat. 1449J Ante , p. 34. U, S. copyright and renewal

rights.

61 Stat. 655) 76 Stat. 446.

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82 STAT.

Appropriati on.

Short title.

Pub. Law 90-396 - 2 - July 11, 1968

340he prepares or makes available under this Act, and may authorize

the Tcproducfion and publication thereof by others. (b) The publication or republioation by the Government under this Act, either separately or in a public document, of any material in which

copyright is subsisting shall not be taken to cause any abridgment or annulment of the copyright or to authorize any use or appropriation

of such material without the consent of the copyright proprietor. Sec. 7. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act, $1.8() million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909. Kotwithstanding the ])rovisions of any other law, no appropriations for any

fiscal year may be made for the purpose of this Act after fis(,-al year

1969 unless previously authorized by legislation hereafter enacted by

the ('ongress.

Sec:. 8. This Act may be cited as the “Standard Reference Data Act." Approved July 11, 1968.

UEGISUTIVE HISTORY i

HDUSE REPORT No, 260 (Comm, on Solence and Astronaut! oo), SENATE REPORT No, 1230 (Comm, on Commeroe), CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:

Vol. 113 (19671: Aug, 14, considered and passed House, Vol, 114 (1968): June 13, considered and passed Senate, amended,

June 27, House oonourred in Senate amendments.

GPO 9B.1 39

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Appendix c NSRDS DATA CENTERS

Alloy Data Center

Dr. L. H. Bennett

Center for Materials Science

Materials Bldg. - Room B150

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Telephone: (301) 921-2982

Aqueous Electrolyte Data Center

Dr. B. R. Staples

Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular Science

Chemistry Bldg. - Room A164

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Telephone: (301) 921 -3632

Atomic Collision Cross Section Information Center

Dr. E. C. Beaty

Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics

University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado 80309

Telephone: (303) 492-7801

Atomic Energy Levels Data Center

Dr. W. C. Martin

Center for Radiation Research

Physics Bldg. - Room A167

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Telephone: (301) 921-2011

Atomic Transition Probabilities and Atomic Line Shapes and Shifts

Data Center

Dr. W. L. Wiese

Center for Radiation Research

Physics Bldg. - Room A267

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Telephone: (301) 921-2071

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Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis

(CINDAS)

Dr. Y. S. Touloukian

Purdue University

CINDAS

2595 Yeager Road

West Lafayette, Indiana 47906

Telephone: (317) 463-1581

Toll Free: (800) 428-7675

Direct inquiries to: Mr. W. H. Shafer

Chemical Kinetics Information Center

Dr. R. F. Hampson, Jr.

Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular Science

Chemistry Bldg. - Room A166

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Telephone: (301) 921-2565

Chemical Thermodynamics Data Center

Mr. D. D. Wagman

Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular Science

Chemistry Bldg. - Room A152

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Telephone: (301) 921-2773

Cryogenic Data Center

Mr. N. A. Olien

Center for Mechanical Engineering and Process Technology

National Bureau of Standards

Boulder, Colorado 80303

Telephone: (303) 499-1000 Ext. 3257

Crystal Data Center

Dr. A. D. Mighell

Center for Materials Science

Materials Bldg. - Room A221

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Telephone: (301) 921-2950

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Diffusion in Metals Data Center

Dr. D. B. Butrymowicz

Center for Materials Science

Materials Bldg. - Room A153

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Telephone: (301) 921-3351

Fundamental Constants Data Center

Dr. Barry N. Taylor

Center for Absolute Physical Quantities

Metrology Bldg. - Room B258

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Telephone: (301) 921-2701

Fundamental Particle Data Center

Dr. Robert Kelly

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

University of California

Berkeley, California 94720

Telephone: (415) 486-5885

*High Pressure Data Center

Dr. Leo Merrill

5093 Harold B. Lee Library

Brigham Young University

Provo, Utah 84601

Telephone: (801) 374-1211 Ext. 4442

Ion Energetics Data Center

Dr. Sharon Lias

Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular Science

Chemistry Bldg. - Room A139

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Telephone: (301) 921-2793

*Isotopes Project

Dr. Janis Dairiki

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

University of California

Berkeley, California 94720

Telephone: (415) 486-6152

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Molecular Spectra Data Center

Dr. F. J. Lovas

Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular Science

Physics Bldg. - Room B268

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Telephone: (301) 921-2021

Molten Salts Data Center

Dr. G. J. Janz

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Department of Chemistry

Troy, New York 12181

Telephone: (518) 270-6344

Phase Diagrams for Ceramists Data Center

Dr. Lawrence P. Cook

Center for Materials Science

Materials Bldg. -Room kill

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Telephone: (301) 921-2844

Photonuclear Data Center

Dr. E. G. Fuller

Center for Radiation Research

Radiation Physics Bldg. - Room B109

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Telephone: (301) 921-2625

Radiation Chemistry Data Center

Dr. Alberta B. Ross

University of Notre Dame

Radiation Laboratory

Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

Telephone: (219) 283-6527

*Superconductive Materials Data Center

Dr. B. W. Roberts

General Electric Company

Research § Development Center

P. 0. Box 8

Schenectady, New York 12301

Telephone: (518) 585-8501

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Thermodynamic Research Laboratory

Dr. Buford Smith

Department of Chemical Engineering

Washington University

St. Louis, Missouri 63130

Telephone: (314) 863-0100 _ _

Thermodynamics Research Center

Dr. Kenneth R. Hall

Texas A § M University

Department of Chemistry

College Station, Texas 77843

Telephone: (713) 846-8765 or 845-4971

X-Ray and Ionizing Radiation Data Center

Mr. J. H. Hubbell

Center for Radiation Research

Radiation Physics Bldg. - Room C313

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

Telephone: (301) 921-2685

*The Office of Standard Reference Data is not involved at the

present time in the administration or funding of these data

centers but assists in making their outputs and services known

to the scientific community.

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1. PUBLICATION OR

REPORT NO.

2. Performing Organ. Report No. 3. Publication Date

SHEET (See instructions) NBSIR 81-2206 January 1981

4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE

Technical Activities 1980

Office of Standard Reference Data

5. AUTHOR(S)

S. P. FivozinslQ^, Editor

S. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION (If joint or other than NBS, see Instructions) 7. Contract/Grant No. national bureau of standards

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 8. Type of Report & Period Covered

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20234

9. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION NAME AND COMPLETE ADDRESS (Street, City. State, ZIP)

Same as above

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SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

Document describes a computer program; SF-185, FIPS Software Summary, is attached.

11.

ABSTRACT (A 200-word or less factual summary of most significant information. If document includes a significant

bibliography or literature survey, mention it here)

The Office of Standard Reference Data is one of six program offices in the National

Measurement Laboratory, National Bureau of Standards. The Standard Reference Data

Program develops and disseminates data bases of critically evaluated physical/chemical

properties of substances. These data bases are available through NBS and private

publications, on magnetic tape, and from on-line retrieval systems.

The Office of Standard Reference Data is responsible for management and coordination

of the program. Work is carried out through a decentralized network of data centers

and projects referred to as the National Standard Reference Data System (NSRDS)

.

This volume summarizes the activities of the Program for the year 1980.

12.

KEY WORDS (Six to twelve entries; alphabetical order; capitalize only proper names; and separate key words by semicolon s) data compilation; energy and environmental data; evaluated data; materials data;

standard reference data; thermochemical and thermophysical data; technical

activities 1980

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