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        American Chemical Society highlights NIST paper with Editor’s Choice Award
                        June 26, 2019A recent manuscript published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels was selected for the Editor’s Choice Award, which is given to just one paper every day across
  Better Flowmeters with the Big Blue Ball
                        February 24, 2017Last year, upwards of 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas were delivered to customers in the United States, and when it changed hands, nearly every cubic foot
  The Once and Future Cryogenic Flow Facility
                        December 14, 2015As recently as a few months ago, somebody who needed an internationally recognized calibration for a flow meter that operates with very low-temperature fluids

    

  
  

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        Imaging: Evolution of Neutron Image Detector Spatial Resolution
                  OngoingMeasuring the through-plane water content in a hydrogen fuel cell is critical to understanding this complicated heat and mass transport environment, where the
  Multiscale structure and dynamics in advanced technological materials
                  OngoingThis project develops and applies metrologies and standards for characterizing microstructure and dynamics in advanced functional materials of technological
  Imaging: Characterization of Porous Transport Media for Hydrogen Fuel Cells
                  CompletedEfficiently managing water transport in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) is critical to the performance, cost, and durability in order for this
  Measurements of Point-Defect Chemistry in Complex Oxides
                  OngoingAll inorganic materials contain point defects in the form of impurities, interstitials, or vacancies. Common imaging techniques fail to capture these defects

    

  
  

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        EOS-CG-2021: A Mixture Model for the Calculation of Thermodynamic Properties of CCS Mixtures
                        November 16, 2023
                  Author(s)
                                Tobias  Neumann,   Stefan  Herrig,   Ian  Bell,   Robin  Beckmüller,   Eric W.  Lemmon,   Monika  Thol,   Roland  SpanThermodynamic properties for CCS-relevant mixtures can be calculated with the fundamental equation of state presented in this work over wide ranges of pressure
  Prediction of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Properties for Liquid Hydrocarbons from Hydrotreating Biomass Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Derived Organic Intermediates
                        April 11, 2023
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                                Suphat  Watanasiri,   Kristiina  Iisa,   Eugene  Paulechka,   Earl  Christensen,   Chris  Muzny,   Abhijit  DuttaCatalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) of wood, woody residues, and agricultural waste has the potential to produce organic liquid intermediates that can be
  Practical Applications of NMR to Solve Real-World Problems
                        November 24, 2021
                  Author(s)
                                Robert  BrinsonNone
  Effects of Cathode Corrosion on Through-Plane Water Transport in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
                        April 21, 2021
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                                Daniel S.  Hussey,   Joseph  Fairweather,   Dusan  Spernjak,   Adam  Weber,   David  Harvey,   Silvia  Wessell,   David L.  Jacobson,   Kateryna  Artyushkova,   Rangachary  Mukundan,   Rodney  BorupThe corrosion of carbon in the electrode supports of proton-exchange-membrane fuel cells leads to electrode collapse, reduced active catalyst area, and

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        Building Life Cycle Cost Programs
                        May 3, 2022The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed the Building Life Cycle Cost (BLCC) Programs to provide computational support for the

    

  
  

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