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An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory Fiscal Year 2007 (2007) / Chapter Skim
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Physical and Chemical Properties Division
Pages 16-20

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From page 16...
... PCP and CSTL as a whole should develop a strategic plan for managed growth, including recruitment, and identify areas of opportunity and areas for concern. ADDRESSING NATIONAL PRIORITIES The measurement of chemical and thermophysical properties; the systematic archival, assessment, and dissemination of relevant experimental data; and the establishment of standards are all aligned with the mission of NIST.
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From page 17...
... desirable, however, to develop new initiatives in many-molecule calculations and forcefield development, which would facilitate closer ties to the experimental efforts in fluid property characterization. The division should also pursue its own efforts in methods development, thereby ensuring its access to state-of-the-art theoretical chemistry methods.
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From page 18...
... models for fluids, including refrigerants and significant components of combustion and synthesis gas streams, is important for technology advances in new refrigerants and novel energy systems. The RefProp computer program, which implements these models in an easily usable form, is an effective way to disseminate these results.
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From page 19...
... The efforts are clearly technologically relevant, and this advanced group offers unique capabilities. Databases are part of the activities and products of several groups, including Chemical Reference Data, Computational Chemistry, the Real Fuels Project, Cryogenic Technologies, and the Thermodynamics Research Center.
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From page 20...
... The division is productive and has considerable impact, as indicated by the number of users who access products that the division provides on the Internet or who purchase licenses for the software; it would be useful to document that productivity and impact in a more systematic manner. The division should develop a strategic plan for managed growth that would address recruitment issues and could identify areas of opportunity and areas for concern.
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