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Analytical Chemistry Division
Pages 5-11

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... The mission of the Organic Chemical Metrology Group includes the development, critical evaluation, and application of methods for the identification and measurement of organic and organometallic species using analytical separation techniques and mass spectrometry. This mission is addressed by the measurement of organic compounds in support of the development of SRMs, quality assurance programs, and other agency activities in clinical, food and nutritional, environmental, forensic, and homeland security areas.
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From page 6...
... Such fundamental studies will, however, require additional funding and should not be done at the expense of the ACD's current work on developing standards and methods. IMPACT AND INNOVATION ACD supports the mission of the CSTL by adhering to the vision it states as follows: To be recognized as the nation's reference laboratory for chemical measurements, providing traceability through measurement technology, reference materials, reference data, and other measurement services required to meet science and technology needs.
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From page 7...
... In the area of fuel cell imaging technology, an exploratory research project has led to the conception and design of a new neutron-radiation-based imaging system that, when implemented, will allow the observation of the chemical actions in a fuel cell or across single biological cells. Applications such as biological cell imaging then become possible with this high resolution, as well as the ability to map the flow characteristics of hydrogen species across the proton exchange barrier of a hydrogen fuel cell.
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From page 8...
... There is currently enormous government and industry investment in developing protein biomarkers for specific disease states, and the results of this ACD group have shown a dramatic need for improved metrology. Needed to establish a quality assurance infrastructure for protein biomarker measurements are reference materials of known composition and stability; reference measurement procedures; and reference data libraries.
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From page 9...
... Reductions in scientific personnel have particularly profound consequences in this division because its SRM program and international activities result in a very high service load, and it is tasked with a leadership role in nanotechnology as well as support roles in homeland security, global climate change studies, and the new hydrogen economy. In particular, the Gas Metrology Group has been constrained in developing new gas measuring technologies and associated methods because it does not have enough Ph.D.
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From page 10...
... CONCLUSIONS Additional Ph.D.-level staff should be recruited to prevent the loss of critical expertise and to allow the NIST knowledge pool to expand into critical areas such as proteomics, environmental aerosol mass spectrometry, and nanoparticle characterization. The potential loss of expertise in the following areas is of concern: gas metrology; electrochemistry; glass mixing, cutting, and polishing with the high precision required for SRMs; and precision machining for SRM quality fixtures.
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From page 11...
... These banked specimens might one day be used to address issues of marine environmental quality and ecosystem changes through retrospective analyses and as such constitute a critical national resource. Additional time and effort must be expended in mentoring and guiding the staff of other NMIs not having the skill sets and training of the ACD scientists.
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Key Terms

  • gas metrology
  • reference materials
  • homeland security
  • inorganic chemical
  • mass spectrometry

  • organic chemical
  • national priorities
  • reference data
  • specimen bank
  • fuel cell

  • chemical measurement
  • reference measurement
  • chemical measurements
  • marine environmental
  • environmental quality

  • national metrology
  • srm quality
  • marine quality
  • analytical chemistry
  • science division

  • nanoscience metrology
  • protein biomarkers
  • assurance programs
  • service load
  • metrology institutes

  • hydrogen economy
  • biochemical science
  • liquid chromatography
  • organometallic species
  • cell imaging


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