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NIST

(National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology.gov), a branch of the U.S. Commerce Department that is devoted to advancing American economic growth through the use of technology.

Besides NIST, there are the National Technical Information Service (www.ntis.gov) and the Office of Technology Policy (www.technology.gov/OTPolicy).


NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology


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In contrast, the NIST optical clock makes use of interactions between ultraviolet radiation and a single mercury ion.
11, 2003, NIST hosted a workshop at the Boulder, CO, campus of NIST on the thermophysical properties of the rocket propellant designated RP-1.
The achievement was announced today at AspenTech's Process Modeling Innovation Forum held at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, MA, which featured a program highlighting process modeling technology advancements and innovations by NIST and leading AspenTech customers.
 
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