NIST Releases Free Online Database of Cryogenic Materials Properties
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a new online database containing properties of solid materials across a wide temperature range, from cryogenic temperatures down to 4 K to room temperature. The Cryogenic Materials Properties Database, officially named NIST Standard Reference Data Database #152, is available free of charge and will be regularly updated.
The database was created in response to numerous requests from academia, industry, and other government labs. NIST researchers compiled data collected by various organizations over many years, which had been previously published in various formats and not always publicly available. They evaluated and validated the data, resolved discrepancies, and re-plotted it using standardized equations across a wide temperature range.
The database covers a diverse range of materials including traditional engineering stainless steels, fiberglass epoxy, exotic regenerator materials, and Kevlar. These materials have various applications in sectors such as medicine, energy, electronics, transportation, space exploration, environmental research, weather forecasting, and defense.
The Cryogenic Materials Properties Database aims to provide standardized, validated, and easy-to-access cryogenic materials properties information for researchers, engineers, and scientists to support the development of cryogenic equipment and systems across different industries.
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