Celebrating One Hundred Years of Chemistry at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory.

摘要

Since its creation in 1901, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has been the source of measurements and standards on which U.S. manufacturing, commerce, scientific institutions and all branches and levels of government depend. NIST will celebrate its centennial on March 3, 2001. Chartered by Congress, NIST (originally known as the National Bureau of Standards) was the first physical science research laboratory of the federal government. The Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) is one of NIST's seven Measurements and Standards Laboratories. Reflecting the importance of chemical and chemical engineering measurements and standards to the rapid industrialization of the U.S., the Chemistry Division and the Heat and Thermometry Division were among the first established by the founders of NBS/NIST in 1901. Building on a one hundred year history of technical excellence, today's Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory has the most comprehensive array of chemical, physical and engineering measurement capabilities of any group working in chemical science and technology. The report presents an overview of the CSTL.