Photographs; History; Metrology; Low temperatures; Low temperature research; Instruments
This image is part of the Cryogenics collection. The National Bureau of Standards’ (NBS) interest in cryogenics (the production of very low temperatures and the properties of materials at those temperatures) dates back to 1904, when a plant for...
Visual observation of the freezing and melting of compounds in cells used for the determination of purity has uncovered some heretofore unexpected behavior. This behavior has been correlated with certain difficulties experienced in the measurement...
New measurements of the vapor pressures and PVT properties of ethane are reported. PVT determinations have been made from near the triple point to 320 K at pressures to 33 MPa. The density range investigated extends to more than three times the...
Isochores; isotherms; Joule-Thomson inversion curve; liquid densities along melting line; PVT data; second virial coefficient; third virial coefficient
Experimental PVT measurements on gaseous and liquid fluorine from the triple point (53.5 K) to 300 K at pressures to about 21 MN/m2 are presented. The data are represented by a truncated virial equation in the low-density region. Comparisons of the...
PVT measurements were made on liquid and glassy poly(vinyl acetate) over ranges of -30 to 100 C and 0 to 800 bar (gage pressure). The data were obtained by three different thermodynamic histories: (a) variable formation pressure. (b) constant...
The changes in molecular weights, their distributions, and initial rates have been measured, for a series of polystyrenes prepared by thermal and anionic procedures. The information obtained and previous results can be explained to a very large...