[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1, Parts 0 to 299]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR200.105]

[Page 369]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER II--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 200--POLICIES, SERVICES, PROCEDURES, AND FEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 200.105  Standard reference data.

    Data on the physical and chemical properties of the large variety of 
substances used in science and technology need to be compiled and 
evaluated for application in research, development, engineering design, 
and commerce. The Office of Standard Reference Data (OSRD) in the NIST 
National Measurement Laboratory provides coordination of and access to a 
number of governmental and nongovernmental data centers throughout this 
country and the world which are responsive to user needs for data. The 
OSRD's present program is assembled under a series of tasks which 
include data for application in energy, environment and health, 
industrial process design, materials durability, and resource recovery. 
The subject data are disseminated as hard-copy information in the 
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, published jointly with 
the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Physics, in 
the National Standard Reference Data System reports as the NSRDS-NIST 
series, and as NIST special reports. Magnetic tapes of data on selected 
topics are also issued through the OSRD and the National Technical 
Information Service. A newsletter, ``Reference Data Report,'' is issued 
bimonthly describing current activities. Information concerning the 
above is available upon request from the OSRD.