The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology. The agency publishes standards many of which are free, including Ceramics WebBook, Chemistry WebBook and Physical Reference Data. To satisfy your curiosity, check out the complete list at the NIST Data Gateway, and get to know your standards.
Need to know a standard?
January 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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1 geld lenen // Feb 21, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Well I tried to look up some info, but this database seems only USA-orientated?
You know any EU focused alternatives?
2 Ingrid // Feb 25, 2008 at 3:32 pm
here are some resources providing information on European standards:
http://www.cen.eu/cenorm/standards_drafts/index.asp
http://www.newapproach.org/
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/standards_policy/index_en.htm
http://ts.nist.gov/Standards/Global/europe.cfm
Hope that helps!
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