Predicting Thermochemical Performance Of Materials Made Easier By NIST

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The PC database, Chemical Thermodynamic and Energy Release Program — known as CHETAH — is available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

CHETAH version 7.0 is a tool for estimating both thermochemical properties and predicting certain reactivity hazards associated with a pure chemical, a mixture of chemicals, or a chemical reaction. The program is designed to conveniently and accurately calculate properties such as heat capacity, enthalpy, entropy and Gibbs energy of reactions as a function of temperature at 298.15 degrees kelvin.

The CHETAH computer program was developed originally by a group of researchers and scientists in the American Society for Testing and Materials' Committee E-27 on Hazardous Potential of Chemicals.

CHETAH 7.0 is designed for any MS DOS or PC DOS computer using DOS 2.1 or greater and at least 512 kb of memory. To order CHETAH, version 7.0 — which costs $350 — contact the Standard Reference Data Program, A320 Physics Building, NIST, Gaithersburg, Md. 20899- 0001; tel: (301) 975-2208; fax: (301) 926-0416

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