NIST thermophysical properties site is down

[u/Pueriintel]

I rely on this data for my research why has the site been inaccessible for the past few days?

https://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/fluid/ You can’t access any of the datasets at the moment and the outage doesn’t seem to be reported anywhere?

[u/kikisplitz]

NIST sells a stand-alone application called REFPROP. It’s amazing. Not only can you get properties of single fluids, but you can also do mixtures. It also comes with an excel add-in so you can calculate all of these properties within your excel spreadsheets. Hopefully your research supervisor/company will cover the cost?

https://www.nist.gov/srd/refprop

[u/MrHaugaard → u/kikisplitz]

If not coolprop is a great free alternative even though it might not be possible for you to use if you rely on the specific reference.

[u/Pueriintel → u/kikisplitz]

This is really helpful thanks for the recommendation

[u/Frosty_Cloud_2888 → u/kikisplitz]

$315? Not bad

[u/TeddyPSmith → u/kikisplitz]

Holy crap how have I never known about this

[u/misterbakes3]

Thank god we are finally cutting useless govt programs such as this. /s

[u/verticalfuzz]

I was afraid of this... unfortunately I didnt get any suggestions on how to archive it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1if6c7o/archive_of_nist_chemistry_webbook/

[u/Derrickmb]

Oh shit.

[u/Nowhere_Man_Forever]

Wouldn't surprise me if NIST is getting hit with blunt instrument trauma to the federal government. I remember it was down for a while when I was in college due to a government shutdown . This is pretty bad if true, though, because I use NIST data all the time at work and I would imagine many other people do. There are other ways to access than their website, it's just kind of ridiculous that this is happening.

[u/verticalfuzz → u/Nowhere_Man_Forever]

There are other ways to access than their website

What ways? Even if already listed in thsi thread, please explain.

[u/Nowhere_Man_Forever → u/verticalfuzz]

Chemprop, and I think someone made a Python package for NIST thermo physical properties but IDK if that accesses through the website.

[u/APC_ChemE]

It went down during the October 2013 government shutdown. I wouldnt be suprised if it had something to do with the current administration...

[u/GreenSpace57 → u/APC_ChemE]

Yeah it was up until this administration

[u/Any-Scallion-348]

Riiiiip

[u/gyp_casino]

I reference the NIST handbook of statistics occasionally. That website has been dodgy for a few months now. Frequently goes down. My guess is that they're having some overall server issues.

[u/claireauriga]

Well shit.

[u/mynameismelonhead]

i could never figure out how to use this site

[u/musicnerd1023]

It's back up as of 12:51 Eastern Time.