Template:NIST/doc

Usage

This template produces a citation to the NIST Chemistry WebBook. All parameters are optional. By default, the template produces a generic CS1 citation to the WebBook:

Linstrom, Peter J.; Mallard, William G. (eds.). NIST Chemistry WebBook. NIST Standard Reference Database Number 69. Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology. doi:10.18434/T4D303.

To link to a specific substance, the id parameter needs to be supplied. An example using all available parameters is the following:

{{NIST |name=Ammonium chloride |id=C12125029 |access-date=25 March 2008 |mask=1F |units=CAL}}

Which renders as:

Linstrom, Peter J.; Mallard, William G. (eds.). "Ammonium chloride". NIST Chemistry WebBook. NIST Standard Reference Database Number 69. Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology. doi:10.18434/T4D303. Retrieved 25 March 2008.

Parameters

id

the NIST ID for the substance (can be obtained from the URL); corresponds to the unhyphenated CAS Registry Number.

name

the name of the substance, used for the link name. If not present, the ID will be used as a name.

access-date

this can be useful because the WebBook could change as data is updated.

units

either CAL (for calorie-based units) or SI. The default is SI.

mask

this can be obtained from the URL and determines which sort of data is displayed. The current meaning of this field is a hexadecimal^a number resulting from the sum of the following bits:

1    Gas phase thermochemical data
2    Condensed phase thermochemistry data
4    Phase change data
8    Reaction thermochemistry data
20   Gas phase ion energetics data
40   Ion clustering data
80   IR Spectrum
200  Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
800  Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels
2000 Gas Chromatography

^a So a way of including just about everything would be to use a mask value of FFFF.

mode

can be used to set the citation style to cs1 or cs2. The default is cs1.

ref

can be used to supply, eg. {{SfnRef|NIST|n.d.}}, to set the ref id as used by {{sfn}} and related templates. If more than one instance of {{NIST}} is used, |ref= should be used to set distinct {{SfnRef}} ids for each.

doi

sets the DOI; by default, the DOI for NIST Chemistry WebBook is included. Can be suppressed by adding |doi= and leaving it blank.

Centralization

There is always a risk that NIST may change the structure of the website and the query parameters. But at least using a template instead of just using a URL ensures that the links from Wikipedia are centralized and hopefully easier to fix.

See also

• Template:NIST-PD