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How are data evaluated?

Scientific and technical data may be examined from three viewpoints:

• how well is the data generation described,
• how do the data follow the known physical laws,
• and how do the data compare to other measurements or calculations of the same phenomena.

The description of data generation is crucial. The identification and control of all relevant independent variables must be addressed and demonstrated. For mature areas such as thermodynamics and atomic physics, many measurement techniques are well characterized. In these cases, the adherence to physical laws and intercomparisons predominate. For areas in which behavior is not well understood, such as corrosion, data from different experiments are not usually comparable. Consequently, documentation of control of the experimental condition is most important.

The NIST WWW High Temperature Superconductors database (WebHTS) provides evaluated thermal, mechanical, and superconducting property data for oxide superconductors. The range of materials covers the major series of compounds derived from the Y-Ba-Cu-O, Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O, Tl-Sr-Ca-Cu-O, and La-Cu-O chemical families, along with numerous other variants of the cuprate and bismuthate materials that are known to have superconducting phases. The materials are described by specification and characterization information that includes processing details and chemical compositions. Physical characteristics such as density and crystal structure are given in numeric tables. All measured values are evaluated and supported by descriptions of the measurement methods, procedures, and conditions. In all cases, the sources of the data are fully documented in a comprehensive bibliography.

Special resources were generously contributed by: Materials Research Society: Journal of Materials Research, MRS Bulletin, and MRS Symposium Proceedings American Chemical Society: CA Selects: Oxide Superconductors

A Guide to the proper citation of data from this site

NIST High Temp. Superconducting Materials (HTS) Database, NIST Standard Reference Database Number 62, , National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD, 20899 (2015), doi:10.18434/T4KP8J, (retrieved [date of access]).