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Look up chemical data from NIST Chemistry WebBook (thermochemistry, spectra, properties)
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| name | nistwebbook |
| description | Look up chemical data from NIST Chemistry WebBook (thermochemistry, spectra, properties) |
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Query the NIST Chemistry WebBook for thermochemical, spectral, and property data. Data are from NIST Standard Reference Database 69.
nistchempy for full programmatic search; otherwise script prints WebBook URLs for manual lookuppython3 {baseDir}/scripts/nistwebbook_search.py --query "water"
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/nistwebbook_search.py --cas "7732-18-5"
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/nistwebbook_search.py --query "methane" --url-only
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/nistwebbook_search.py --query "ethanol" --max-results 3
| Parameter | Description |
|---|
| Default |
|---|
--query | Compound name or formula | - |
--cas | CAS Registry Number (e.g. 7732-18-5) | - |
--max-results | Max compounds to return | 5 |
--url-only | Only print NIST WebBook search URL (no nistchempy) | false |
--format | summary or json | summary |
pip install nistchempy (also needs requests, bs4, pandas)