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 citation to the WebBook:



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

Which renders as:




 * id : the NIST id for the substance (can be obtained from the URL).
 * name : the name of the substance, used for the link name. If not present, the ID will be used as a name.
 * accessdate : 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 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

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

Note: 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.