The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS, President Lee Jeong-hwan), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, has joined hands with the Materials Measurement Laboratory (MML) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States for the development of thermal analysis standard materials and technical cooperation, which is expected to strengthen domestic high-temperature material technology in the future.

The Korea Institute of Materials Science announced on the 30th that it signed a memorandum of understanding on the 18th with the Materials Measurement Laboratory (MML) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for research and development cooperation in the field of high-temperature standard materials for thermal analysis.

The Materials Measurement Laboratory (MML) is one of six laboratories conducting R&D programs within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. It consists of 8 research headquarters-level organizations with approximately 900 researchers affiliated with it, conducting research.

It serves as the National Reference Standard Laboratory for the development and distribution of standard materials for material analysis and evaluation, as well as the evaluation of measurement programs. It also provides research and development and services to address national issues, such as the development of research tools to shorten material R&D periods and the development of new and renewable energy sources.

Through this MOU, both institutions plan to focus on establishing a research cooperation system for the development of thermal analysis technologies for high-temperature materials and standard materials for thermal analysis.

Specifically, these include: △promoting personnel exchange and mutual visit research related to the research and development of high-temperature standard materials; △exchanging materials and measurement results, and cross-verifying analysis methods and research results; and △jointly hosting symposiums, workshops, and educational programs, as well as identifying research topics.

Lee Jeong-hwan, President of the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), stated, “Securing the reliability of thermal analysis data is an urgent issue for the research and development of materials for extreme environments and aerospace with enhanced temperature tolerance.” He added, “As it is necessary to develop standard materials that are more stable at high temperatures than gold (Au), which is the standard material for high-temperature thermal analysis, both institutions will cooperate to do their utmost to develop thermal analysis technologies for high-temperature materials and standard materials for thermal analysis.”