STEAM_NBS
Original NBS Steam Table Routines

STEAM_NBS is a FORTRAN77 library which contains the NBS steam table routines.

It contains routines for computing various physical properties of water, related to temperature, pressure and density. Most of these routines use a standard set of SI units.

Languages:

STEAM_NBS is available in a FORTRAN77 version.

Related Programs:

STEAM, a FORTRAN90 library which is based on the NBS steam table package;

STEAM_NBS_INTERACT, a FORTRAN77 program which queries the NBS steam table package;

TEST_VALUES, a FORTRAN90 library which stores selected test values of various functions, including certain functions approximated by the STEAM library.

Reference:

1. Lester Haar, John Gallagher and George Kell,
   NBS/NRC Steam Tables: Thermodynamic and Transport Properties and Computer Programs for Vapor and Liquid States of Water in SI Units,
   Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, Washington, 1984, TJ270.H3
2. C A Meyer, R B McClintock, G J Silvestri, R C Spencer,
   ASME Steam Tables: Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Steam,
   American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1967.

Source Code:

• steam_nbs.f, the source code;
• steam_nbs.sh, commands to compile the source code;