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Photon Absorbed-Dose-to-Water Primary Standards
Last Updated Date: 03/08/2013 Computational and experimental studies to obtain correction factors for heat defect, heat transfer and scattering/perturbation for the water … more
Xray Stress Measurement
Last Updated Date: 03/07/2013 Using X-ray diffraction techniques one can measure the full stress tensor just inside the surface of a sheet metal specimen under applied … more
International Comparison of Lu-177
Last Updated Date: 03/05/2013 There has been increasing interest during the past 10 years in the use of 177 Lu for radionuclide-based radiotherapy for certain types of cancers. … more
A Study of the Irradiation-Temperature Coefficient for Alanine Film and Pellet Dosimeters at Elevated Temperature
Last Updated Date: 03/01/2013 Correcting the response of a dosimeter for the average temperature during irradiation processing improves the accuracy of the dose … more
Electromagnetic Compatibility of Smart Grid Devices and Systems
Last Updated Date: 02/28/2013 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) is necessary for all electrical or electronic devices in order to maintain reliability and quality … more
Cybersecurity for Smart Grid Systems
Last Updated Date: 02/28/2013 Smart Grid cybersecurity must address not only deliberate attacks, such as from disgruntled employees, industrial espionage, and terrorists, but … more
Smart Grid Program
Last Updated Date: 02/28/2013 The objective of the Smart Grid Program is to develop and deploy advances in measurement science to enable integration of interoperable and secure … more
Electron-Beam Irradiation of Solar Cells
Last Updated Date: 02/27/2013 The Dosimetry Group operates a system capable of performing electron beam processing, which consists of a Van de Graaff electron accelerator and a … more
Theoretical Dosimetry and Radiation-Transport Calculations
Last Updated Date: 02/27/2013 The fundamental photon and charged particle interaction data and the radiation transport methods, pioneered and developed at NIST to calculate the … more
Calibration of Low-Energy Photon Brachytherapy Sources
Last Updated Date: 02/27/2013 Small radioactive "seed" sources used in prostate brachytherapy, containing the radionuclide 103 Pd, 125 I, or 131 Cs, are calibrated in … more
NIST Work in Support of the Navy Dosimetry Program
Last Updated Date: 02/27/2013 The U.S. Navy uses thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) to monitor personnel for radiation exposure.
Remote Sensing Methods for Imaging Dose to Water
Last Updated Date: 02/26/2013 Calorimetry based upon remote sensing of the temperature field in an irradiated volume would offer distinct advantages over the present approach, … more
Reactivity of Nanoparticle Catalysts
Last Updated Date: 02/26/2013 Transition metal nanoparticle catalysts show great promise as the key enabling breakthrough for the realization of efficient and economical fuel … more
Prediction of Global Warming Potential
Last Updated Date: 02/26/2013 The global warming potential (GWP) of a number of compounds used by U.S. industry is not known or poorly known. Working with the EPA, a set of … more
Thermodynamics of ATP in Solution
Last Updated Date: 02/26/2013 Quantum chemical calculations have proven to be a reliable tool for the prediction of thermodynamics quantities, particularly for smaller organic … more |
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