Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards

The Journal of Research of NIST and its predecessors report NIST research and development in metrology and related fields of: physical science, engineering, applied mathematics, statistics, biotechnology, information technology.

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Volume 51

ISSN: 0091-0635

Issue 1	Issue 2
Issue 3	Issue 4
Issue 5	Issue 6

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Issue 1 July 1953

 

Fabrication of radio-frequency micropotentiometer resistance elements, p. 1
Behrent, L.F.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.001

Properties of some masonry cement, p. 11
Evans, D.N.; Litvin, A.; Figlia, A.C.; Blaine, R.L.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.002

Subsieve particle-size measurement of metal powders by air elutriation, p. 17
Pollard, R.E.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.003

Eigenvectors of matric polynomials, p. 33
Mannos, M.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.004

The system barium oxide-boric oxide-silica, p. 37
Levin, E.M.; Ugrinic, G.M.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.005

Errors introduced by finite space and time increments in dynamic response computation, p. 57
Levy, S.; Kroll, W.D.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.006

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Issue 2 August 1953

 

Heat capacity, heats of fusion and vaporization, and vapor pressure of tetrafluoroethylene, p. 69
Furukawa, G.T.; Mccoskey, R.E.; Reilly, M.L.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.007

Hydrothermal preparation of some strontium silicates, p. 73
Carlson, E.T.; Wells, L.S.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.008

Ultraviolet spectral radiant energy reflected from the Moon, p. 81
Stair, R.; Johnston, R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.009

Phase equilibria in the system MgO-TiO₂, p. 85
Coughanour, L.W.; DeProsse, V.A.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.010

Pairs of normal matrices with property L, p. 89
Wielandt, H.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.011

Heat capacity of gaseous hexafluoroethane, p. 91
Wicklund, J.S.; Flieger, H.W., jr.; Masi, J.F.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.012

Effective circuit bandwidth for noise with a power-law spectrum, p. 93
Karr, P.R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.013

Penetration of x-rays and gamma-rays to extremely great depths, p. 95
Fano, U.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.014

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Issue 3 September 1953

 

Refractive index of cesium bromide for ultraviolet, visible, and infrared wavelengths, p. 123
Rodney, W.S.; Spindler, R.J.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.015

An expansion method for parabolic partial differential equations, p. 127
Green, J.W.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.016

Characteristics of internal solitary waves, p. 133
Keulegan, G.H.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.017

Becker value of manila rope by photoelectric reflectometry, p. 141
Newman, S.B.; Hammond, H.K., III; Riddell, H.F.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.018

Dielectric relaxation in a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer during and after its polymerization, p. 145
Ehrlich, P.; De Lollis, N.J.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.019

Study of degradation of polystyrene, using ultraviolet spectrophotometry, p. 155
Reiney, M.J.; Tryon, M.; Achhammer, B.G.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.020

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Issue 4 October 1953

 

Determination of carbon-14 in the terminal positions of sugars: preparation of D-Arabinose-5-C+14 from D-Fructose-1,6-C+14, p. 167
Frush, H.L.; Isbell, H.S.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.021

Measurement of variations in atmospheric refractive index with an airborne microwave refractometer, p. 171
Bussey, H.E.; Birnbaum, G.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.022

Studies in the system magnesia-silica-water at elevated temperatures and pressures, p. 179
Carlson, E.T.; Peppler, R.B.; Wells, L.S.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.023

Dielectric properties of teflon from room temperature to 314-degrees-C and from frequencies of 10² to 10⁵ c/s, p. 185
Ehrlich, P.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.024

pH of solutions of potassium tetroxalate from 0-degrees to 60-degrees-C, p. 189
Bower, V.E.; Bates, R.G.; Smith, E.R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.025

On small disturbances of plane couette flow, p. 195
Wasow, W.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.026

Diffusion length of thermal neutrons in water, p. 203
Dejuren, J.A.; Rosenwasser, H.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.027

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Issue 5 November 1953

 

Metal ultrasonic delay lines, p. 209
Mebs, R.W.; Darr, J.H.; Grimsley, J.D.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.028

A radio-frequency permeameter, p. 221
Haas, P.H.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.029

On mildly nonlinear partial difference equations of elliptic type, p. 229
Bers, L.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.030

Determination of glucose by means of sodium chlorite, p. 237
Launer, H.F.; Wilson, W.K.; Flynn, J.H.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.031

Description and analysis of the first spectrum of chromium, Cr I, p. 247
Kiess, C.C.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.032

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Issue 6 December 1953

 

Preparation of D-Arabinose-1-C+14 and D-Ribose-1-C+14, p. 307
Frush, H.L.; Isbell, H.S.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.033

Corrosion of nickel cast irons in soils, p. 313
Denison, I.A.; Romanoff, M.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.034

Calorimetric properties of 41-degrees and 122-degrees F polybutadienes, p. 321
Furukawa, G.T.; McCoskey, R.E.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.035

Thermal degradation of tetrafluoroethylene and hydrofluoroethylene polymers in a vacuum, p. 327
Madorsky, S.I.; Hart, V.E.; Straus, S.; Sedlak, V.A.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.036

An analogue computer for the solution of the radio refractive-index equation, p. 335
Johnson, W.E.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.037

On the accuracy of the numerical solution of the Dirichlet problem by finite differences, p. 343
Walsh, J.L.; Young, D.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.051.038