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Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality

March 5, 2024
Author(s)
John McGuire, David Sefcik, Lisa Warfield, Yvonne Branden, Katrice Lippa
NIST Handbook 130 includes a compilation of model laws and regulations and related interpretations and guidelines designed to encourage uniformity in adoption and implementation of weights and measures laws and regulations. The model laws and regulations

NIST SI Units Card Deck

November 1, 2023
Author(s)
Dinelka Jagoda, Elizabeth Benham
Welcome to the SI Units Card Deck! This interactive educational activity offers a fun way for students to enhance their understanding of the International System of Units (SI), including the Defining Constants, Base Units, Derived Units with Special Names

NIST Metric Recipes

February 17, 2023
Author(s)
Elizabeth Benham, Tanna Nguyen
Cooking and baking using a kitchen scale is a fun way to build metric system abilities and apply measurement techniques. This recipe series is ideal for both new and experienced chefs. Completing a NIST metric recipe is an opportunity to apply culinary

The kilogram: inertial or gravitational mass?

August 5, 2022
Author(s)
Stephan Schlamminger, Giovanni Mana
The redefinition of the international system of units fixes the values of the unperturbed ground state hyperfine transition frequency of the $^133}$Cs atom, speed of light in vacuum, and Planck constant. Therefore, differently from the past, the kilogram

Design of an electrostatic feedback for an experiment to measure G

June 20, 2022
Author(s)
Stephan Schlamminger, Leon Chao, Vincent Lee, David B. Newell, Clive Speake
The torsion pendulum at the heart of the BIPM apparatus to measure the gravitational constant, $G$, is used to measure the gravitational torque between source and test-mass assemblies with two methods. In the Cavendish method, the pendulum moves freely. In

Design of an electrostatic balance to measure optical power of 100 kW

February 19, 2021
Author(s)
Lorenz Keck, Gordon A. Shaw, Renee Theska, Stephan Schlamminger
To accommodate the need for increased portability and accuracy in laser power measurement instrumentation above 100 Watt at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a new instrument is required. This instrument is intended to create a new

Gravity measured with record precision

February 10, 2021
Author(s)
Stephan Schlamminger
The gravitational constant G describes the strength of the gravitational uncertainty. Two new measurements with the world's smallest uncertainties are reported.

Workshop Report: Test Methods and Metrics for Effective HRI in Real-World Human-Robot Teams, ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction Conference, 2020 (Virtual)

February 8, 2021
Author(s)
Shelly Bagchi, Jeremy Marvel, Megan L. Zimmerman, Murat Aksu, Brian Antonishek
This report details the second annual, full-day workshop exploring the metrology necessary for repeatably and independently assessing the performance of robotic systems in real-world human-robot interaction (HRI) scenarios. This workshop continues the

Resolution of the paradox of the diamagnetic force on the Kibble coil

January 13, 2021
Author(s)
Stephan Schlamminger, Shisong Li, Rafael Marangoni, Darine El Haddad, Qing Wang, Wei Zhao
Employing very simple electro-mechanical principles known from classical physics, the Kibble balance establishes a very precise and absolute link between quantum electrical standards and macroscopic mass or force measurements. The success of the Kibble

Basic Metrology for 2020

April 30, 2020
Author(s)
Stephan Schlamminger, Richard Davis
2019 was a big year for Metrology. The international system of units was revised on World Metrology Day, May 20th, that year [1]. What will 2020 bring? In this article we discuss five promising advances that we have on a watchlist for 2020. First, we

SI Base Units Relationships Poster

March 3, 2020
Author(s)
Eite Tiesinga, Kristen A. Dill, David B. Newell
This publication is a colorful poster illustrating the relationships of the International System of Units (SI) derived units with special names and symbols and the seven traditional base units. The diagram is aligned with the BIPM SI Brochure, 9th edition

The Role of Carbon Dioxide in Ventilation and IAQ Evaluation: 40 years of AIVC

October 1, 2019
Author(s)
Andrew K. Persily, William S. Dols, Steven J. Emmerich, Lisa C. Ng
The purpose of this summary is to review Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre activities, as reflected in its publications, related to indoor carbon dioxide over the 40 years that have transpired since its creation. These activities, like most

The International System of Units (SI), 2019 Edition

August 20, 2019
Author(s)
David Newell, Eite Tiesinga
The definitive international reference on the International System of Units (SI) is a booklet published by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and often referred to as the BIPM SI Brochure. Entitled Le Systeme International d' Unites

Bearing Metrics for Health Monitoring of Machine Tool Linear Axes

June 13, 2019
Author(s)
Gregory W. Vogl, Brian C. Galfond, Jordan Jameson
Diagnostics and prognostics of rotating machinery ball bearings is quite mature with an abundance of available methods and algorithms. However, extending these algorithms to other ball bearing applications is challenging and may not yield usable results

Applying Measurement Science to Evaluate Ground, Aerial, and Aquatic Robots

October 12, 2017
Author(s)
Adam S. Jacoff, Rick Candell, Anthony Downs, Hui-Min Huang, Kenneth Kimble, Kamel Saidi, Ann Virts
This paper reports on three measurement science field exercises for evaluating ground, aerial, and aquatic robots. These events, conducted from February to June 2017, were conducted in close co-ordination with the responder community, standards

SI Measurement System Chart

August 24, 2017
Author(s)
Elizabeth J. Benham
This publication is a colorful chart explaining the 7 base units of the SI (International System of Units) and prefix symbols, featuring the Measurement League: Guardians of the SI. The Measurement League are superheroes dedicated to the fight against

NIST Metric Pyramid

April 1, 2002
Author(s)
J B. McCracken
Paper cut-out pyramid, 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm, listing metric conversion information on each face covering units of length, mass or weight, area or surface, energy, volume and temperature. The bottom face lists metric symbols.
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