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Kelvin: Thermodynamic Temperature

In everyday life, we usually think of temperature in terms of comparisons: How hot or cold something is relative to some physical property...

Kelvin: Present Realization

Realizing an SI unit — that is, converting its formal definition into concrete reality — requires following a specific set of methods and...

Kelvin: History

The kelvin is the fundamental unit of temperature. But it came at the end of a journey that began long before thermometers even existed. The...

Kelvin: Introduction

Temperature is one of the most important and ubiquitous measurements in human life. For centuries, we have continuously improved on the...

NICE Webinar: Cybersecurity Education and Training for the Operational Technology Workforce

Wed, Jun 27 2018, 2:00 - 3:00pm EDT

The PowerPoint slides used during the webinar can be downloaded here. Speakers: Marty Edwards

Publications

Journal Publications Marvel, Jeremy A., and Roger Bostelman. "Test Methods for the Evaluation of Manufacturing Mobile Manipulator...

SHIELDED SOLENOIDS

NAME EQUIPMENT BEAMLINE PERFORMANCE INSTRUMENT USED KRONOS 8" OD, 12" L Max 2\theta: 5.0\(^{\circ}\) Measurable Q range: 0.015 Å -1 - 0.12 Å...

Man standing behind big silver equipment

Kilogram: Disseminating the New Kilogram

After the revised SI goes into effect, consumers shouldn't expect to use a Kibble balance to weigh their bananas at the supermarket. But the...

Elizabeth Gentry holding a kilogram test weight in the weights and measures training lab

Kilogram: The Future

Massive Change With the international metrology community providing all the required measurements for updating the SI, the kilogram — along...

Kilogram: Silicon Spheres and the International Avogadro Project

Though measurement scientists chose the Planck constant as the basis for redefinition, other constants of nature can also be used, if for no...

The NIST Do-It-Yourself Kibble Balance (Made with LEGO® Bricks!)

The NIST "D.I.Y." Kibble Balance is a classroom science project that teaches the principles behind the effort to redefine the world's basic...

Kilogram: The Kibble Balance

Named after its inventor, Bryan Kibble at the U.K.’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL), who conceptualized it in 1975, the Kibble balance...

Image of a napkin that has written on it the names of researchers involved in the project and their guesses for the value of Planck's Constant

Kilogram: Mass and Planck's Constant

Max Planck (1858–1947) originally had no idea how widely applicable his notion of the "quantum" would become, including its role in...

Kilogram: The Present

Artifacts and Uncertainty Many units of measure have been defined in terms of artifacts. For example, until 1960 the international...

NSF DEVICES/EQUIPMENT

Neutron spin filter equipment is separated by type. Each has general parameters listed for user reference. Typically, the equipment chosen...

Kilogram: Focus on History

Who decides? On May 20, 1875, 17 different countries signed the Treaty of the Meter (also called the Meter Convention) to establish new...

woodcut. Left: man pouring liquid into a container. Middle: woman with scales. Right: man with fabric and a ruler

Kilogram: The Past

For almost a century and a half, much of the world used a highly polished, golf ball-sized cylinder of a platinum alloy as the international...

INSTRUMENT PRESENTATION SLIDES

Neutron Spin Filters on CANDOR Neutron Spin Filters on MACS Neutron Spin Filters on MAGIK Neutron Spin Filters SANS Neutron Spin Filters on...

National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Announced That it Was Seeking Technology Vendors to Participate in the Development of an Example Solution for Two Projects

May 4, 2018

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence announced that it was seeking technology vendors to participate in the development of an example solution for...

NIST Releases for Comment Special Publication 1800-13, Mobile Application Single Sign-On: Improving Authentication for Public Safety First Responders

May 4, 2018

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence announced that it was accepting public comments on the draft NIST Special Publication 1800-13, Mobile...

Gaithersburg

Kelvin: Thermodynamic Temperature

Kelvin: Present Realization

Kelvin: History

Kelvin: Introduction

NICE Webinar: Cybersecurity Education and Training for the Operational Technology Workforce

Publications

SHIELDED SOLENOIDS

Kilogram: Disseminating the New Kilogram

Kilogram: The Future

Kilogram: Silicon Spheres and the International Avogadro Project

The NIST Do-It-Yourself Kibble Balance (Made with LEGO® Bricks!)

Kilogram: The Kibble Balance

Kilogram: Mass and Planck's Constant

Kilogram: The Present

NSF DEVICES/EQUIPMENT

Kilogram: Focus on History

Kilogram: The Past

INSTRUMENT PRESENTATION SLIDES

National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Announced That it Was Seeking Technology Vendors to Participate in the Development of an Example Solution for Two Projects

NIST Releases for Comment Special Publication 1800-13, Mobile Application Single Sign-On: Improving Authentication for Public Safety First Responders

NIST Releases Special Publication 800-202, a Guide to Help Digital Forensics Investigators Place Data on Mobile Devices

Image Analytics

Digital Forensics

Smart and Connected Systems

ACMD Seminar: Global Lipschitz Analysis in Inverse Problems

Triatomic Spectral Database, Special Units, Fundamental Constants, and Useful Conversion Factors

Triatomic Spectral Database, List of Symbols

5563: NIST Handbook 130 - Price Verification

SEOP METHOD

2018 July - ASTM Committee F45 on Driverless Automatic Guided Industrial Vehicles