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Need Help Securing Unclassified Government Info? NIST Has an Early Holiday Gift

November 28, 2017

It’s crunch time for government contractors. They only have until Dec. 31, 2017, to demonstrate they are providing appropriate cybersecurity for a class of

NIST Finds Many Protective Glasses Do Not Meet Specs for Shielding Light from Ultrafast Lasers

November 28, 2017

High-power, ultrafast pulsed lasers increasingly supply light for biomedical applications and imaging, materials processing, industrial micromachining and more

What Does Fire "Size" Mean?

Due to their high surface area to volume ratio and relatively large mass, dry Christmas tree fires can ignite and grow quickly to release...

5536: Software Verification and Validation (Parts I and II)

Thu, Mar 15 - Thu, Apr 12 2018

Part I (3/15/2018) and Part II (4/12/2018) These two 2 hour sessions on Software Verification and Validation will focus

Holiday Fire Safety

Watering your Christmas Tree Reduces Fire Hazard Every year in the U.S., fire departments respond to an estimated 210 home fires involving...

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Microwave-Based Test Method Can Help Keep 3-D Chip Designers’ Eyes Open

November 28, 2017

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented a new approach to testing multilayered, three-dimensional computer chips

Baldrige Program Seeks Examiners for 2018 Board

November 27, 2017

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) is seeking applicants for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners for the 2018 award

In-Situ Gas-Adsorption

Computer Controlled Gas-loading Apparatus The Computer Controlled Gas-loading Apparatus available here at NCNR is a Sieverts apparatus. Gas...

Syringe Pump

100 HL f Syringe Pump 100 HL f Syringe Pump is a high pressure system with a maximum working pressure of 10000 PSI (68.95MPa). It is...

Annular Vessel

Annular Liquid Vessel More Information: Contact: Cedric Gagnon

SANS Vessel

SANS Low Temperature Vessel for Powders SANS Low temperature Vessel for Powders This vessel was manufactured using BeCu for the main vessel...

Clamp Cell

McWhan Clamp Cell For information about pressure cell transmission, click here. Max Pressure (GPa) Pressing Medium Temperature Range (K)...

HW-03

HW-03 Pressure Cell * Approximate transmission at 2Å Max Pressure (GPa) Pressing Medium Temperature Range (K) Sample Volume (cm 3) Cell...

HW-02

HW-02 Pressure Cell * Approximate transmission at 2Å Max Pressure (GPa) Pressing Medium Temperature Range (K) Sample Volume (cm 3) Cell...

HW-01

HW-01 Pressure Cell * Approximate transmission at 2Å Max Pressure (GPa) Pressing Medium Temperature Range (K) Sample Volume (cm 3) Cell...

BNL Furnace

The Brookhaven National Lab (BNL) Furnace is primarily a vacuum furnace; nevertheless, it can also be reconfigured to run in air or an inert...

1600C Furnace

This is the general use furnace that is available for use on all instruments except HFBS and BT4. It is made up of a water cooled aluminum...

HFBS Furnace

The design of this furnace is the same as F01 except that it was modified to fit into the HFBS spectrometer. Because of these modifications...

NIST MEP Awards Funding to Help Manufacturers in Florida and Puerto Rico Recover from Hurricanes

November 27, 2017

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program of the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and

3He Dipper OC

This 3He Dipper insert can only be used with 70 mm orange cryostat. The temperature range is between 300mK and 300K. More Information: How...

3He Dipper 7T

This 3He Dipper insert can only be used with 7T magnet. The temperature range is between 300mK and 300K. More Information: How to mount the...

Oxford Dil Fridge

This dil fridge came with the 15T magnet and after some modifications, we are able to use it with 10T magnet, ICE orange cryostat and HFBS...

ICE Dil Fridge

DICE VT dilution refrigerator was developed by ICEoxford Ltd. The cooling power was measured to be 23 microW at 100mK. This fridge needs to...

Temporal-Mode Selective Nonlinear Optics for Quantum Information Processing and Interconnects

Mon, Dec 4 2017, 10:30 - 11:30am EST

Temporal modes (TM) are field-orthogonal broadband wave-packet modes. They are a largely untapped degree of freedom for

OC-DCS

The DCS Orange Cryostat is designed with a special tail set and body to work with the DCS instrument. There are two identical DCS cryostats...

OC-HFBS

The HFBS Orange Cryostat was specifically designed for use on the HFBS instrument at the NCNR. It has a modified tail set that fits into the...

OC-100

The 100mm Orange Cryostat was originally designed for use on the now decommissioned FCS instrument. This design included a 180 o cadmium...

OC-70

The 70mm Orange Cryostat is the cryostat of choice for most instruments. With at least one day's notice a member of the Sample Environment...

OC-50

The 50mm Orange Cryostat is basically a 70mm with a smaller sample well diameter and a much smaller diameter tailset. This allows the 50mm...

3HE BIG BLUE

The bottom loading Big Blue is a 3He based cryostat that can reach a lower base temperature than the 3He based orange cryostats. However...

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