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HIGH T HIGH POWER

A high temperature CCR is a modified low temperature system. The addition in this case is a hot-stage, where the sample is attached to...

LOW T HIGH POWER

This type of CCRs use Sumitomo cold heads and the cooling power is 1.0W@4K. System Description Temperature Range (K) Manufacturer Available...

LOW T LOW POWER

These CCRs have remained in almost constant use during the cycle. They are especially popular because of their low base temperatures and...

Closed Cycle Refrigerators (CCR)

System Description Temperature Range(K) Other Capabilities Available Instruments Low T Low Power CCRs 6-325 High Voltage (6kV) All Low T...

EQUIPMENT

The equipment is separated into general categories by function. To find more information select one of the categories below and then select...
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Measurements Matter

The government has acronyms for seemingly everything. At NIST, one even has a registered trademark: SRM® is the “brand

Reference Tables

Normal Boiling Points [K] of Cryogenic Fluids Melting Points [K] of Soft Metals Helium-3 3.19 Indium 430 Helium-4 4.21 Cadmium * 594...

PID Temperature Control

NOTE: This page contains the general guidelines for PID tuning. Contact a member of the sample environment team for more information about...

TEAM MEMBERS

Tanya Dax Responsibilities: CCRs, Furnaces Phone: 301-975-8889 Email: tanya.dax [at] nist.govv (tanya[dot]dax[at]nist[dot]govv) Cedric Gagnon Responsibilities: NG3-SANS Sample...

Computation with Time

Mon, Jun 5 2017, 10:30 - 11:30am EDT
In this talk I will introduce a novel, brain inspired from of computation, which encodes information in time, instead of

Inmetro's Brazilian Industry Guides

As part of the ongoing cooperation between the World Trade Organization Agreement (WTO) on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Inquiry Points...
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QA to QC Thanks to Dr. Fanti

If you have ever discovered a useful library book in the QA to QC shelf number range (Mathematics, Astronomy, and Physics), you have NIST’s Aristide Fanti to...
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Marcus Cicerone Receives 2016 Arthur S. Flemming Award

Dr. Marcus Cicerone was recently recognized for outstanding federal service through seminal contributions to the field of label-free chemical imaging, by introducing broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (BCARS) microscopy, and to the field...

NSRL Partner Projects

Computer Forensic Tool Testing Project (CFTT) Computer Forensic Reference Data Sets (CFReDS)

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The New Standard for Resistance Standards?

Contrary to the popular maxim, resistance is not futile. But it is quantized: The ratings of the heat-making resistors in your hair dryer or toaster ultimately...
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