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Projects/Programs

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Advanced Carbon Standards and Technologies

Ongoing
Carbon is an important resource for economic growth and everyday life. As energy demands continue to increase, advanced technologies to efficiently use carbon resources including carbon waste streams are needed. Tapping carbon waste streams can be achieved using a suite of technologies to separate...

Advanced Cements and Concretes Consortium

Concrete, the predominant construction material, is used globally due to its properties such as strength, workability, elasticity, and durability and materials availability. To reduce costs, increase local sourcing, and ensure supply chain security, new strategies are being developed including the...

Assessing Pyrrhotite in Concrete

Ongoing
Objective By 2026, develop a standard test method, a set of calibration reference materials to quantify pyrrhotite in concrete; document the pyrrhotite/aggregate/concrete reactions and rates so that the most deleterious reactions can be efficiently reduced or eliminated; and evaluate proposed...

Assessing Steel Corrosion Risk in Innovative Cement Concretes

Ongoing
Objective Develop new measurement standards to assess the corrosion of steel embedded in new and existing infrastructural assets. Technical Idea The Assessing Steel Risk in Innovative Cement Concretes project will combine characterization of concrete pore solution chemistry, electrochemical...

Assuring the Long-Term Performance of Additively Constructed Structures

Ongoing
Objective Develop the metrology, best practices, and standardized test methods that are needed to develop building codes that can ensure adequate structural performance throughout the intended service lifetime of AC structures. Technical Idea [Focus on the Layer Interface] These problems can be...

Continuing Support of Cement Manufacturing

Ongoing
NIST SRMs for Portland cement and related materials are the de facto world standards for validation of analytical methods for testing of cement for compliance with manufacturing specifications and for qualification of laboratories throughout the supply chain, including cement plants, construction...

Engineered Materials for Resilient Infrastructure Program

Completed
Objective - To develop and deploy measurement science to reliably assess the current and future performance of engineered materials in support of resilient infrastructure given exposure to chronic (e.g., materials degradation) and episodic (e.g., earthquakes) hazards. What is the technical idea? To...

Materials and Structures for Resilience Program

Ongoing
Objective To improve building codes, standards, and engineering practice by developing and deploying advances in measurement science that enhance the robustness, resilience, and durability of materials and structures against natural and manmade hazards. Technical Idea The Materials and Structures...

Metrology for Accelerated Laboratory Weathering

Ongoing
Objective To develop and implement measurement science using the NIST Accelerated Weathering Laboratory technology for conducting accurate and traceable aging experiments and service life prediction of resilient infrastructure materials. Technical Idea The integrating sphere-based technology used in...
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