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The SR865A Lock-In Amplifier offers superb performance and outstanding value. It's what you’ve come to expect from a Stanford Research Systems lock-in amplifier
This apparatus, developed at EL, has been constructed to generate a controlled and repeatable size and mass distribution of glowing firebrands. The purpose of
The Taylor Hobson Form Talysurf PGI 1240 is a mechanical stylus profilometer for surface texture and microform measurements. Its primary purpose is for the
The Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility SURF III is operated by the Optical Radiation Group as a stable light source for radiometry and research. SURF
The X-ray diffraction (XRD) end station measures constructive interference of the x-ray wave with repeating atomic and interfacial structure in materials. At
To accelerate the design of new alloys for additive manufacturing and to investigate alternate processing methods, a custom built laser powder-blown directed
This facility enables the measurement of spectral emittance using the direct method of radiance comparison of the sample with a blackbody reference source
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Overview The Degassing Station is a stand-alone, touch screen operated multi-feature microcalorimetry accessory for reliable sample preparation and manual cell
The Telescope Calibration Facility (TCF) was designed to support the NIST Stars project by providing a facility to radiometricly calibrate long focal length
A TESCAN MIRA3 Schottky field-emission scanning electron microscope with 4 30 mm 2 silicon x-ray drift detectors which has been automated for particle and
The Divergent Beam Diffractometer is the primary instrument at NIST used to certify powder SRMs for their X-ray diffraction properties. It is a custom-built
The National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) is a unique experimental facility dedicated understanding fire behavior and structural response to fire. The
The Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility (NZERTF) is a unique laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in Gaithersburg, Md
The Parallel Beam Diffractometer laboratory is a highly-controlled space (0.01 degree C stability) containing a set of absolutely calibrated stacked goniometer
The silicon lattice comparator is very high-precision Laue double-crystal diffractometer which can make comparisons of the crystal lattice characteristics of a
The newly renovated solid-state NMR facility at the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory houses two spectrometers, 300 MHz and 100 MHz, primarily used for
The NIST Thermal-infrared Transfer Radiometer (TXR) is used for measuring the radiance temperature in the thermal-infrared spectral region of extended-area
Access Information Refrigerators and freezers are available in the laboratories for storing temperature sensitive samples shortly before, during and shortly