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Buehler Electromet 4 Polisher/Etcher

Polisher/Etcher Catalog Number: 70-1830-115 Please see the owner's manual for further information.

Buehler Isomet Low-Speed Saw

Please refer to the product data sheet for further information. Operating instructions are also available.

Building Integrated Photovoltaic Testbed

The long term performance of building integrated photovoltaic panels is measured "in-situ"using the Building Integrated Photovoltaic Testbed, located within the

Cabinet x-ray system

The Smiths Detection 6046si cabinet x-ray system was designed for security screening of bags, parcels and other objects of similar size. The system runs at 160

Calibrations: Gamma-ray Spectrometry System

The NIST high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry facility is composed of six High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors and a silicon-drifted detector. The HPGe

Carbolite RHF 16-8 Chamber Furnace

Please refer to the owner's manual for further information.

Carbolite STF 16-180 Single-Zone Tube Furnace

Please refer to the owners manual for further information.

Carbolite TZF 12/65/550 Three-Zone Tube Furnace

Please refer to the owner's manual for further information.

Carver Mini-C Laboratory Press

Please refer to the owner's manual for further information.

Carver Model C Laboratory Press

The Model C is a manual, twelve ton, two column, hydraulic lab press that is similar to the Mini C. The Model C is larger with a heavier construction and

Center for High Accuracy Retroreflection Measurements (CHARM)

In 1993, the United States Congress directed the U.S. Department of Transportation to establish "a standard for a minimum level of retroreflectivity that must

Cleatech Type II Desiccator Cabinet

Cleatech® Vacuum Desiccator Cabinets are vacuum chambers made of clear Acrylic designed for vacuum testing, degassing small parts, defoaming, mixed liquids

Cold Neutron Imaging Instrument

The Cold Neutron Imaging Instrument (CNII) was designed to be a flexible space to test, develop, and employ novel neutron imaging methods to realize different

Color and appearance metrology facility

The NIST Physical Measurement Laboratory has established the color and appearance metrology facility to support calibration services for 0°/45° colored samples

Complete hemispherical infrared laser-based reflectometer (CHILR)

A custom instrument, the Complete Hemispherical infrared Laser-based Reflectometer (CHILR), employs a gold integrating sphere and is used for the measurement of

Cone Calorimeter

In the late 1970s and early 1980s the fire community was pushing for reliable bench-scale tools to measure material flammability based on heat release rate. A

Continuous-wave terahertz spectrometer

The continuous-wave terahertz spectrometer makes use of two near-infrared lasers. The first laser is a fixed-frequency cw ring Ti:Saph laser operating near 840

Corning PC-420 Stirrer Hot-Plate

The various kinds of hot plates are randomly distributed amongst the labs.

Corning PC-420D Stirring Hotplate

The various kinds of hot plates are randomly distributed amongst the labs.

Coy Laboratory Products Basic Glove Box

Coy Laboratory Products Basic Glove Box. Please see manual.

Daigger Genie 2 Vortex Mixer

Dew-point measurements for water in compressed gases

This project has been completed. The paper reporting the results is provided here. The NIST Thermodynamic Metrology Group (TMG) used its standard gravimetric

Dickson TH550 Humidity Metrology

Differential Scanning Calorimeter

Differential Scanning Calorimetry, or DSC, is a classic thermoanalytical measurement performed on many different types of materials. In our laboratory, it is

Dual Beam Focused Ion Beam / Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB/SEM)

Dual beam focused ion beam/scanning electron microscope (FESEM). Focused ion beam using Ga atoms allows the patterning of objects at ~10 nm level (milling and

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-Response robots
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-Community resilience
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