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This is the April 2005 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and
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This is the April 2003 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and
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William D. Davis, Walter W. Jones, David Holmberg, K A. Reed
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This is the April 2004 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and
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This manuscript contains the technical documentation for the MatML Editor, an enabling technology intended to support widespread adoption of the language. The
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The NIST Crystallographic Data Center collects, evaluates and disseminates data on solid-state materials. NIST Crystal Data is a comprehensive database with
Jeffrey W. Gilman, R Haggenmueller, Sameer Rahatekar, Jeffrey Fagan, Jae H. Chun, Matthew Becker, Rajesh R. Naik, Todd Krauss, Lisa Carlson, Shana O. Kelley, Paul C. Trulove, D M. Fox, John Kadla
The application of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) in current and future applications crucially depends on the ability to process SWCNT in a solvent to
Computational tools have been developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for modeling fire spread and smoke transport. These models
This manuscript contains the end-user documentation for the MatML Editor, an enabling technology intended to support widespread adoption of the language. The
This is the April 2006 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and
This report is an analysis of the potential of tunable laser diode absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) for recording carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations in hydrogen
A series of measurements and performance evaluations has been conducted in the Temperature Control Module (TCM) for three control system vendors in order to
X Feng, Edward Garboczi, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Kenneth A. Snyder, Paul E. Stutzman, T Mason
This report summarizes a project that dealt with the characterization of a fly ash and fly-ash blended cement material, so that these could be incorporated into
This report identifies and examines the important issues associated with a measurement and modeling program intended to evaluate how contaminants accidentally
The tests reported herein were intended to gain information on how manufactured home shear walls perform under extreme loads. The specimens tested represent