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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Spot Test Kits for Detecting Lead in Household Paint: A Laboratory Evaluation

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Walter J. Rossiter Jr, M Vangel, M E. McKnight, G Dewalt

A laboratory study was conducted to determine the reliability of spot test kits for detecting the presence of lead in household paint when tests were conducted...

Effect of Drying Shrinkage Cracks and Flexural Cracks on Concrete Bulk Permeability

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Kenneth A. Snyder

A review of the computer program 4sight has revealed that an accurate prediction of water transport through the concrete depends upon an accurate prediction of...

Heat Transfer of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Flowing in a Cooled Horizontal Tube

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Douglas A. Olson

We report measurements of heat transfer coefficients of flowing supercritical carbon dioxide (7.38 MPa critical pressure, 31.1 C critical temperature) in a...

A Guide for Estimating and Reporting the Macroeconomic Impacts of MEP Centers

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

M A. Ehlen, M H. Brown

MEP centers must often report on the impacts they have on their client firms. The main data source for these impacts is the Census Follow-up Survey, which...

Internet Commerce for Manufacturing Activity Model

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Jim G. Nell, Curtis H. Parks

This paper describes the activity model as proposed for use in the Internet Commerce for Manufacturing (ICM), a National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed (NAMT)...

Simulation of the Dynamics of the Fire at 3146 Cherry Road NE Washington D.C., May 30, 1999 (NISTIR 6510)

April 30, 2000

Author(s)

Daniel M. Madrzykowski, R Vettori

This report describes the results of calculations using the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) that were performed to provide insight on the thermal conditions...

Temperature Measurements in Fires (NISTIR 6527)

April 5, 2000

Author(s)

William M. Pitts

Electrical and Electronic Metrology: A Bibliography of NIST electricity Division's Publications -- March 1998

April 4, 2000

Author(s)

Ruth Ann Schmeit

This bibliography covers publications of the Electricity Division (and predecessor organizational units), Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory...

Energy Price Indices and Discount Factors for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis - April 2000

April 3, 2000

Author(s)

S Fuller, A Boyles

This is the April 2000 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and...

CEMHYD3D: A Three-Dimensional Cement Hydration and Microstructure Development Modelling Package. Version 2.0.

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz

This user's manual provides updated documentation and computer program listings for version 2.0 of the three-dimensional cement hydration and microstructure...

CEMHYD3D: A Three-Dimensional Cement Hydration and Microstructure Development Modelling Package. Version 2.0

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz

This user's manual provides updated documentation and computer program listings for version 2.0 of the three-dimensional cement hydration and microstructure...

Polymer Division Technical Activities - 1999

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

Eric J. Amis, B M. Fanconi

Technical activities of the Polymers Division, 854, for the 1999 fiscal year are described. The report is organized by programs: Electronic Packaging...

SEM Sentinel - SEM Performance Measurement System, Part 1

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

Alice V. Ling, Andras Vladar, Bradley N. Damazo, M A. Donmez, Michael T. Postek

This report describes the current design of a system for monitoring the performance of several major subsystems of a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The...

Semi-Annual Listing: North American Quality System Registration Organizations (NAQSRO)

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

M E. Squires

The Semi-Annual Listing of North American Quality System Registration Organizations (NAQSRO) provides information on organizations that have informed NIST about...

Randomness Testing of the Advanced Encryption Standard Finalist Candidates

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

Juan Soto, Lawrence E. Bassham

Mars, RC6, Rijndael, Serpent and Twofish were selected as finalists for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). To evaluate the finalists' suitability as random...

Watt's Up, Doc? The NIST Watt Experiment and the Future of the Kg

March 21, 2000

Author(s)

J. Schwarz, Ruimin Liu, David B. Newell, Richard L. Steiner, Edwin R. Williams

The Nist Watt Balance is an interesting and beautiful experiment housed in the nonmagnetic building behind the reactor. The underlying physical principles of...

The World's Smallest Shielded Room: Encasing a Single Electron Transistor in a Nano-Faraday Cage

March 21, 2000

Author(s)

William Huber, Neil M. Zimmerman, D Josell

Over the past decade, a class of devices has been developed based upon the phenomenon of single electron tunneling (SET). These devices exploit the quantized...

Influence of Polymer Melt Behavior on Flammability (NISTIR 6588)

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Kathryn M. Butler

As the initial step in a study of the role of polymer melt viscosity in polymer burning behavior, a simpler, non-burning configuration has been examined...

Preparation and Characterization of Polymer/Dendrimer Blends: Final Report, March 2000

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Eric J. Amis, Barry J. Bauer, A Topp, F Groehn, T J. Prosa, B D. Viers, Da-Wei Liu, K A. Barnes, C L. Jackson, G Nisato, Alamgir Karim, Jack F. Douglas

This report is a summary of the results of measurement and characterization on dendritically branched polymers that was done under Army Research Office Grant...

Physics Laboratory Technical Activities 1999

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

K B. Gebbie

This report summarizes research projects, measurement method development, calibration and testing, and data evaluation activities that were carried out during...

Molecular Dynamics Study of Tethered Chains

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Raymond D. Mountain, Joseph B. Hubbard, Curtis W. Meuse, V Simmons

The results of a series of molecular dynamics simulations of monolayer films formed by tethered, long chain molecules (octadecanthiol) are discussed. The...

1998 Annual Report on the Implementation of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-119 and P.L. 104-113

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

P W. Cooke, B M. Meigs, Belinda L. Collins

OMB Circular A-119 requires NIST to report annually to OMB on Federal agency participation in voluntary standards activities. This report (covering the period...

Towards Strategic Management of Standards Activities at NIST

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

K J. Leuteritz

This paper describes Strategic Standardization Management (SSM TM), its successful use by U.S. Companies, and the importance of the methodology for DOC-NIST and...

Certification of the Relative Molecular Mass and the Intrinsic Viscosity of SRM 2886, a Polyethylene of Narrow Molecular Mass Distribution

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Kathleen M. Flynn, J R. Maurey, William R. Blair

The certification of a polyethylene standard reference material, SRM 2886, is described. The Mw of SRM 2886 by light scattering was determined to be 87.0x10+3 g...

Information-Based Manufacturing Program Summary and Accomplishments

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

David C. Stieren, Mark E. Luce

This report summarizes the Information-Based Manufacturing Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) by providing an overview of the...

User's Manual for Lidar Target Simulator

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

J A. Worthey, Kathleen M. Higgins

This is the operator's manual for a target simulator for speed-measuring lidars, and for the computer program VS, which is a key part of the simulator. This is...

New Approaches to the Development of Fire-Safe Materials (NISTIR 6465)

February 1, 2000

Author(s)

A B. Morgan, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Marc R. Nyden, C L. Jackson

Thermoplastic polyetherimide-clay nanocomposites were synthesized from 1,3-phenylenediamine and bisphenol A dianhydride using an in situ approach. Two types of...

A Review of U.S. Participation in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

February 1, 2000

Author(s)

C R. DeVaux

This report describes the role of international standards, their importance in world trade, and the extent of U.S.participation in the International...

Comparison of FPETool:FIRE SIMULATOR With Data From Full Scale Experiments (NISTIR 6470)

February 1, 2000

Author(s)

R Vettori, Daniel M. Madrzykowski

A comparison of the compartment zone fire model FPETool:FIRE SIMULATOR is made with data from three different full scale experimental compartment fire studies...

Modeling Study of Ventilation in Manufactured Houses

February 1, 2000

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, S R. Martin

The HUD Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards (Part 3280, 1994) contain a number of requirements intended to provide adequate levels of outdoor...

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