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Special Publication (NIST SP)

Household Weights and Measures (NIST SP 430) 2004

Author(s)
Kenneth S. Butcher
The purpose of this publication is to present in a convenient form the weights and measures tables most useful for household purposes, together with associated

Forum Report: Permissive Metric Only Labeling

Author(s)
Kenneth S. Butcher
Report on the Forum on Metric-only Labeling held on November 7, 2002, in Washington, DC. The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National

NIST Standard Reference Materials Catalog 2004

Author(s)
J W. Thomas, Yvonne Branden, R D. Howard
This catalog provides technical and general ordering information for the Standard Reference Materials [SRMs] and Reference Materials [RMs] currently available

Atomic Data for Lighting Applications

Author(s)
Gillian Nave, Craig J. Sansonetti, Joseph Reader
A major objective of our research program is the observation of spectra of rare earth elements in support of our program of atomic data measurements for

Wavelengths of Six Times Ionized Germanium, GeVII

Author(s)
Larissa Podobedova, A N. Ryabtsev
The compilation of the wavelengths of the GeVII spectra is carried out for the NIST Atomic Spectra Data Base on the World Wide Web. This compilation is based on

Guided Data Capture (GDC) Software

Author(s)
Vladimir Diky, Robert D. Chirico, R C. Wilhoit, Qian Dong, Michael D. Frenkel
The program provides software tools to ease capture (compilation) of experimental thermodynamic and transport property data from the literature for pure

Calibration of Water Permeation Tubes

Author(s)
Gregory E. Scace, W. Wyatt Miller
NIST provides traceability of permeation tube humidity generators to national humidity standards by measuring the water permeation rate of permeation tubes

Security Considerations in the System Development Life Cycle

Author(s)
Richard L. Kissel, Kevin M. Stine, Matthew A. Scholl, Hart Rossman, J Fahlsing, Jessica Gulick
The purpose of this guideline is to assist agencies in building security into their IT development processes. This should result in more cost-effective, risk

High power laser calibrations at NIST

Author(s)
Xiaoyu X. Li, Joshua A. Hadler, Christopher L. Cromer, John H. Lehman, Marla L. Dowell
This document describes the calibration service for the responsivity of laser power meters and detectors used with continuous wave high power lasers at laser

Charpy Machine Verification: Limits and Uncertainty

Author(s)
Jolene Splett, Christopher N. McCowan, Chih-Ming Wang
The purpose of this document is to clarify some issues pertaining to uncertainty statements and the ASTM E 23 limits used in the Charpy machine verification

Natural Gas Flow Calibration Service

Author(s)
Aaron N. Johnson
This document describes NIST's high pressure natural gas flow calibration service (NGFCS). Flow calibrations are conducted offsite at the Colorado Experimental

Guide to General Server Security

Author(s)
Karen A. Scarfone, Wayne Jansen, Miles C. Tracy
The purpose of this document is to assist organizations in understanding the fundamental activities performed as part of securing and maintaining the security
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