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This publication contains bibliographic information on approximately 5,000 titles held in the NIST Research Library, representing current and noncurrent
The NVLAP Directory is published annually and provides a listing of laboratories accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP)
This is the 1999 annual report of the NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory, BFRL. It presents the impacts, accomplishments, recognition and activities of
Christopher N. McCowan, Thomas A. Siewert, D P. Vigliotti, C M. Wang
Ferrite Numbers (FN) were assigned to blocks of stainless steel that serve as secondary ferrite reference materials (RM 8480 and 8481), and these specimens were
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Building and Fire Research Laboratory (NIST/BFRL), one of NIST's measurements and standards laboratories
It is generally agreed that measurements and standards play an integral role in the manufacture of ceramic materials. They enhance reliability by providing a
Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke, Walter W. Jones, Richard W. Bukowski, Glenn P. Forney
FAST is a collection of fire modeling tools which uses the underlying fire model CFAST and adds the routines of FIREFORM to provide engineering calculations of
This document presents the analysis of error sources that contribute to the total uncertainty of capacitance calibrations at the National Institute of Standards
Stephen Fallis, Russell Reed, Paul Wierenga, Gary Holland, Yue-Cherng Lu
The Advanced Propellant/Additive Development for Gas Generator project is a collaborative effort between Primex Aerospace Company (PAC) and the Naval Air
Willie E. May, Reenie M. Parris, C. M. Beck II, John D. Fassett, Robert R. Greenberg, Franklin R. Guenther, Gary W. Kramer, Stephen A. Wise, T E. Gills, R J. Gettings, Bruce S. MacDonald
Willie E. May, Reenie M. Parris, C M. Beck, John D. Fassett, Robert R. Greenberg, Franklin R. Guenther, Gary W. Kramer, Stephen Wise, T E. Gills, Jennifer C. Colbert, R J. Gettings, Bruce S. MacDonald
Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) are certified reference materials (CRMs) issued by NIST that are well-characterized using state-of-the-art measurement
250-53 NIST Measurement Services: Calibration Service for Spectral Responsivity of Laser and Optical-Fiber Power Meters at Wavelengths Between 0.4 υm and 1.8 υm
This directory is a guide to laboratory accreditation and similar types of programs conducted by professional and trade organizations. These programs accredit
The 84th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held July 25 through July 28, 1999, at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Modes of Operation Validation System for the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TMOVS) specifies the
Mobile agent technology offers a new computing paradigm in which a program, in the form of a software agent, can suspend its execution on a host computer
This is a definitive work on the technical and administrative work dedicated to developing a product data exchange standard (ISO 10303, commonoly known as STEP
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sponsored the Requirements Group for Real-time Extensions to the Java Platform. The Requirements Group
This directory is the fourth edition of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) directory of federal government procurement and regulatory
This report constitutes the proceedings of the seventh Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-7) held in Gaithersburg, Maryland, November 9-11, 1998. The conference
This publication summarizes the status of the technical infrastructure for conformity assessment in the Americas. It provides information about inspection and
A follow-on to Measures for Progress by Rexmond C. Cochrane, this work covers the history of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) from 1950-1969. While the
The freezing point of tin (231.928 degrees C) is a defining fixed point of the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90). Realization of this freezing
This report documents the selection of material, the certification procedure and its control, and the analysis of measurement uncertainty for a family of new
The manufacture of the halons widely used in fire extinguishing systems was banned in 1994 due to their deleterious effect on stratospheric ozone. Since the
This paper outlines general physical and computational issues associated with performing numerical simulation of fire suppression. Fire suppression encompasses