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Journal of Research of NIST

The Journal of Research of NIST reports NIST research and development in metrology and related fields of physical science, engineering, applied mathematics, statistics, biotechnology, information technology.
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The Journal of Research of NIST publishes peer-reviewed research articles, in addition to dataset and software articles, tutorials, and tech transfer briefs. Articles are indexed by all major indexing services, including Web of Science and Scopus.

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Volume 123 (2018)

ISSN: 2165-7254

Research

Featured Article on the Revised SI

Quantity Calculus, Fundamental Constants, and SI Units
Barry N. Taylor
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.008
Published June 5, 2018

Calibration Fluids and Calibration Equations: How Choices May Affect the Results of Density Measurements Made with U-Tube Densimeters
Stephanie L. Outcalt
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.017
Published October 9, 2018

Effect of Charpy Striker Configuration on Low- and High-Energy NIST Verification Specimens
Enrico Lucon and Jolene Splett
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.016
Published September 12, 2018

A Normalized Congruent Matching Area Method for the Correlation of Breech Face Impression Images
Zhe Chen, John Song, Wei Chu, Mingsi Tong, XueZeng Zhao
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.015
Published August 6, 2018

Realizations of the Triple Point of Sulfur Hexafluoride in Transportable and Refillable Cells
Weston L. Tew and Klaus N. Quelhas
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.013
Published July 2, 2018

Measurements of Scatter Peaks in 137Cs and 60Co Sources
Leticia Pibida and David West
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.012
Published June 28, 2018

Correlation of Neutron-Based Strain Imaging and Mechanical Behavior of Armor Steel Welds Produced with the Hybrid Laser Arc Welding Process
Jeffrey W. Sowards, Daniel S. Hussey, David L. Jacobson, Stan Ream, Paul Williams
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.011
Published June 11, 2018

Primary Determination of Particle Number Concentration with Light Obscuration and Dynamic Imaging Particle Counters
Dean C. Ripple and Paul C. DeRose
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.002
Published January 11, 2018

Transient Thermal Response of a Guarded-Hot-Plate Apparatus for Operation Over an Extended Temperature Range
William C. Thomas and Robert R. Zarr
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.001
Published January 8, 2018

Dataset

Ⓓ Dispersion and Burning Behavior of Hydrogen Released in a Full-Scale Residential Garage in the Presence and Absence of Conventional Automobiles – Supplemental Video Materials
William M. Pitts, Jiann C. Yang, Kuldeep Prasad, Marco Fernandez
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.014
Published July 11, 2018
Data: https://doi.org/10.18434/T4/1500893

Ⓓ A Software Assurance Reference Dataset: Thousands of Programs With Known Bugs
Paul E. Black
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.005
Published April 16, 2018
Data: https://doi.org/10.18434/T4/1433084

Software

Ⓢ Software to Determine Sphere Center from Terrestrial Laser Scanner Data per ASTM Standard E3125-17
Prem Rachakonda, Bala Muralikrishnan, Luc Cournoyer, Daniel Sawyer
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.006
Published July 12, 2018
Software: https://doi.org/10.18434/T4/1502473

Ⓢ Baseline Tailor
Joshua Lubell
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.007
Published June 26, 2018
Software: https://doi.org/10.18434/T4/1422488

Ⓢ FEASST: Free Energy and Advanced Sampling Simulation Toolkit
Harold W. Hatch, Nathan A. Mahynski, Vincent K. Shen
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.004
Published March 1, 2018
Software: https://doi.org/10.18434/M3S095

Ⓢ NISTfit: A Natively Multithreaded C++11 Framework for Model Development
Ian Bell and Matthias Kunick
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.003
Published February 12, 2018
Software: https://doi.org/10.18434/M39W9S
Supplemental Materials: https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.003s1

Tutorials

Ⓣ Performance Testing of Hydraulic Cements: Measuring Sulfate Resistance
Chiara F. Ferraris, Paul E. Stutzman, Max Peltz 
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.010
Published May 25, 2018

Research and Technology Applications

Ⓐ Concept to Commercialization of an Artifact for Evaluating Three-Dimensional Imaging Systems per ASTM E3125-17
Bala Muralikrishnan, Prem Rachakonda, Vincent Lee, Meghan Shilling, Daniel Sawyer, Geraldine Cheok, Luc Cournoyer, Joe Gleason
https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.123.009
Published June 29, 2018

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