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Conferences

The Increasing Role of Fractography in the Dental Community

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Janet Quinn, Susanne Scherrer, George D. Quinn

The development of new fabrication capabilities along with new alloys, polymers, composites and advanced ceramics has revolutionized many industries including

The Growth-Path Method for Prediction of Spurious Grain Nucleation in Single-Crystal Castings

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

R E. Napolitano, A R. Roosen, Robert J. Schaefer

Prediction of spurious grain formation in superalloy castings is critical for the design and development of single-crystal gas-turbine components. Here, we

Chromatographic Separation of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Barry J. Bauer, Vardhan Bajpai, Jeffrey Fagan, Matthew Becker, Erik K. Hobbie

Size exclusion chromatography (SEC) has been used to separate single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) dispersed by chemical modification in organic solvents and by

A Multi-Sample Melt Micro-Rheometer

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Anthony J. Bur, Kalman Migler

A slit micro-rheometer that is used for simultaneous measurement of melt viscosities of four samples has been developed. Sample size is less than 100 mg. The

Scanning Acoustic Microscopy Stress Measurements in Electronic Packaging

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

E Drescher-Krasicka, T M. Moore, T Hartfield, D Chery

Scanning acoustic microscopy has been successfully implemented for the nondestructive detection of cracks and delaminations in integrated circuit packages. In

Report to The Medical Devices Standards Board

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

John A. Tesk

News of recent NIST standards-related activities are presented for information to the Medical Devices Standards Board. These include the release of reference

The Influence of Additives on the Room-Temperature Recrystallization of Electrodeposited Copper

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Gery R. Stafford, Mark D. Vaudin, Thomas P. Moffat, N G. Armstrong, David R. Kelley

The recrystallization behavior of copper, electrodeposited from a copper sulfate-sulfuric acid plating bath into which various combinations of NaCl, sodium 3

Modeling Morphological Evolution During Dendritic Solidification Using a Cellular Automation

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

R E. Napolitano, T H. Sanders

Morphological evolution of a dendritic growth front in a binary alloy is simulated using a cellular automation approach to establish the feasibility of modeling

Process Monitoring at the National Instute of Standards and Technology: Celebrating 100 Years of Measurement Excellence

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Anthony J. Bur, Kalman Migler, Robert S. Roth

Two events that coincide in the year 2001 are the NIST centennial year anniversary and the inauguration of the SPE Special Interest Group on Process Monitoring

Measurement of Slippage Induced by a Polymer Processing Additive

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Kalman Migler, C L. Gettinger, V P. Thlacker, R Conway

Flow profiles of a linear density polyethylene (LLDPE) were measured in an optical slit die situated at the exit of a twin screw extruder. The velocities of

Process Monitoring of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites Compounding Using Dielectric, Optical Transmission and Fluorescence Measurements

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Anthony J. Bur, T Y. Lee, S C. Roth, P R. Start

A family of nylons, nylon 6, 11 and 12, have been compounded with organo modified clays using a twin screw extruder that was instrumented with dielectric and

Experimental Procedures and Results for Benchmark 3: Stage 2 Forming Process

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Mark Iadicola, Timothy J. Foecke, T B. Stoughton

The Numisheet 2005 Benchmark #3 consists of a two stage forming process performed on four materials (three steels and one aluminum). Stage 1 consists of forming

Surface-Enganced Thermal Pulse Measurements of the Thermal and Electrical Properties of Polyimide Films

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

A S. DeReggi, Erik K. Hobbie, P Bloss, H Schafer

Polyimide films formed on silicon by spin coating and curing of foils glued to substrates generally show a sharp surface-bound negative charge layer with a half

Perspectives on the Future of Manufacturing Engineering

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

R Jackson

Technology-based competition is heating up everywhere. One economist uses the analogy-not of a race--but of a casino to convey the flavor of the global

Characterization of the Alloy-Solution Interface

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

H J. Mueller

For metals undergoing corrosion, a layer of water molecules becomes charged due to electrons accumulating on the outer metal surface and hydrated positive ions

Microscale Test Technique and Test Results for Aluminum Thin Films

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

David T. Read, Joseph D. McColskey, Yi-Wen Cheng

A microscale, skyhook-type tensile-test technique has been developed to extend tensile testing to micrometer-scale specimens. This technique has been used to

A Finite Volume PDE Solver Using Python (FiPy)

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Jonathan E. Guyer, Daniel Wheeler, James A. Warren

We present an object oriented partial differential equation (PDE) solver written in Python based on a standard finite volume (FV) approach.The solution of

Measuring Flow Boundary Conditions and Nano-Scale Coating Processes During Sharkskin Melt Fracture

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Kalman Migler

Micelles formed of amphiphilic diblock copolymers may have applications in drug delivery and in understanding the physics of biological structures. Wormlike

Incorporation of Stereo, Regio and Comonomer Defects Into the Crystalline Regions of Isotactic Polypropylene: Results From NMR, Molecular Dynamics and Chemical Shift Calculations

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

David L. VanderHart, Marc R. Nyden, R G. Alamo, L Mandelkern

We have shown that under conditions of crystallization during cooling at 1C/min, substantial amounts of 'defects' of the types a) stereo-mrrm, b) regio-2,1

Effects of Proteins on Metal Corrosion

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

H J. Mueller

A previous report (Mueller, IMS, Ottawa, Canada, 1998) revealed that the modeled equivalent electrical circuits for either silver or copper surfaces were

Metrology for Remote Sensing Radiometry

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

B. Carol Johnson, Steven W. Brown, Joseph P. Rice

Metrology, the science of measurement, is discussed in terms of measurements of radiant flux and associated quantities. Radiometric measurements are naturally

The Establishment and Verification of Traceability for Remote Sensing Radiometry, With an Eye Towards Intercomparison of Results

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

B. Carol Johnson, Joseph P. Rice, Steven W. Brown

Establishment of traceability is necessary for placing results and estimates of their uncertainty on an absolute scale. There are a number of factors that must

Comparison of Area Measurements of Apertures for Exo-Atmospheric Solar Irradiance Between NIST and JPL

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Maritoni Litorja, B. Carol Johnson, J B. Fowler

A comparison of the area measurements of the limiting apertures used for total solar irradiance measurements in the Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor

Chemical Taxonomies and Semantic Web for AIDS Research- an over view

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Talapady N. Bhat

Chemical structures provide the basis for understanding and rationalizing drug discovery process fro Human diseases. The study of interactions of chemicals with

The Nuts and Bolts and Results of Fluorine Bomb Calorimetry

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

P A. O'Hare

The technique of fluorine bomb calorimetry is outlined with special emphasis on the experimental methods, including the construction of the reaction vessel and

A Brief Summary of the NIST Organic Thermochemistry Archive

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

H Y. Afeefy, J F. Liebman, Stephen E. Stein

This brief description summarizes the contents, philosophy and evolution of The NIST Organic Thermochemistry Archive, a chapter of the NIST Chemistry WebBook.

Chemical Taxonomy a Novel Annotation Technique for Chemical Genomics and Semantic Web

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Talapady N. Bhat, H Rodriguez

: Chemistry and Biology that are traditionally dominated by experimentalists, are emerging to be one of the most active areas of science in the modern era of

Formlations of the Basic Vector Network Analyzer Error Model Including Switch Terms

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Roger Marks

This paper explores details of the relationship between two expressions of the basic error model describing a two-part vector network analyzer (VNA). One of

Nitrides in Materials Science: Some Thermodynamic Aspects

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

P A. O'Hare

Recent studies by fluorine bomb calorimetry are described that lead to the determination of the standard molar enthalpy of formation of silicon nitride, [Δ] fH

Raman Microspectroscopy of Some High Explosives, Revisited

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

E S. Etz, S V. Roberson, J Greg Gillen

Current NIST research is discussed on the characterization by micro-Raman spectroscopy of several high explosives (HES). The RamanSpectra are evaluated relative

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