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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...

Effect of Signal-Processing Parameters on Phase Velocity Uncertainty

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

M C. Renken, C M. Fortunko, C T. Mullis

Quantification of signal-processing effects is required for an accurate determination (less than 1% uncertainty) of the absolute phase velocity, particularly...

An Optical Sensor for Measuring Fluorescence Anisotropy of Oriented Polymers

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

S C. Roth, Anthony J. Bur

An optical sensor containing polarizing optical components has been constructed for the purpose of measuring fluorescence anisotropy of fluorescent dyes. The...

A Description of the Fluoroelastomer Coating Evolution as a Polymer Processing Aid

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Mathurin G. Meillon, D Morgan, D Bigio, Kalman Migler, S Oriani

For decades, fluoroelastomers have been used as polymer processing aids (PPA). Previous works have measured the thickness of the PPA coating, its effects on the...

Modeling Complex Aftereffect Behavior in Recording Materials Using a Preisach-Arrhenius Approach

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Edward Della Torre, Lawrence H. Bennett, L Swartzendruber

A Preisach-Arrhenius aftereffect model, that accurately calculates the entire relaxation process, including the linear log-time region, is used to describe some...

In-Situ Visualization of Novel Polymer Droplet Morphologies During Extrusion

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Erik K. Hobbie, Kalman Migler

We report the observation of novel droplet morphologies in the high stress layers near the walls of a specially instrumented slit die. We utilize in-situ...

Stress Relaxation of Poly(ethylene Naphthalate): Isothermal, Isochronal and Isostructural Responses

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

M L. Cerrada, G B. McKenna

The physical aging response of polymers is generally examined in isothermal conditions by following the viscoelastic behavior as a function of aging time. It is...

Dynamic Material Properties for Machining Simulation Using the NIST Pulse-Heated Kolsky Bar

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Richard L. Rhorer

The modeling or simulation of machining processes is important for economically implementing new manufacturing processes such as high-speed milling or...

Multi-Scale Discrete Dislocation Plasticity Analysis: Application to Nano-indentation

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

S M. Khan, Lyle E. Levine

To closely analyze the dislocation structure evolution during nano-indentation, a multi-scale discrete dislocation plasticity code is modified to include nano...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

Inhibition of Silane Ignition by Iodine Containing Additives

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Valeri I. Babushok, Wing Tsang

The results of numerical studies on the influence of iodine and hydrogen iodide additives on silane self-ignition limits are reported. The entire matrix of...

Equivalency of the Rankings of Inhibitor Effectiveness for Combustion of Hydrocarbon Fuels

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Valeri I. Babushok, Wing Tsang, William L. Grosshandler

The search for alternatives to halon 1301 has involved numerous flame studies, with the effectiveness of different agents compared using a range of gaseous and...

Molecular Pathology: Role in Improving Patient Outcome Impact of DNA Typing on Standards and Practice in the Forensic Community

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

D J. Reeder

This paper reviews the history of DNA-based human identification from its inception in 1985. From the beginning of the technology, experts called for setting of...

Chemical Characterization of Magnetic Materials at High Spatial Resolution

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

J H. Scott

The fabrication of nanoscale magnetic materials and novel heterostructures has placed greatdemands on the analytical tools used to characterize the chemical and...

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...

Metrology of Localized Inhomogeneity in Optical Glass

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Angela Davies

The optical glass industry does not have a standard method of quantiatively evaluating localized inhomogeneities (striae). We are developing an interferometric...

A History of Encasements; Technology Preserving the Charters of Freedom

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Christopher J. Evans

In its centennial year, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will complete the second set of hermetic encasements for the nation's founding...

Electrical Manipulation of Gold Nanoparticles for Microfluidic Applications

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Darwin R. Reyes-Hernandez, Geraldine I. Mijares, Kimberly A. Briggman, Jon C. Geist, Michael Gaitan

An electrical method to trap and release gold nanoparticles to and from the surface of alkanethiol-modified gold electrodes is presented. When a positive bias...

Towards Information Networks to Support Composable Manufacturing

October 15, 2008

Author(s)

Mahesh Mani, Albert W. Jones, Jun H. Shin, Ram D. Sriram

Rigid, supply-chain organizational structures are giving way to highly dynamic collaborative partnerships. These partnerships will develop rapidly by composing...

Efficient Error Concealment for the Whole-frame Loss Based on H.264/AVC

October 15, 2008

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi, Bo Yan

For low bit-rate video communications, each video frame usually fills the payload of a single network packet. In this situation, the loss of a packet may result...

Finned-Tube Heat Exchanger Simulation Program With Refrigerant Circuitry Optimization Capability

October 15, 2008

Author(s)

Piotr A. Domanski, David A. Yashar, Kenneth Kaufman

This paper presents an interactive finned-tube evaporator and condenser design program, EVAP-COND (ver. 3), which incorporates a computational intelligence...

Tradeoffs in Building a Generic Supply Chain Simulation Capability

October 15, 2008

Author(s)

Sanjay Jain

Building a simulation model for any large complex sys-tem requires high expertise and effort. These requirements can be reduced through building generic...

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