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Conferences

Transient Application, Recirculating Pool Fire, Agent Effectiveness Screen. Final Report.

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

William L. Grosshandler, Anthony P. Hamins, Jiann C. Yang, Kevin B. McGrattan, Cary Presser

A three-year research effort has been conducted as part of the Next Generation Program (NGP) to develop a laboratory screening device suitable for predicting

The History of NIST's Refrigerants Program: 1. Zeotropic Mixture Cycles and Heat Transfer

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

David Didion

The NIST Refrigerants Program was initiated in 1981 under the sponsorship of the Electric Power Research Institute with the intent to determine if a zeotropic

Finite Element Stress Computations Applied to Images of Damaged Concrete: A Possible New Diagnostic Tool for Concrete Petrography

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Paul E. Stutzman, David S. Bright, Edward J. Garboczi

Concrete petrography is used to assess damaged concrete in order to determine the probable mechanism of damage. However, using traditional petographic analyses

Variations in the Thermoelectric Behavior of Palladium Following Heat Treatment

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Dean C. Ripple, G W. Burns

In order to identify limitations on the use of Pt/Pd thermocouples as high-accuracy thermometers, we have studied the change in thermocouple emf at the Al and

New NIST Mercury Triple-Point Cells

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Gregory F. Strouse, J Lippiatt

Six new Hg triple-point (TP) cells (234.3156 K) were manufactured in the NIST PRT Laboratory for use in the realization of the International Temperature Scale

Small Fixed-Point Cells for Use in Dry Well Block Calibrators

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Gregory F. Strouse

As part of a research project for the Combined Calibration Group (CCG) of the U.S. Armed Forces, three rugged fixed-point cells were developed for use in dry

ITS-90 Calibration of Radiation Thermometers for RTP Using Wire/Thin-Film Thermocouples on a Wafer

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Christopher W. Meyer, D P. DeWitt, Kenneth G. Kreider, Francis J. Lovas, Benjamin K. Tsai

Light-pipe radiation thermometers (LPRTs) are the sensor system of choice in RTP tools. They can be calibrated against blackbodies with an uncertainty (k=1)

Uncertainty of the NIST Low Frost-Point Humidity Generator

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Gregory E. Scace, Joseph T. Hodges

The NIST Low Frost-point Humidity Generator (LFPG) produces water vapor gas mixtures with mole fractions from approximately 5 nmol/mol to 4 mmol/mol for

Investigation of the Non-Uniqueness of the ITS-90 in the Range 660 C to 962 C

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

G T. Furukawa, Gregory F. Strouse

Preliminary results are reported on the non-uniqueness of the ITS-90 using high temperature SPRTs (HTSPRTs) in the range 660 C to 962 C. To achieve temperature

Should (T₁ - T₂) Have Larger Uncertainty Than T₁?

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Lee Y. G

In interlaboratory comparisons, laboratories sometimes use a transfer instrument to realize the value of a laboratory standard to compare the relative biases of

Taming Active Content

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen

The private and public sectors depend heavily upon information technology (IT) systems to perform essential, mission-critical functions. As technology improves

Standard Reference Material 2100: Fracture Toughness of Ceramics

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

George D. Quinn, K Xu, R J. Gettings, J A. Salem, J Swab

New Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2100 is the first reference material in the world for the property fracture toughness for any class material. The SRM is

Towards Multiscale Simulations of Filled and Nanofilled Polymers

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

S C. Glotzer, Francis W. Starr

We perform simulations of filled and nanofilled polymers using a combination of molecular and mesoscale simulation techniques. Molecular dynamics simulations

Validation of Scanning Probe Moire Technique With the CTE of Gold

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Elizabeth S. Drexler, T A. Winningham

Low expansion materials used in electronic devices require a tool that has a commensurate resolution for measuring deformation, such as the atomic force or

Flow Visualization of Polymer Processing Additive Effects

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Kalman D. Migler, C Lavallee, M P. Dillon, S S. Woods, C L. Gettinger

Flow visualization was used to understand how polymer-processing additives (PPA) eliminate sharkskin in linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE). A sapphire

Fourier Transform System for Characterization of Infrared Spectral Emittance of Materials

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Leonard M. Hanssen, Simon G. Kaplan, Sergey Mekhontsev

To meet the existing demand for measurements of emittance of opaque and semi-transparent materials, a new facility is being built at NIST around a bench-top

Methods Used at NIST to Characterize and Callibrate Lightpipe Radiation Thermometers

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Benjamin K. Tsai, D P. DeWitt

Lightpipe radiation thermometers (LPRTs) are the sensors of choice for high temperature thermal processing of sillicon wafers. At temperatures above 800 K

100 Years of Photometry and Radiometry Harnessing Light

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Jonathan E. Hardis

Measurement of light is an old subject, though the past 100 years have seen significant advances. 100 years ago, photometry the art and science of measuring

NIST Activities in Support of Space-Based Radiometric Remote Sensing

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Joseph P. Rice, B C. Johnson

This paper provides an overview of NIST research and development in optical radiometry in the field of space-based remote sensing. The applications in this

Characterizing Interfacial Roughness by Light Scattering Ellipsometry

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Thomas A. Germer

The polarization of light scattered by oxide films thermally grown on photolithographically-generated microrough silicon surfaces was measured as functions of

Atomic Spectroscopy at NIST 2001

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Joseph Reader

The program in atomic spectroscopy at NIST continues to provide accurate reference data on spectral lines and energy levels for a wide variety of important

The Ultra-Low Temperature Magnifying Glass: How Bose-Einstein Condensation Makes Quantum Mechanics Visible

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Eric A. Cornell, P C. Haljan

Experiments in Bose-Einstein condensation provide an unusually direct view of the working of quantum wave mechanics. We make use of two internal states of Rb-87

History of the Symposium on Thermophysical Properties

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

William M. Haynes, Jan V. Sengers, R. T. Jacobsen, Daniel G. Friend

The Symposium on Thermophysical Properties represents a series of conferences that started in 1959 at Purdue University, which at the that time was the home of

The History of NIST's Refrigerants Program: II. Thermophysical Properties Research

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Mark O. McLinden

The history of the research program on thermophysical properties of refrigerants at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is described in

The IMS MISSION Architecture for Distributed Manufacturing Simulation

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Charles R. McLean, Frank H. Riddick

This paper presents an overview of a neutral reference architecture for integrating distributed manufacturing simulation systems with each other, with other

Architectures in an XML World

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

Joshua Lubell

XML[Extensible Markup Language] developers today have at their disposal a variety of tools for achieving schema reuse. An often-overlooked reuse method is the

Archival and Theoretical Considerations for Isotopic Dependence in the e-H₂ Fixed Points

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

F Pavese, Weston L. Tew, A G. Steele

We examine these isotopic dependence for the case of the e-H2 triple point (TP), and the two vapor pressure (VP) points of the ITS-90 defined near 33 kPa and

The NIST Industrial Thermometer Calibration Laboratory

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

C D. Vaughn, Gregory F. Strouse

The NIST Industrial Thermometer Calibration (ITC) Laboratory provides calibrations of industrial thermometers over the range from 196 C to 550 C. The different

Special Problems When Realising the Triple Point of Hydrogen as a Defining Fixed Point of the ITS-90

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

B Fellmuth, D I. Head, F Pavese, A Szmyrka-Grzebyk, Weston L. Tew

The two special problems, which appear when realising the triple point of hydrogen as a temperature fixed point due to the influences of the deuterium content

A Framework for Managing Faults and Attacks in All-Optical Transport Networks

June 1, 2001

Author(s)

J K. Patel, S U. Kim, David H. Su, M Subramaniam, H A. Choi

ult and attack survivability in all-optical transport networks (AOTNs) require new approaches because of unique transmission characteristics. Specifically

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