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Use of Optical Probes and Laser Scanning Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy for High Throughput Characterization of Dispersion in Polymer Layered Silicate Nanocomposites

Author(s)
Jeffrey W. Gilman, Rick D. Davis, S Bellayer, P H. Maupin, Raghavan Dharmara, Joseph Langat, S Bourbigot, X Flambard, D M. Fox, Paul C. Trulove, Hugh C. De Long
The development of high throughput methods for studying polymer layered silicate nanocomposites (PLSN) is motivated by the fact that these materials represent a...

Recent Developments in Building Fire Detection Technologies

Author(s)
William L. Grosshandler, Jason D. Averill, Thomas Cleary, D W. Weinert
Sensing technologies and their application to detecting fires in buildings continue to evolve, and recent advances are summarized in this article. Work being...

A Simple Model of Fireball Dynamics

Author(s)
Howard R. Baum, Ronald G. Rehm
An analytical model of the initial expansion of a fireball is presented.The model is based on an exact solution of the low Mach number combustion equations in...

NIST: A Century in the Business of Fire Safety

Author(s)
Richard Gann
This year, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), formerly the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), turned 100 years old. During that century...

A Simple Model of the WTC Fireball Dynamics

Author(s)
Howard R. Baum, Ronald G. Rehm
An analytical model of the initial expansion of a fireball is presented.The model is based on an exact solution of the low Mach number combustion equations in...

Simulating Enclosure Fire Dynamics

Author(s)
Howard R. Baum
At least three different physics based approaches to fire dynamics simulations have evolved over the years; lumped parameter or ''zone models'', computational...

Validating Smoke Toxicity Tests

Author(s)
Richard Gann
This paper is the executive summary of NIST Technical Note 1453 (May 2003). The original abstract follows.This report presents the methodology for and results...
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