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Value Assignment of Nutrient and Aflatoxin Concentrations in Standard Reference Material 2387 Peanut Butter

October 3, 2003

Author(s)

Katherine E. Sharpless, C. S. Phinney, Laura J. Wood, James H. Yen, D W. Howell

From Data to Outcomes: Assessment activities at the NIST Research Library

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Barbara P. Silcox, P J. Deutsch

The Research Advisory Committee (RAC) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in its 2000 Annual Report to the NIST Director expressed...

The Effect of Anisotropic Surface Energy on the Rayleigh Instability

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Katharine F. Gurski, Geoffrey B. McFadden

We determine the linear stability of a rod or wire subject to capillary forces arising from an anisotropic surface energy. The rod is assumed to be smooth with...

Technometrics: Statistics for the Quality Control Chemistry Laboratory by Eamonn Mullins

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Adriana Hornikova

The NIST Pressure Measurements Division provides calibration service for pressure instruments that customers in turn use to calibrate other instruments. Often...

Databases for Computational Thermodynamics and Diffusion Modeling

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Ursula R. Kattner, J E. Morral, William J. Boettinger

tabases for computational thermodynamics and diffusion modeling can be applied to the prediction of phase diagrams and microstructural evolution. These can be...

Threading dislocations in Epitaxial InN Thin Films Grown on (0001) Sapphire With a GaN Buffer Layer

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

C J. Lu, Leonid A. Bendersky, H Lu, J Schaff

The density and types of dislocations in InN thin films grown on (0001) sapphire with a GaN buffer layer were characterized by transmission electron microscopy...

Photoelastic and Elastic Properties of the Fluorite Structure Materials, LiF, and Si

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Zachary H. Levine, John H. Burnett, Eric L. Shirley

We present computational results of the photoelastic and elastic properties of calcium fluoride, strontium fluoride, barium fluoride, lithium fluoride, and...

Enthalpy of Fusion of Indium: A Certified Reference Material for Differential Scanning Calorimetry

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Donald G. Archer, S Rudtsch

An adiabatic calorimeter was used to measure the enthalpy of fusion of a very pure sample of indium. The new value of the enthalpy of fusion was determined to...

Comment On 'General Principles for the Definition of the Base Units in the SI'

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Michael R. Moldover, Dean C. Ripple

Recently, Kose et al. proposed general principles that should guide any future discussions regarding the redefinition of the SI base units and they illustrated...

From Data to Outcomes: Assessment Activities at the NIST Research Library

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Barbara P. Silcox, P J. Deutsch

This is the third and final article in a series describing assessment activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Research Library...

Variability in Energy Factor Test Results for Residential Electric Water Heaters

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

William M. Healy, J D. Lutz, A B. Lekov

Recent modifications to the minimum energy efficiency requirements for residential water heaters have spurred an investigation into the variability in testing...

Development of an Optical Fiber-Based Moisture Sensor for Building Envelopes

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

William M. Healy, S Luo, M Evans, A Sucheta, Y Liu

Optical fiber-based moisture sensors have been developed to help detect moisture problems in building envelopes. The sensors are created with a coating on a...

Fluoride Release From a Resin Modified Glass Ionomer Cement in a Continuous Flow System: Effect of pH

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Clifton M. Carey, Monique Spencer, F Eichmiller

Fluoride is added to many dental restoratuive materials,including glass-ionomer cements, for the specific purpose of leaching fluoride into the surroinding...

Saturation Molalities and Standard Molar Enthalpies of Solution of Adenosine (cr), Guanosine. 2H₂O(cr), inosine(cr), and Xanthosine. 2H₂O(cr) in H₂(l)

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Yadu D. Tewari, R Klein, Mark D. Vaudin, Robert N. Goldberg

Saturation molalities m(sat) in H 2O(l) have been measured for the substances adenosine(cr), guanosine 2H 2O(cr), inosine(cr), and xanthosine 2H 2O(cr) over the...

Blubber Development in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

W D. Struntz, W A. McLellan, R M. Dillaman, J E. Blum, John R. Kucklick, D A. Pabst

Radiative Heat Flux Measurement Uncertainty

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Rodney A. Bryant, C A. Womeldorf, Erik L. Johnsson, Thomas J. Ohlemiller

As part of an effort to characterize the uncertainties associated with heat flux measurements in a fire environment, an uncertainty analysis example was...

Adaptive Characterization of Jitter Noise in Sampled High-Speed Signals

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Kevin J. Coakley, Chih-Ming Wang, Paul D. Hale, Tracy S. Clement

We estimate the root-mean-square (RMS) value of timing jitter noise in simulated signals similar to measured high-speed sampled signals. The simulated signals...

A Rapid Prototyping Technique for the Fabrication of Solvent-Resistant Structures

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

C Harrison, J Cabral, Christopher M. Stafford, Alamgir Karim, Eric J. Amis

We demonstrate a rapid prototyping technique for the fabrication of solvent-resistant channels up to and exceeding one millimeter in height. The fabrication of...

Droplet-String Deformation and Stability During Micro-Confined Shear Flow

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Jai A. Pathak, Kalman D. Migler

We have performed experiments on model emulsions of polyisobutylene (PIB) and poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) to quantify the effect of confinement on deformation...

Direct Observation of Spin Configurations and Classification of Switching Processes in Mesoscopic Ferromagnetic Rings

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

M Klaui, C Vaz, J Bland, T Monchesky, John Unguris, G R. SPELEEM, L J. Heyderman, Z Cui

Using non-intrusive imaging techniques we have directly observed the nanoscopic details of the magnetization configurations of epitaxial and polycrystalline...

Experimental Verification of Interactions Between Randomly Distributed Fine Magnetic Particles

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

S Taketomi, Robert D. Shull

We experimentally examined whether or not a magnetic fluid (MF) is really superparamagnetic by comparing the initial magnetic susceptibilities of the mother MFs...

Rapid Structural and Chemical Characterization of Ternary Phase Diagrams Using Synchrotron Radiation

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Eliot D. Specht, A Rar, George M. Pharr, E P. George, P Zschack, H Hong, J Ilavsky

The complete ternary Cr-Fe-Ni system is grown on A12O3(0001) substrates by sequential deposition of layers of graded thickness followed by annealing to...

Surface Oxidation Kinetics of SiC Powders in Wet and Dry Air Studied by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Bremsstrahlung-Excited Auger Electron Spectroscopy

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

T N. Wittberg, P S. Wang, Stephen M. Hsu

Silicon carbide powder samples were heated at temperatures between 600 C and 850 C in wet and dry air to investigate the effect of moisture on the oxidation...

Kinematics of the Sagittarius B2(N-LMH) Molecular Core

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

J M. Hollis, J A. Pedelty, D A. Boboltz, S Y. Liu, Lewis E. Snyder, Patrick Palmer, Francis J. Lovas, P R. Jewell

Ethyl cyanide (CH3CH2CN) emission and absorption have been imaged with the Very Large Array toward Sagittarius B2(N-LMH) by means of the 5(15)-4(14) rotational...

Nanocrystal Molecules and Chains

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

J F. Diaz, W Jaskolski, J Planelles, Javier Aizpurua, Garnett W. Bryant

The electron energy structure of linear artificial molecules and one-dimensional chains formed of spherical semiconductor nanocrystals is investigated with and...

Cluster-Assembled Materials Based on Na₆Pb

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

J Zhao, Rui-Hua Xie

In experimental mass spectra of lead-sodium mixed clusters, an exceptionally abundant and stable Na 6Pb cluster has been discovered. [C. H. Yeretzian et al...

Design and Performance of Capping Layers for Extreme-Ulatraviolet Multilayer Mirrors

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Sasa Bajt, H N. Chapman, Nhan Nguyen, J Alameda, J C. Robinson, M Malinowski, E Gullikson, Andrew Aquila, Charles Tarrio, Steven Grantham

Multilayer lifetime has emerged as one of the major issues for the commercialization of extreme-ultraviolet lithography (EUVL). We describe the performance of...

Diffusion-Controlled Electron-Transfer Reactions in Ionic Liquids

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

A Skrzypczak, Pedatsur Neta

The Reactions of Pyridinyl

Stoichiometric Preference in Copper-Promoted Oxidative DNA Damage by Ochratoxin A

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

R A. Manderville, W M. Calcutt, J Dai, G Park, I G. Gillman, R E. Noftle, A K. Mohammed, M. Dizdaroglu, H Rodriguez, S A. Akman

The ability of the fungal carcinogen, ochratoxin A (OTA, 1), to facilitate copper-promoted oxidative DNA damage has been assessed using supercoiled plasmid DNA...

A Double Negative (DNG) Composite Medium Composed of Magnetodielectric Spherical Particles Embedded in a Matrix

October 1, 2003

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, Edward Kuester, James R. Baker-Jarvis, Pavel Kabos

In this paper we study a composite medium consisting of insulating magneto-dielectric spherical particles embedded in a background matrix. using results from...

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