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Jeffrey W. Gilman, A B. Morgan, Richard H. Harris Jr., Paul C. Trulove, H DeLong, T E. Sutto
Nanocomposites result from the combination of materials with different properties at the nanometer scale. Some examples of these include: polymers combined with
A B. Morgan, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Richard H. Harris Jr., C L. Jackson, C A. Wilkie, J Zhu
Research in the area of condensed phase flame retardants for polymers usually builds upon existing technologies, such as metal hydroxides (alumina, magnesium
Jiann C. Yang, Anthony P. Hamins, Michelle K. Donnelly
A series of low-gravity experiments were conducted to investigate the combustion of supported thermoplastic polymer spheres under varying ambient conditions
Takashi Kashiwagi, William L. Grosshandler, Anthony P. Hamins, William M. Pitts, Cary Presser, Wing Tsang
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a federal agency within the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce. NIST's primary
William L. Grosshandler, R Charagundla, Anthony P. Hamins, Kevin B. McGrattan, Cary Presser
Because of its many positive attributes, halon 1301 or trifluorobromomethane (CF 3Br), has been used as a fire extinguishing agent in many applications
Geraldine S. Cheok, William C. Stone, Robert R. Lipman, Christoph J. Witzgall
Work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on laser radar imaging of a construction site is described. The objective of the NIST research
This Paper describes the NIST development of standards and procedures for the calibration of the Raman Spectral Intensity. The work is based on the NIST
H M. Berman, J Westbrook, Z. Feng, G L. Gilliland, Talapady N. Bhat, H Weissig, N Shindyalov, P E. Bourne
The Protein Data Bank (PDB) is the single worldwide repository of structural data of biological macromolecules. This paper describes the goals of the PDB, the
Gerald L. Vogel, Z Zhang, Clifton M. Carey, A K. Ly, Laurence C. Chow, H M. Proskin
Previous studies demonstrated that chewing of a 2.5% (mass fraction) α-tricalcium phosphate-fortified (a-TCP) experimental chewing gum released sufficient
As an emerging field, pervasive computing has not had the opportunity to develop a conceptual model similar to the OSI Reference Model used to describe computer
The electrodeposition of Cu-Al alloys, as well as underpotential deposition (UPD) of Al onto Cu(111), Cu(100) and Cu(110) faces, were investigated in the Lewis
A practical representation for the transport coefficients of pure refrigerants R32, R125, R134a, and R125 + R32 mixtures is presented which is valid in the
Craig I. Schlenoff, Peter O. Denno, Robert W. Ivester, Simon Szykman, Don E. Libes
The objective of this work described in this paper is to move closer to the ultimate goal of seamless system integration using the principle behind ontological
Y B. Yuan, X F. Qiang, Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger
A fast algorithm for assessing the Gaussian filtered mean line was deduced using the central limit theorem and an approximation method. This algorithm only uses
Numerous regulatory requirements, standards, and product characterization and quality control procedures important for industry, commerce, health, and safety
Matthew A. Davies, Jon R. Pratt, Brian S. Dutterer, Timothy J. Burns
Traditional regenerative stability theory predicts a set of spindle speeds with locally optimum stability at integer fractions of the natural frequency of the
Gerald V. Blessing, Steven E. Fick, Nelson N. Hsu, John A. Slotwinski
The Ultrasonics Standards Group in the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST) performs research
Aspects of molecular processes at surfaces due to sub-ps laser pulses of visible light are discussed here. Within the limits of the standard two-temperature
Walter G. McDonough, Joy P. Dunkers, Gale A. Holmes, Richard~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined Parnas
The objective of our research was to extend the use of the single fiber fragmentation test to include fast reacting resin systems and to determine the effect of