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Reference Correlation of the Viscosity of Toluene from the Triple Point to 675 K and up to 500 MPa

August 6, 2015

Author(s)

S. Avgeri, Marc J. Assael, Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins

This paper contains new, representative reference equations for the viscosity of toluene. The equations are based in part upon a body of experimental data that

Results of barrier fabrics tested in an inverted configuration

August 5, 2015

Author(s)

Rick D. Davis, Shonali Nazare, Szabolcs Matko, William M. Pitts, Mauro Zammarano

The document will be used to facilitate discussions between California Bureau of Electronics and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation

SHA-3 Standard: Permutation-Based Hash and Extendable-Output Functions

August 4, 2015

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Morris J. Dworkin

This Standard specifies the Secure Hash Algorithm-3 (SHA-3) family of functions on binary data. Each of the SHA-3 functions is based on an instance of the

Secure Hash Standard

August 4, 2015

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Quynh Dang

This standard specifies hash algorithms that can be used to generate digests of messages. The digests are used to detect whether messages have been changed

Protocols for Accelerating Laboratory Weathering and Measurements of Degradation of Polymer-Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Composites

August 3, 2015

Author(s)

Li Piin Sung, Tinh Nguyen

Polymer nanocomposites containing multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are increasingly or potentially will be used in many large-volume industries. These

Community Resilience Workshop February 18-19, 2015:

August 1, 2015

Author(s)

David R. Mizzen

Community Resilience Workshop: Release of Draft Community Resilience Planning Guide for Public Comment April 27, 2015:

August 1, 2015

Author(s)

David R. Mizzen

Re-Certification of SRM 2492: Bingham Paste Mixture for Rheological Measurements:

August 1, 2015

Author(s)

Alex Olivas, Chiara F Ferraris, William F Guthrie, Blaza Toman

Protocols for Accelerating Laboratory Weathering and Measurements of Degradation of Polymer-Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Composites:

August 1, 2015

Author(s)

Li Piin Sung, Tinh Nguyen

Investigation of PMU Response to Leap Second: 2015:

August 1, 2015

Author(s)

Allen Goldstein, Dhananjay Anand, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud

Guidelines for the Authorization of Personal Identity Verification Card Issuers (PCI) and Derived PIV Credential Issuers (DPCI)

July 30, 2015

Author(s)

Hildegard Ferraiolo, Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Nabil Ghadiali, Jason Mohler, Scott Shorter

The purpose of this Special Publication is to provide appropriate and useful guidelines for assessing the reliability of issuers of Personal Identity

Simulated Sinewave Testing of DataAcquisition Systems using SineFitting and Discrete Fourier Transform Methods Part 1: Frequency Offset, Random, Quantization, and Jitter Noise

July 30, 2015

Author(s)

Jon C. Geist, Muhammad Y. Afridi

This report studies the effect of frequency offset, quantization error, random additive noise, and random phase jitter on the results of sine fitting and

Stable explicit time marching in well-posed or ill-posed nonlinear parabolic equations.

July 27, 2015

Author(s)

Alfred S. Carasso

This paper analyzes an effective technique for stabilizing pure explicit time differencing in the numerical computation of multidimensional nonlinear parabolic

Systematic Measurement of Marginal Mark Types on Voting Ballots

July 24, 2015

Author(s)

Andrea V. Bajcsy, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Mary C. Brady

The presence of marginal marks on voting ballots is a ubiquitous problem in voting systems and it is a common source of dispute during federal and state-level

Development of an Ultra-Pure, Carrier-Free 209Po Solution Standard

July 23, 2015

Author(s)

Ronald Colle, Ryan P. Fitzgerald, Lizbeth Laureano-Perez

Ultra-pure, carrier-free 209Po solution standards have been prepared and standardized for their massic alpha-particle emission rate. The standards, which will

Improved Security and Mobility Through Updated Interfaces for PIV Cards

July 21, 2015

Author(s)

Hildegard Ferraiolo, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST SP 800-73-4: Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification and NIST SP 800-78-4: Cryptographic

Proceedings of the Workshop on the Determination of the Fundamental Constants

July 17, 2015

Author(s)

Donald R. Burgess Jr.

In this editorial, we will provide a brief synopsis of the proceedings of the 2015 Workshop on the Determination of the Fundamental Constants, a broad overview

Indoor Environmental Resilience: White Paper

July 16, 2015

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, Steven J. Emmerich

NIST is developing a framework to define programs and strategies to increase community-based resilience in the face of a broad range of natural disasters and

A simple and fast spline filtering algorithm for surface metrology

July 14, 2015

Author(s)

Hao H. Zhang, Daniel B. Ott, Jun-Feng Song, D Ott, Wei Chu

The spline filters and the corresponding robust filters are commonly used filters recommended in ISO standards for surface evaluation. Generally, these linear

Interference and Coexistence of Wireless Systems in Critical Infrastructure

July 7, 2015

Author(s)

Galen H. Koepke, William F. Young, John M. Ladbury, Jason B. Coder

We examine interference and coexistence testing issues, test methods, and the need to update and develop new test methodologies related to the use of wireless