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The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), consistent with its mission, has a technology leadership role in support of United States Government
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The Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) fire model, which is developed and maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was used to
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The NIST Office of Weights and Measures requests comments on the draft procedure that was developed for inclusion in the NIST Handbook 133, "Checking the Net
Using uniaxial tensile and hardness testing, we evaluated the variability and anisotropy of the mechanical properties of an austenitic stainless steel, UNS
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