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NIST Pubs

Effect of Concentration on R134a/Al2O3 Nanolubricant Mixture Boiling on a Reentrant Cavity Surface with Extensive Measurement and Analysis Details

September 25, 2013

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski

This paper quantifies the influence of Al2O3 nanoparticles on the pool boiling performance of R134a/polyolester mixtures on a Turbo-BII-HP boiling surface...

Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Deployment Guide

September 18, 2013

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Scott W. Rose

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed computing system that enables access to Internet resources by user-friendly domain names rather than IP addresses...

Interlaboratory Analytical Comparison Study of Total Fatty Acid Concentrations in Human Serum: Results for Exercise 01: QA12FASER01

September 18, 2013

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, Carissa Powers, Rosemary Schleicher

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and NIHs Office of Dietary...

Applying the Hedonic Method

September 18, 2013

Author(s)

Stanley W. Gilbert

Often, advances in measurement science will enable the development of new product innovations. When trying to estimate the value of the benefits of an advance...

Best Practices Guide for High-Volume Fly Ash Concretes: Assuring Properties and Performance

September 18, 2013

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, Chiara F. Ferraris, Kenneth A. Snyder

A best practices guide is developed from a synthesis of recent research on high-volume fly ash (HVFA) concrete mixtures. These best practices can be applied by...

Exploratory Study of Airflow from SCBA Exposed to Elevated Temperatures

September 18, 2013

Author(s)

Michelle K. Donnelly, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Anthony D. Putorti Jr.

This exploratory set of experiments investigated the impact of external exposure temperatures on Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) supply air, and the...

Cryptographic Key Management Issues & Challenges in Cloud Services

September 18, 2013

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Michaela Iorga, Santosh Chokhani

To interact with various services in the cloud and to store the data generated/processed by those services, several security capabilities are required. Based on...

Conformance Test Architecture and Test Suite for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 NIEM XML Encoded Transactions

September 18, 2013

Author(s)

Fernando L. Podio, Dylan J. Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis

The latest version of the ANSI/NIST-ITL standard was published in November 2011 (AN-2011). In addition to specifying Record Types in traditional encoding, the...

Reference Correlation of the Viscosity of n-Hexane from the Triple Point to 600 K and up to 100 MPa

September 10, 2013

Author(s)

E.K. Michailidou, Marc J. Assael, Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins

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

Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors

September 4, 2013

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Hildegard Ferraiolo, David Cooper, Salvatore Francomacaro, Ketan Mehta, Annie W. Sokol

[Superseded by FIPS 201-3 (January 2022) https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=934136] This Standard specifies the architecture and technical...

High Pressure Release and Dispersion of Hydrogen in a Partially Enclosed Compartment : Effect of Natural and Forced Ventilation

September 2, 2013

Author(s)

Kuldeep R. Prasad, Thomas G. Cleary, Jiann C. Yang

The study of compressed hydrogen release from high-pressure storage systems has practical application for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. Such releases may...

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin:

September 1, 2013

Author(s)

Petrina C. Potts

Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Deployment Guide:

September 1, 2013

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Scott Rose

Energy Performance of the NIST Net Zero Energy Residential Test Facility relative to a Maryland Code-Compliant Design:

September 1, 2013

Author(s)

Joshua Kneifel

Benefits and Costs of Energy Standard Adoption in New Commercial Buildings : State-by-State Summaries:

September 1, 2013

Author(s)

Joshua Kneifel

Evaluation of Energy Consumption Rating Methods for Thermoelectric Wine Chillers and Compact Refrigerators:

September 1, 2013

Author(s)

David A. Yashar, Young-Jin Baik

Recommendations for Specifying Idealized Bust Surrogates for the Testing of Female Stab Resistant Armor:

September 1, 2013

Author(s)

Amanda L. Forster, Kirk D. Rice, Michael A. Riley, Aaron M. Forster

Cryptographic Key Management Issues and Challenges in Cloud Services:

September 1, 2013

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Michaela Iorga, Santosh Chokhani

Interlaboratory Analytical Comparison Study of Total Fatty Acid Concentrations in Human Serum: Results for Exercise 01: QA12FASER01:

September 1, 2013

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, Carissa D. Powers, Rosemary L. Schleicher

Fingerprint Scanner Affordances:

September 1, 2013

Author(s)

Michelle Steves, Brian Stanton, Mary Theofanos, Dana Chisnell, Hannah Wald

Electronic Authentication Guideline

August 29, 2013

Author(s)

William E. Burr, Donna F. Dodson, Elaine M. Newton, Ray A. Perlner, William T. Polk, Sarbari Gupta, Emad A. Nabbus

This recommendation provides technical guidelines for Federal agencies implementing electronic authentication and is not intended to constrain the development...

Characterization of Airborne Nanoparticle Released from Consumer Products

August 29, 2013

Author(s)

Li Piin Sung, Joannie W. Chin, Andrew K. Persily

This interim report summarizes research results to date under the FY2012 interagency agreement between CPSC and NIST to develop testing and measurement...

Smokeview (Version 6) - A Tool for Visualizing Fire Dynamics Simulation Data Volume II: Technical Reference Guide

August 28, 2013

Author(s)

Glenn P. Forney

Smokeview is a software tool designed to visualize numerical calculations generated by the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), a computational fluid dynamics (CFD)...

Smokeview (Version 6) - A Tool for Visualizing Fire Dynamics Simuliation Data - Volume I: User's Guide

August 28, 2013

Author(s)

Glenn P. Forney

Smokeview is a software tool designed to visualize numerical calculations generated by fire models such as the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), a computational...

Effects of Decomposition Levels and Quality Layers with JPEG 2000 Compression of 1000 ppi Fingerprint Images

August 27, 2013

Author(s)

John M. Libert, Shahram Orandi, Michael D. Garris, John D. Grantham

As part of NISTs investigative efforts to support development of the FBI Next Generation Identification (NGI) systems, this investigation evaluates effects on...

A Vision of Cyber-Physical Cloud Computing for Smart Networked Systems

August 26, 2013

Author(s)

Eric D. Simmon, Kyoung-sook Kim, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Ryong Lee, Frederic J. de Vaulx, Yohei Murakami, Koji Zettsu, Ram D. Sriram

A key aspect of the next generation Smart Networked System (SNS) is the bridge between the physical and virtual world. These systems that tightly interlink the...

The new kilogram definition and its implications for high-precision mass tolerance classes

August 26, 2013

Author(s)

Zeina J. Kubarych

The SI unit of mass, the kilogram, is the only remaining artifact definition in the seven fundamental quantities of the SI system. It will be redefined in terms...

Smokeview (Version 6) - A Tool for Visualizing Fire Dynamics Simulation Data Volume III: Verification Guide

August 26, 2013

Author(s)

Glenn P. Forney

Smokeview is a software tool designed to visualize numerical calculations generated by fire models such as the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), a computational...

Results from the NIST/NIH Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program: Five Years of Comparability Studies

August 24, 2013

Author(s)

Mary Bedner, Katrice Lippa, Susan Tai

Abstract too long to be posted. Attached as a pdf.

ITL Publishes Guidance on Preventing and Handling Malware Incidents

August 22, 2013

Author(s)

Elizabeth B. Lennon

This ITL Bulletin summarizes a new ITL publication, NIST Special Publication 800- 83 Revision 1,Guide to Malware Incident Prevention and Handling for Desktops...

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