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This document provides a description of the NIST s new hydrocarbon liquid flow calibration system (HLFS) operated by the National Institute of Standards and
This document describes NIST s 26 m3 pressure, volume, temperature, and time (PVTt) primary flow standard. This standard is used to calibrate gas flow meters
Vern E. Bean, Pedro I. Espina, John D. Wright, J F. Houser, Sherry D. Sheckels, Aaron N. Johnson
NIST provides calibration services for metal volume provers for liquid volumes from 4 L to 7600 L using gravimetric and volumetric methods. This document
John D. Wright, Jean-Phillipe Kayl, Aaron N. Johnson, Gina M. Kline
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This bulletin summarizes the information that was published in NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7621, Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals, by
Willie E. May, Richard R. Cavanagh, Dianne L. Poster, Michael D. Amos
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Stephen D. Quinn, David A. Waltermire, Christopher S. Johnson, Karen A. Scarfone, John F. Banghart
This document defines the technical specification for Version 1.0 of the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). SCAP consists of a suite of specifications
Steven J. Fenves, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Mahesh Mani, Albert T. Jones
Rigid supply-chain organizational structures are giving way to highly dynamic collaborative partnerships. These partnerships will develop rapidly by composing
Increasing demand for high quality multimedia services has been a driving factor in the technological evolution of high bandwidth wireless/mobile communications
Handbook 44 was first published in 1949, having been preceded by similar handbooks of various designations and in several forms. This 2010 edition was developed
Michal J. Chojnacky, W Wyatt Miller, Dean C. Ripple, Gregory F. Strouse
Each year, billions of dollars of vaccines are stored in refrigerators at the facilities of a variety of medical providers. Many vaccines must be maintained in
Raju V. Datla, Joseph P. Rice, Keith R. Lykke, Bettye C. Johnson, James J. Butler, Xiaoxiong Xiong
The pre-launch characterization and calibration of remote sensing instruments should be planned and carried out in conjunction with their design and development
Martin Misakian, Thomas L. Nelson, William E. Feero
A short primer is presented which describes the underlying physical theory of certain devices that reduce the current drawn from power distribution lines by
Patrick J. Grother, Elham Tabassi, George W. Quinn, Wayne J. Salamon
The IREX program supports the development of interoperable iris imagery for use in high performance biometric applications. The IREX evaluation, was conducted
Conrad E. Bock, XuanFang Zha, Hyo W. Suh, Jae H. Lee
This paper presents a product modeling language for collaborative design that has the benefits of ontology and expanded capabilities in conventional product
Firewalls are essential devices or programs that help organizations protect their networks and systems, and help home users protect their computers, from
1. Table 23-14-2-(33.35100)-d/Page d-8950: New table for benzothiophenes, C8 to C12, containing density for the condensed phase at one bar, or at equilibrium
REFLEAK simulates leak and recharge processes for refrigerant zeotropic mixtures, and estimates composition changes for vapor and liquid under either isothermal
Robert E. Chapman, David T. Butry, Allison L. Huang, Douglas S. Thomas
This report focuses on a critical analysis of the economic impacts of research conducted by BFRL s Service Life Prediction (SLP) Program for High-Performance
Andrew K. Persily, Heather Davis, Steven J. Emmerich, William S. Dols
Due to concerns about potential airborne chemical and biological releases in or near buildings, building owners and managers and other decision makers are faced
The SRM Spotlight is a newsletter published by the Measurement Services Division for users of NIST standard reference materials. The Spotlight announces new
This report concerns the theoretical and practical issues with automatically populating mobile devices with reference test data for use as reference materials
John L. Gross, Joseph Main, Long Phan, Fahim H. Sadek, Stephen A. Cauffman, David P. Jorgensen
This report summarizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) study of the collapse of the Dallas Cowboys indoor practice facility that
We examined the air flow distribution through a residential indoor air conditioning heat exchanger. The test heat exchanger was a finned tube, A-shaped coil
During the fabrication of niobium superconducting radio frequency (SRF) particle accelerator cavities procedures are used that chemically or mechanically remove
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