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Influence of Concentration and Additives on R123/Paraffinic Material Oil Boiling Heat Transfer Performance (NISTIR 7336)

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski, D H. Han

This paper investigates the effect that oil concentration had on the boiling performance of an R123/paraffinic mineral oil mixture on a roughened, horizontal...

Absorbed Dose to Water Calibration of Ionization Chambers in a ⁶⁰Co Gamma-Ray Beam

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Ronaldo Minniti, J Shobe, Stephen M. Seltzer, Huaiyu H. Chen-Mayer, S R. Domen

Absorbed-dose-to-water calibrations are important to the medical community to facilitate the accurate determination of doses delivered to tumors during external...

An Assessment of a Possible Bench-Scale Screening Protocol for Predicting Full-Scale Mattress Fire Behavior

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Thomas J. Ohlemiller

This report summarizes a study of the feasibility of developing a bench-scale protocol for possible use in CFR 1633 (open flame) compliance testing of...

Development of a Fluorescence Based Measurement Technique to Quantify Water Contaminants at Pipe Surfaces During Flow

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski

This paper provides a detailed account of the development of a fluorescence based measurement technique for measuring the mass of contaminant on solid surfaces...

Message Validation with a Semantic Reasoning Tools

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Peter O. Denno, Nenad Ivezic

This paper describes challenges encountered in the development of a tool to validate OASIS UBL-based (Universal Business Language) messages. The software tool...

Phase Transformations in the High Tc Superconducting Compounds, Ba2RCu3O6+ (R-Nd, Sm, Gd, Y, Ho, and Er)

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Lawrence P. Cook, H Su, Mark D. Vaudin, C. K. Chiang, D O. Welch, Edwin R. Fuller, Zhi Yang, Lawrence H. Bennett

Ambiguities in Powder Indexing: The Impact of a Quaternary Lattice Metric Singularity on the Characterization of Mawsonite and Chartkalite

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Alan D. Mighell

Guide to Integrating Forensic Techniques into Incident Response

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Timothy Grance, Suzanne Chevalier, Karen A. Scarfone, Hung Dang

This publication is intended to help organizations in investigating computer security incidents and troubleshooting some information technology (IT) operational...

Technical Digest, SOFM 2006: A NIST Symposium for Photonic and Fiber Measurements

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Paul A. Williams, Timothy J. Drapela

Fiber sensors, power-related metrology, spectroscopic and frequency metrology, dispersion metrology, last-mile measurement issues, specialty fibers, and systems...

Personal Identity Verification Demonstration Summary

August 31, 2006

Author(s)

Erika McCallister, Hildegard Ferraiolo

This paper provides a summary of the NIST Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Demonstration. The PIV Demonstration took place from May 15 to June 14, 2006...

Protecting Sensitive Information Processed and Stored in Information Technology (IT) Systems

August 30, 2006

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin explains the need for media sanitization, which is the process for removing confidential data from storage media, with reasonable assurance that...

Correlation Filters for Elastic-Distorted Live-Scan Fingerprint Recognition

August 15, 2006

Author(s)

D P. Casasent, Craig I. Watson

This is a summary of a multi-year study of the use of distortion-invariant filters for recognition of live-scan dab fingerprints with elastic distortions. These...

NIST Calibration Services for Water Flowmeters Water Flow Calibration Facility

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

Iosif I. Shinder, Iryna V. Marfenko

This document describes the Water Flow Calibration Facility (WFCF) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This facility has three...

Screening Candidates for 30 nm Spheres

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

Michelle K. Donnelly, Jiann C. Yang

This paper describes the preliminary screening process that was conducted to identify potential candidate particles to be used as the NIST Standard Reference...

Measurement of 100 nm and 60 nm Particle Standards by Differential Mobility Analysis

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

George W. Mulholland, Michelle K. Donnelly, Robert C. Hagwood, S R. Kukuck, Vincent A. Hackley, D Y. Pui

The peak particle size and expanded uncertainties (95 % confidence interval) for two new particle calibration standards are measured as 101.60 nm ? 1.02 nm and...

Papers From 1991-2006 Halon Options Technical Working Conferences (HOTWC)

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann, Star R. Burgess, Kathleen C. Whisner, Paul A. Reneke

As a result of the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the 1990 U.S. Clean Air Act, there began a movement toward phaseout of...

Analysis Catalog for Focus 3D Telemodeling Tool

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

Arthur Griesser

A high level view of the requirements for the Focus 3D Telemodeling tool is presented. The scope of the project is defined, users of the system are described...

Architecture of Focus 3D Telemodeling Tool

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

Arthur Griesser

A high level design of Focus 3D Telemodeling tool is presented. Infrastructure components are selected in the light of the functional and non functional...

Intercomparison of the LBIR Absolute Cryogenic Radiometers to the NIST Optical Power Measurement Standard

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

Adriaan C. Carter, James A. Fedchak, Raju V. Datla

The Low Background Infrared (LBIR) facility at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) presently maintains four absolute cryogenic radiometers...

Accomplishments in Nanotechnology

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

Michael T. Postek, Joseph Kopanski, David A. Wollman

Analysis of Standards for Lifecycle Management of Systems for US Army --- a preliminary investigation

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

Sudarsan Rachuri, Sebti Foufou, Sharon J. Kemmerer

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted an investigative study in collaboration with Army Materiel Command personnel to assess the...

Porosity and Specific Surface Area Measurements for Solid Materials

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

P Klobes, R G. Munro

PIV Data Model Test Guidelines

July 31, 2006

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Ketan Mehta, Pius A. Uzamere, Davie Simon, Nabil Ghadiali, Andrew P. Founds

In order to build the necessary PIV infrastructure to support common unified processes and government-wide use of identity credentials, NIST developed this test...

Intelligent Plane as a Mapping Mechanism for User Level Performance Optimization: A Case of Reliable Services over Unreliable Network

July 28, 2006

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

This paper proposes a framework for balancing competing user level requirements by resolving the corresponding trade-offs in a distributed system with limited...

NIST HANDBOOK 150-3, 2006 Edition: National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Bulk Asbestos Analysis

July 21, 2006

Author(s)

Hazel M. Richmond

NIST Handbook 150-3, NVLAP Bulk Asbestos Analysis, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP Bulk...

NIST HANDBOOK 150-6 2006 Edition National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program CARPET AND CARPET CUSHION

July 21, 2006

Author(s)

Lawrence I. Knab

NIST HANDBOOK 150-16 2006 Edition National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS TESTING

July 21, 2006

Author(s)

Lawrence I. Knab

NIST Handbook 150-16, NVLAP Commercial Products Testing, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP...

NIST HANDBOOK 150-9 2006 Edition National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program WOOD-BASED PRODUCTS

July 21, 2006

Author(s)

Lawrence I. Knab

NIST Handbook 150-9, NVLAP Wood-Based Products, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP Wood...

5th Annual PKI R&D Workshop "Making PKI Easy to Use" Proceedings

July 18, 2006

Author(s)

William Polk, Nelson Hastings, Kent Seamons

NIST hosted the fifth annual Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Research Workshop on April 4-6, 2006. The two and a half day event brought together PKI experts...

Semiconductor Microelectornics and Nanoelectronics Programs

July 5, 2006

Author(s)

Stephen Knight, Joaquin (. Martinez, Michele L. Buckley

The microelectronics industry supplies vital components to the electronics industry and to the U.S. economy, enabling rapid improvements in productivity and in...

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