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A series of 72 experiments was conducted to compare the effects of beamed, sloped, and sloped beamed ceilings on the activation times of a quick response
NIST is conducting a study on the indoor air quality (IAQ) impacts and engineering solutions related to the transport of pollutants from attached garages to
In the last quarter of the 20th Century, building and fire research programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, formerly the National Bureau
We report the technical basis for value assignments of several carbon and oxygen stable isotope reference materials distributed by NIST and the International
Rodney A. Bryant, Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Erik L. Johnsson, Anthony P. Hamins, B S. Grove, William F. Guthrie, Alexander Maranghides, George W. Mulholland
The 3 Megawatt Heat Release Rate Facility was developed at NIST as a first step toward having broad capabilities for making quantitative large scale fire
The need to provide protection for federal information systems has been present since computers were first used. Including security early in the acquisition
Richard W. Bukowski, Richard D. Peacock, Jason D. Averill, Thomas G. Cleary, Nelson P. Bryner, Paul A. Reneke
This report presents the results of the project and provides details of the response of a range of residential smoke alarm technologies in a controlled
The solubility of oxygen in liquid pyridine is estimated using molecular dynamics to evaluate the chemical potential of the gas molecule in the liquid. The
Opposed-flow flame spread over the surface of a semi-infinite solid has been a subject of much investigation in the past. Several elegant analytical flame
S G. Penoncello, Eric Lemmon, R. T. Jacobsen, Z Shan
A formulation for the thermodynamic properties of trifluoromethane R-23) is presented. The equation is valid for single-phase and saturation states from the
Optical devices such as luminance meters and digital cameras used for light measurement often suffer from stray light corrupting the accurate measurement of
Several diffuse-reflectance measurement methods are provided to help characterize the reflection properties of electronic displays. The ambient contrast for any
J R. Maurey, Kathleen M. Flynn, Charles M. Guttman
The melt flow rate of Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1474a, a linear polyethylene (narrow MWD ethylene-hexene copolymer) resin, was determined to be 5.10 g
NIST hosted the first annual Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Research Workshop on April 24-25, 2002. The two-day event brought together PKI experts from
This ITL Bulletin summarizes NIST Special Publication 800-42, Guideline on Network Security Testing, by John Wack, Miles Tracy, and Murugiah Souppaya, which
Between the years 1979 and 2002 there were over 180 firefighter fatalities due to structural collapse, not including those firefighters lost in 2001 in the
To intelligently and effectively use the crystallographic databases, dierse mathematical and computer tools are required that can delve into the nature of a
This paper responds to comments received by the authors on the paper, Combined Result and Associated Uncertainty from Interlaboratory Evaluations Based on the
We have constructed a new facility at the National Institute of Standrds and Technology to measure the index of refraction of transmissive materials in the
A workshop, IEEE 1588 - Standard for a Precision Clock Synchronization Protocol for Networked Measurement and Control Systems was held at NIST. It is co
Charles M. Guttman, William R. Blair, B M. Fanconi, R J. Goldschmidt, William E. Wallace, S Wetzel, David L. VanderHart
The certification of a polystyrene standard reference material, SRM 2888, is described. The M w of SRM 2888 was determined by light scattering to be 7.19 x 10
Carl R. Schultesiz, Kathleen M. Flynn, Stefan D. Leigh
The certification of the rheological properties of Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2491, a non-Newtonian fluid consisting of polydimethylsiloxane, is