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NIST Pubs

NDRL/NIST Solution Kinetics Database on the WEB

Author(s)
Robert E. Huie
A Solution Kinetics Database, jointly created byNIST and the Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory, hasbeen made available on the Internet in a format similarto that

NVLAP Partnerships With NIST Technical Units

Author(s)
Hazel M. Richmond, C D. Faison
This report provides NIST managers with an overview of the range and types of technical partnerships between Technology Services' National Laboratory

Large Fires: Kuwait (NIST SP 995)

Author(s)
Daniel M. Madrzykowski, D. D. Evans, G A. Haynes
A series of measurements were made in the Al Mawqa/Al Ahmadi oil field region of Kuwait to explore the feasibility of assessing the heat release rate of

Measurement of Large Scale Oil Spill Burns (NIST SP 995)

Author(s)
D D. Evans, William D. Walton, Howard R. Baum, James R. Lawson, Ronald G. Rehm, Richard H. Harris Jr., A Ghoniem, J Holland
Research has shown that burning can be an effective means to remove oil from the surface of the water. The combustion characteristics of crude oil have been

In-Situ Burning of Oil Spills: Mesoscale Experiments (NIST SP 995)

Author(s)
D. D. Evans, William D. Walton, Howard R. Baum, Kathy A. Notarianni, James R. Lawson, Hai C. Tang, K. R. Keydel, Ronald G. Rehm, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Richard H. Zile, H Koseki, E J. Tennyson
In 1991 a series of 14 mesoscale fire experiments were performed to measure the burning characteristics of crude oil on salt water. These oil burns in a pan

Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002 Performance Metrics

Author(s)
Patrick Grother, Ross J. Micheals, P. Jonathon Phillips
We present the methodology and recognition performance characteristics used in the Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002. We refine the notion of a biometric

Magnetic Thin Film Interlaboratory Comparison

Author(s)
Fabio C. da Silva, David P. Pappas, C. M. Wang
A potential low magnetic moment standard reference material (SRM) was studied in an interlaboratory comparison. The mean and the standard deviation of the

NIST Standard Reference Materials Catalog 2003

Author(s)
J W. Thomas
This catalog provides technical and general ordering information for the Standard Reference Materials [SRMs] and Reference Materials [RMs] currently available

Quantitative Synthetic Polymer Mass Spectrometry Workshop

Author(s)
William E. Wallace, Charles M. Guttman, S D. Hanton
Mass spectrometry is a rapidly evolving measurement technique for synthetic polymers. It holds the promise of providing not only absolute molecular mass

Uncertainties in Interpolated Spectral Data

Author(s)
J L. Gardner
Interpolation is often used to improve the accuracy of integrals over spectral data convolved with various response functions or power distributions. Formulae

Concepts for Automating Systems Integration

Author(s)
Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Allison Barnard Feeney, Peter O. Denno, David W. Flater, Donald E. Libes, Michelle P. Steves, Evan K. Wallace
The problem of software systems integration getting independently developed software components to communicate in order to support a business application has
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