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NIST Pubs

Trapped Ions and Laser Cooling, VI

February 13, 2002

Author(s)

James C. Bergquist, John J. Bollinger, Wayne M. Itano, David J. Wineland

The NIST Electron Effective-Attenuation-Length Database

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

Cedric J. Powell, Aleksander Jablonski

The NIST Electron Effective-Attenuation-Length Database provides values of electron effective attenuation lengths (EALs) in solid elements and compounds at...

Lattice Symmetry and Identification--The Fundamental Role of Reduced Cells in Materials Characterization

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

Alan D. Mighell

In theory, physical crystals can be represented by idealized mathematical lattices. Under appropriate conditions, these representations can be used for a...

Data Analysis Methods for Synthetic Polymer Mass Spectrometry: Autocorrelation

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

William E. Wallace, Charles M. Guttman

Autocorrelation is shown to be useful in describing the periodic patterns found in high-resolution mass spectra of synthetic polymers. Examples of this...

Survey of FY 2001 Nanotechnology-Related Research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

Chad R. Snyder, J P. Looney, F A. Moris

This report catalogs the efforts of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in nanotechnology during FY 2001. The purpose of this report is to...

Towards Near Perfect Crystals With Only Well-Characterized Imperfections

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

H S. Peiser

Throughout the past century NBS/NIST supported a great variety of research studies in crystallography where the aim was the highest attainable accuracy in...

Certification of the Rheological Behavior of SRM 2490, Polyisobutylene Dissolved in 2,6,10,14-Tetramethylpentadecane

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

Carl R. Schultesiz, C. Leighton

The certification of the rheological properties of standard reference material SRM 2490, a non-Newtonian fluid consisting of polyisobutylene dissolved in 2,6,10...

Electron-Impact Total Ionization Cross Sections of Hydrocarbon Ions

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

Karl K. Irikura, Yong Sik Kim, M A. Ali

The Binary-Encounter-Bethe (BEB) model for electron-impact total ionization cross sections has been applied to CH 2 +, CH 3 +, CH 4 +, C 2H 2 +, C 2H 4 +, C 2H...

Intelligent Systems Annotated Bibliography and Survey, Part I. Systems with Intelligent Controllers

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

A Meystel

In Part I of this report, a place of Intelligent Control in the variety of systems is discussed. In many cases it amounts to transforming the system into an...

NIST Standard Reference Materials Catalog 2002

February 1, 2002

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...

Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory FY 2001

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

Hratch G. Semerjian, W Koch, Ellyn S. Beary

This report summarizes the research and services provided by the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and...

Model Checkers in Software Testing

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

Paul E. Black, P E. Ammann, W Ding

The primary focus of formal methods is static analysis of specifications and code, but there is also a long tradition of exploiting formal methods for testing...

The Validation of Fourier-Transform Microwave Spectroscopy for Trace-Gas Analysis

February 1, 2002

Author(s)

Pamela M. Chu, R D. Suenram, Angela R. Hight Walker, R S. DaBell, George C. Rhoderick, Gerald T. Fraser

There is strong interest by regulatory agencies and automobile manufacturers, motivated in large part by increasingly stringent emission standards, for...

Distributed Testing of a Device-Level Interface Specification for a Metrology System

January 31, 2002

Author(s)

Joseph Falco, John A. Horst, Hui-Min Huang, Thomas Kramer, Frederick M. Proctor, Keith A. Stouffer, Albert J. Wavering

A test suite for an key interface within a dimensional measuring system (coordinate measuring machine or CMM) is presented. The test suite consists of test...

Electricity Division Programs, Activities, and Accomplishments 2001

January 30, 2002

Author(s)

James K. Olthoff, Barry A. Bell

A review of the Technical Accomplishments in the Electricity Division.

Semiconductor Electronics Division Programs, Acitivites, and Accomplishments 2001

January 21, 2002

Author(s)

Erik M. Secula

This document represents the fiscal year 2000 production of the Projects comprising the Semiconductor Electronics Division (SED). Project goals, customer needs...

Cost Analysis of Fire Suppression Systems

January 2, 2002

Author(s)

J M. Bennett, M L. Kolleck

Prototype Software for Contaminant-Based Design

January 2, 2002

Author(s)

George Walton, Andrew K. Persily

Outdoor air intake rates of mechanical ventilation systems have traditionally been determined using prescriptive methods based on ventilation requirements per...

Electromagnetic Technology Division 2001 Technical Accomplishments

January 1, 2002

Author(s)

Sara E. Metz

The roughly forty staff and guest scientists in the Electromagnetic Technology Division take great pride in bringing you this brief report on recent progress in...