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NIST Pubs

A Guide to Documentary Standards

Author(s)
C R. DeVaux
The Guide is intended to provide information on the U.S. standards system, entities within that system, and different types of documentary standards. It...

Passenger Minivan Fire Tests. REPORT OF TEST FR 4012

Author(s)
D W. Stroup, Laurean A. DeLauter, James J. Lee, G Roadarmel
Two fire tests were conducted using a passenger minivan. The fire test scenarios were selected as part of a fire investigation being conducted by the U.S...

Suppression of Fires Exposed to an External Radiant Flux

Author(s)
Michelle K. Donnelly, William L. Grosshandler
When materials are burning in the presence of a continuous, external energy source, they are often more difficult to extinguish and may require an increase in...

Crystallographic Texture in Ceramics and Metals

Author(s)
Mark D. Vaudin
Preferred crystallographic orientation, or texture, occurs almost universally, both in natural and man-made systems. Many components and devices in electronic...

Special Issue - Crystallography at NIST/NBS

Author(s)
Alan D. Mighell, Winnie K. Wong-Ng
The Centennial Celebration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), formerly known as the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), takes place...

2001 ITL Technical Accomplishments

Author(s)
Elizabeth B. Lennon, M Helfer
This report presents the achievements and highlights of NIST¿s Information Technology Laboratory during FY2001. Following the Director¿s Foreword and the ITL...

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

Author(s)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Morris J. Dworkin, Elaine Barker, James R. Nechvatal, James Foti, Lawrence E. Bassham, E. Roback, James F. Dray Jr.
The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) specifies a FIPS-approved cryptographic algorithm that can be used to protect electronic data. The AES algorithm is a...

Computer Forensics Guidance

Author(s)
G E. Fisher
This ITL Bulletin describes two projects in the computer forensics arena and provides guidance on the use of the products developed from them. The first project...

Phase Equilibria and Crystallography of Ceramic Oxides

Author(s)
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Robert S. Roth, Terrell A. Vanderah, H F. McMurdie
Research in phase equilibria and crystallography has been a tradition in the Ceramics Division at NIST since the early thirties. In the early years, effort was...

Quasicrystals

Author(s)
John W. Cahn
The discretely diffracting aperiodic crystals termed quasicrystals, discovery at NBS in the early 1980s, have led to much interdisciplinary activity involving...
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