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Growth Model for Filamentary Streamers in an Ambient Field

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

H A. Fowler, J E. Devaney, John G. Hagedorn

We have simulated the fast streamer stage of liquid dielectric breakdown as stochastic growth of a branching fractal tree. Breakdown and threshold properties of

Application of GRID to Foreign Atom Localization in Single Crystals

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

A Karmann, W Wesch, B Weber, H G. Borner, M Jentschel

Randomness Testing of the Advanced Encryption Standard Finalist Candidates

April 1, 2000

Author(s)

Juan Soto, Lawrence E. Bassham

Mars, RC6, Rijndael, Serpent and Twofish were selected as finalists for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). To evaluate the finalists' suitability as random

Security Implementations of Active Content

March 30, 2000

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen, Athanasios T. Karygiannis

Active content documents offer several benefits to both the users of these documents and their authors. Java applets, JavaScript, and ActiveX provide more

Watt's Up, Doc? The NIST Watt Experiment and the Future of the Kg

March 21, 2000

Author(s)

J. Schwarz, Ruimin Liu, David B. Newell, Richard L. Steiner, Edwin R. Williams

The Nist Watt Balance is an interesting and beautiful experiment housed in the nonmagnetic building behind the reactor. The underlying physical principles of

The World's Smallest Shielded Room: Encasing a Single Electron Transistor in a Nano-Faraday Cage

March 21, 2000

Author(s)

William Huber, Neil M. Zimmerman, D Josell

Over the past decade, a class of devices has been developed based upon the phenomenon of single electron tunneling (SET). These devices exploit the quantized

Distortion-Tolerant Filter for Elastic-Distorted Fingerprint Matching

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson, Patrick J. Grother, D P. Casasent

This paper gives results for using distortion tolerant filters to improve performance of fingerprint correlation matching. Three types of distortion tolerant

Physics Laboratory Technical Activities 1999

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

K B. Gebbie

This report summarizes research projects, measurement method development, calibration and testing, and data evaluation activities that were carried out during

Noise-Optimized Silicon Radiometers

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

George P. Eppeldauer

Transimpedance-gain, loop-gain, and voltage-gain requirements of photodide short-circuit-current meters are summarized for ac and dc optical radiation

Molecular Dynamics Study of Tethered Chains

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Raymond D. Mountain, Joseph B. Hubbard, Curtis W. Meuse, V Simmons

The results of a series of molecular dynamics simulations of monolayer films formed by tethered, long chain molecules (octadecanthiol) are discussed. The

1998 Annual Report on the Implementation of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-119 and P.L. 104-113

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

P W. Cooke, B M. Meigs, Belinda L. Collins

OMB Circular A-119 requires NIST to report annually to OMB on Federal agency participation in voluntary standards activities. This report (covering the period

NIST Serial Holdings 2000

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Susan A. Sanders, S S. Edwards

This publication contains bibliographic information on approximately 5,000 titles held in the NIST Research Library, representing current and noncurrent

Towards Strategic Management of Standards Activities at NIST

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

K J. Leuteritz

This paper describes Strategic Standardization Management (SSM TM), its successful use by U.S. Companies, and the importance of the methodology for DOC-NIST and

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) 2000 Directory

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Vanda R. White

The NVLAP Directory is published annually and provides a listing of laboratories accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP)

Thermal Conductivity of Saturated Liquid Toluene by Use of Anodized Tantalum Hot Wires at High Temperatures

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Richard A. Perkins, M L. Ramires, Carlos A. Nieto de Castro

Absolute measurements of the thermal conductivity of a distilled and dried sample of toluene near saturation are reported. The transient hot-wire technique with

Technical Reference for CFAST: An Engineering Tool for Estimating Fire and Smoke Transport (NIST TN 1431)

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Walter W. Jones, Glenn P. Forney, Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke

CFAST is a zone model capable of predicting the environment in a multi-compartment structure subjected to a fire. It calculates the time evolving distribution

Influence of Polymer Melt Behavior on Flammability (NISTIR 6588)

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Kathryn M. Butler

As the initial step in a study of the role of polymer melt viscosity in polymer burning behavior, a simpler, non-burning configuration has been examined

Design and Testing of NFRad - A New Noise Measurement System

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Chriss A. Grosvenor, James P. Randa, Robert L. Billinger

The NIST Noise project has constructed and tested a new, automated, coaxial (GPC-7) radiometer for the measurement of noise sources in the 8-12 GHz frequency

Measurement of Calcium Activity in Oral Fluids by Ion Selective Electrode: Method Evaluation and Simplified Calculation of Ion Activity Products

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Clifton M. Carey, Gerald L. Vogel

The activity of calcium in plaque fluid is needed to calculate the saturation level of that fluid relative to the tooth mineral. One method to determine the

Preparation and Characterization of Polymer/Dendrimer Blends: Final Report, March 2000

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Eric J. Amis, Barry J. Bauer, A Topp, F Groehn, T J. Prosa, B D. Viers, Da-Wei Liu, K A. Barnes, C L. Jackson, G Nisato, Alamgir Karim, Jack F. Douglas

This report is a summary of the results of measurement and characterization on dendritically branched polymers that was done under Army Research Office Grant

Absolute Steady-State Thermal Conductivity Measurements by Use of a Transient Hot-Wire System

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

H M. Roder, Richard A. Perkins, Arno D. Laesecke, Carlos A. Nieto de Castro

A transient hot-wire apparatus was used to measure the thermal conductivity of argon with both steady-state and transient methods. The effects of wire diameter

Certification of the Relative Molecular Mass and the Intrinsic Viscosity of SRM 2886, a Polyethylene of Narrow Molecular Mass Distribution

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Kathleen M. Flynn, J R. Maurey, William R. Blair

The certification of a polyethylene standard reference material, SRM 2886, is described. The Mw of SRM 2886 by light scattering was determined to be 87.0x10+3 g

Radiative Calibration of Heat Flux Sensors at NIST: Facilities and Techniques

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

A V. Murthy, Benjamin K. Tsai, Robert D. Saunders

An overview of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) high temperature blackbodies, both in operation and in development, suitable for heat

Experimental Data for the Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity of Water and Steam

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Marc J. Assael, E Bekou, D Giakoumakis, Daniel G. Friend, M A. Killeen, J Millat, A Nagashima

As part of a joint project between the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam and the Subcommittee on Transport Properties of the

Electron-Impact Total Ionization Cross Sections of Molecular Ions

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

Yong Sik Kim, Karl Irikura, M A. Ali

The Binary-Encounter-Bethe (BEB) model for electron-impact total ionization cross sections of neutral molecules has been modified for molecular ions. The total

Evaluated Kinetic and Photochemical Data for Atmospheric Chemistry: Supplement VIII, Halogen Species - IUPAC Subcommittee on Gas Kinetic Data Evaluation for Atmospheric Chemistry

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

R Atkinson, D L. Baulch, R A. Cox, Robert F. Hampson, J A. Kerr, M J. Rossi, J Troe

This paper updates and extends part of the previous data base of critical evaluations of the kinetics and photochemistry of gas-phase chemical reaction of

Information-Based Manufacturing Program Summary and Accomplishments

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

David C. Stieren, Mark E. Luce

This report summarizes the Information-Based Manufacturing Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) by providing an overview of the

User's Manual for Lidar Target Simulator

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

J A. Worthey, Kathleen M. Higgins

This is the operator's manual for a target simulator for speed-measuring lidars, and for the computer program VS, which is a key part of the simulator. This is

NIST Handbook 150-21 National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Chemical Calibration Certifiers of Spectrophotometric NTRMs

February 26, 2000

Author(s)

Gary W. Kramer, John C. Travis, C D. Faison

Introduction to Evaluating Biometric Systems

February 21, 2000

Author(s)

P J. Phillips, Alvin F. Martin, Charles L. Wilson, Mark A. Przybocki

Biometric technology has the potential to provide secure access using user characteristics, biometric signatures, that cannot be lost, stolen, or easily

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