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NIST Pubs

Secondary Ferrite Number Reference Materials: Gage Calibration and Assignment of Values

February 1, 2000

Author(s)

Christopher N. McCowan, Thomas A. Siewert, D P. Vigliotti, C M. Wang

Ferrite Numbers (FN) were assigned to blocks of stainless steel that serve as secondary ferrite reference materials (RM 8480 and 8481), and these specimens were...

Modeling Study of Ventilation in Manufactured Houses

February 1, 2000

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, S R. Martin

The HUD Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards (Part 3280, 1994) contain a number of requirements intended to provide adequate levels of outdoor...

Measurement and Simulation of the IAQ Impact of Particle Cleaners in a Single-Zone Building

February 1, 2000

Author(s)

Steven J. Emmerich, Steven J. Nabinger

This report describes the initial phase of an effort to evaluate the ability of multizone airflow and pollutant transport models to predict the impact of...

Building and Fire Research Laboratory Activities, Accomplishments, and Recognitions, 1999.

February 1, 2000

Author(s)

J E. Snell

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Building and Fire Research Laboratory (NIST/BFRL), one of NIST's measurements and standards laboratories...

Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory 1999 Technical Activities Report

February 1, 2000

Author(s)

Hratch G. Semerjian, W Koch

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

RF Material Characterization Using a Large-Diameter (76.8 mm) Coaxial Air Line

February 1, 2000

Author(s)

Chriss A. Jones, John H. Grosvenor Jr, Claude Weil

We report the development of a 76.84 mm (3.025 in) diameter coaxial air line system whose purpose is to measure the dielectric and magnetic properties of bulk...

The Process Specification Language (PSL) Overview and Version 1.0 Specification

February 1, 2000

Author(s)

Craig I. Schlenoff, Michael Gruninger, Florence Tissot, John Valois, Joshua Lubell, Jonathan W. Lee

In all types of communication, the ability to share information is often hindered because the meaning of information can be drastically affected by the context...

Digital Signature Standard (DSS)

January 27, 2000

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Elaine Barker

[Superseded by FIPS 186-3 (June 2009): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=902984] This standard specifies a suite of algorithms which...

A User's Guide for FAST: Engineering Tools for Estimating Fire Growth and Smoke Transport

January 3, 2000

Author(s)

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

FAST is a collection of fire modeling tools which uses the underlying fire model CFAST and adds the routines of FIREFORM to provide engineering calculations of...

Electricity Division Programs, Activities, and Accomplishments

January 2, 2000

Author(s)

B. F. Field

The Electricity Division maintains and disseminates the national standards of electrical measurement and develops the measurement methods and services needed to...

NIST Measurement Services: Error Analysis and Calibration Uncertainty of Capacitance Standards at NIST

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Yui-May Chang

This document presents the analysis of error sources that contribute to the total uncertainty of capacitance calibrations at the National Institute of Standards...