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NIST Pubs

Summary and Recommendations (NIST SP 861)

Author(s)
William L. Grosshandler, Richard G. Gann, William M. Pitts
The main objective of this research program was to provide guidance to the sponsors on which materials to evaluate in the full-scale fire suppression test plan...

Introduction (NIST SP 861)

Author(s)
William L. Grosshandler, Richard G. Gann, William M. Pitts
The Montreal Protocol of 1987 identified halon 1301 (CF3Br) as one of a number of halogenated chemicals that were sufficiently deleterious to stratospheric...

Executive Summary (NIST SP 861)

Author(s)
William L. Grosshandler, Richard G. Gann, William M. Pitts
Bromotrifluoromethane (halon 1301 or CF3Br) has been the fire-fighting agent of choice for decades to protect inaccessible spaces aboard aircraft in flight...

Fluid Dynamics of Agent Discharge (NIST SP 861)

Author(s)
William M. Pitts, Jiann C. Yang, G. Gmurczyk, Leonard Y. Cooper, William L. Grosshandler, W G. Cleveland, Cary Presser
The extinguishment of a fire using gaseous agents is a very complicated process which is not completely understood. Current fire-fighting agents such as halon...

Flame Suppression Effectiveness (NIST SP 861)

Author(s)
Anthony P. Hamins, G. Gmurczyk, William L. Grosshandler, R. G. Rehwoldt, I Vazquez, Thomas G. Cleary, Cary Presser, K Seshadri
A flame will be extinguished when the time required for the chain reaction which sustains combustion exceeds the time it takes to replenish the necessary heat...

Design Engineering Research at NIST

Author(s)
Kevin W. Lyons, Peter Brown
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established an Engineering Design laboratory (EDL) to assist in determining the best practices and...

Escrowed Encryption Standard

Author(s)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Miles E. Smid
[Withdrawn October 19, 2015] This standard specifies an encryption/decryption algorithm and a Law Enforcement Access Field (LEAF) creation method which may be...
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