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NIST Pubs

Certification of New Standard Reference Material 2806b Medium Test Dust in Hydraulic Oil

December 19, 2016

Author(s)

Robert A. Fletcher, Nicholas W. Ritchie, David S. Bright, James J. Filliben, William F. Guthrie

A new material has been certified to become Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2806b - Medium Test Dust in Hydraulic Fluid. SRM 2806b consists of a trace...

NIST Report based on the University of Michigan Final Grant Report (70NANB14H316)

December 16, 2016

Author(s)

Richard Candell, Nader Moayeri

The report does not have an abstract, but the following is the Introduction: The pervasive application of wireless communications is well known. One such...

Guía Estadounidense para el Cumplimiento de Requerimientos para Mobiliario

December 16, 2016

Author(s)

Karen Reczek

Network Charter: Manufacturing USA

December 15, 2016

Author(s)

Michael F. Molnar

Under the authority of the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014, the Secretary of Commerce shall establish the Network for Manufacturing...

REFLEAK: NIST Leak/Recharge Simulation Model for Refrigerant Blends, Version 5.0

December 14, 2016

Author(s)

Piotr A. Domanski, J S. Brown

As alternatives to refrigerants with a high global warming potential, blends of two or more refrigerants are being utilized as working fluids in heat-pumping...

NIST Handbook 105-4: Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field Standard Weights and Measures, Specifications and Tolerances for Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Anhydrous Ammonia Liquid Volumetric Provers (2016 Ed.)

December 13, 2016

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris, Val R. Miller

These specifications and tolerances are recommended as minimum requirements for standards used by state and local weights and measures officials and others in...

Guide Brief 5: Assessing Energy System Dependencies

December 13, 2016

Author(s)

Community Resilience Program NIST

A major aspect of characterizing the built environment is identifying key infrastructure dependencies that may exist. Some of these dependencies are obvious...

Guide Brief 6: How Communities Can Work with Communication Service Providers to Understand Communication Systems

December 13, 2016

Author(s)

Community Resilience Program NIST

This Guide Brief focuses on assisting communities with Step 2, Understand the Situation, with respect to communication systems. When characterizing...

Rheological Measurement of Suspensions Without Slippage: Experimental and Model

December 13, 2016

Author(s)

Alex Olivas, Michelle A. Helsel, Nicos Martys, Chiara C. Ferraris, William L. George, Raissa Ferron

The conclusion of international studies was that the optimal approach to calibrate concrete rheometers would be to develop a non-Newtonian standard reference...

Measurement Science Roadmap for Polymer-Based Additive Manufacturing

December 12, 2016

Author(s)

Kalman D. Migler, Richard E. Ricker

Recommendation: Closed Circuit Television(CCTV) Digital Video Export Profile - Level 0

December 12, 2016

Author(s)

Michael Garris, Mary T. Laamanen, Craig S. Russell, Lawrence D. Nadel

This document is a recommendation prescribing a data interchange format for the syntactic representation of information needed to achieve a base "Level 0" of...

National Checklist Program for IT Products: Guidelines for Checklist Users and Developers

December 8, 2016

Author(s)

Stephen Quinn, Murugiah Souppaya, Melanie R. Cook, Karen Scarfone

A security configuration checklist is a document that contains instructions or procedures for configuring an information technology (IT) product to an...

Fabrication Process for an Optomechanical Transducer Platform with Integrated Actuation

December 8, 2016

Author(s)

Thomas Michels, Ivo Rangelow, Vladimir Aksyuk

This article reports a process for batch fabrication of a fiber pigtailed optomechanical transducer platform with overhanging cantilevers. The process combines...

Guide to Securing Apple OS X 10.10 Systems for IT Professionals: A NIST Security Configuration Checklist

December 8, 2016

Author(s)

Mark L. Badger, Murugiah Souppaya, Mark R. Trapnell, Eric R. Trapnell, Dylan J. Yaga, Karen Scarfone

This publication assists IT professionals in securing Apple OS X 10.10 desktop and laptop systems within various environments. It provides detailed information...

Usability Testing of a Contactless Fingerprint Device: Part 2

December 7, 2016

Author(s)

Brian C. Stanton, Mary F. Theofanos, Susanne M. Furman, Patrick J. Grother

Usability Testing of a Contactless Fingerprint Device: Part 1

December 7, 2016

Author(s)

Brian C. Stanton, Mary F. Theofanos, Susanne M. Furman, John M. Libert, Shahram Orandi, John D. Grantham

The use of biometrics to identify individuals has become an important component of efforts to ensure U.S. national security, and has also grown rapidly...

NIST Handbook 133: Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods (2017 Ed.)

December 6, 2016

Author(s)

Lisa Warfield, David Sefcik, Linda D. Crown

This handbook has been prepared as a procedural guide for the compliance testing of net contents statements on packaged goods. Compliance testing of packaged...

NIST Handbook 130: Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality (2017 Ed.)

December 6, 2016

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, David Sefcik, Lisa Warfield

This handbook compiles uniform laws and regulations developed by the Committee on Laws and Regulations of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM)...

NIST Handbook 44: Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices (2017 Ed.)

December 6, 2016

Author(s)

Tina Butcher, Linda D. Crown, Richard A. Harshman

Handbook 44 was first published in 1949, having been preceded by similar handbooks of various designations and in several forms. This 2017 edition was developed...

Architecture for Software-assisted Quantity Calculus

December 2, 2016

Author(s)

David W. Flater

A quantity value, such as 5 kg, consists of a number and a reference (often an International System of Units (SI)unit) that together express the magnitude of a...