NIST Pubs

Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) for the Palla VM-KT Vibrating Cryomill: Production of Fresh Frozen Standard Reference and Control Materials (SRMs/CMs) at the NIST Reference Material Production Facilitytitle:

August 1, 2016

Author(s)

Amanda J. Moors, Rebecca S. Pugh, Jody R. Evans, Jennifer M. Ness, Debra L. Ellisor, Melannie J.. Bachman

Operation of the Millrock Quanta Series Freeze Dryer PC/PLC: Production of Freeze Dried Standard Reference and Control Materials (SRMs/CMs) at the NIST Reference Material Production Facility:

August 1, 2016

Author(s)

Amanda J. Moors, Rebecca S. Pugh, Paul R. Becker

A Comparative Analysis of NIST Charpy Machines and Internal Reference Materials:

August 1, 2016

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon, Raymond L. Santoyo

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin: August 2016:

August 1, 2016

Author(s)

Karen L. Hansen Lichtfuss

NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program Winter, Spring, and Fall 1988 Comparability Studies: Results for Round Robins XII, XIII, and XIV Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum:

August 1, 2016

Author(s)

Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Willie E. May

NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program Winter, Spring, and Fall 1989 Comparability Studies: Results for Round Robins XV, XVI, and XVII Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum:

August 1, 2016

Author(s)

Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Willie E. May, Neal E. Craft

User's Guide to Telework and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Security

July 29, 2016

Author(s)

Murugiah P. Souppaya, Karen Scarfone

Many people telework, and they use a variety of devices, such as desktop and laptop computers, smartphones, and tablets, to read and send email, access websites...

Guide to Enterprise Telework, Remote Access, and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Security

July 29, 2016

Author(s)

Murugiah P. Souppaya, Karen Scarfone

For many organizations, their employees, contractors, business partners, vendors, and/or others use enterprise telework or remote access technologies to perform...

Networks of 'Things'

July 28, 2016

Author(s)

Jeffrey M. Voas

System primitives allow formalisms, reasoning, simulations, and reliability and security risk-tradeoffs to be formulated and argued. In this work, five core...

NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program Summer 2015 Comparability Studies: Results for Round Robin LXXVIII Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum and Round Robin 43 Ascorbic Acid in Human Serum

July 28, 2016

Author(s)

Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer

The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure...

NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program Winter 2015 Comparability Studies: Results for Round Robin LXXVII Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum and Round Robin 42 Ascorbic Acid in Human Serum

July 28, 2016

Author(s)

Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer

The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure...

NIST Handbook 130: Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality (2016 Ed.)

July 27, 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 (2016 Ed.)

July 27, 2016

Author(s)

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

Handbook 44 was first printed in 1949, having been preceded by similar handbooks of various designations and in several forms. This 2016 edition was developed...

NIST Handbook 133: Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods (2016 Ed.)

July 27, 2016

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, David Sefcik, Lisa Warfield

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

Usability and Security Considerations for Public Safety Mobile Authentication

July 27, 2016

Author(s)

Yee-Yin Choong, Joshua M. Franklin, Kristen Greene

There is a need for cybersecurity capabilities and features to protect the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN). However, cybersecurity...

Thermal Exposure Sensor for Fire Fighters - full-Scale Performance Experiments

July 26, 2016

Author(s)

Nelson P. Bryner, Atul Deshmukh, John Casali, Jeff Lancaster, Roy A. McLane

During structural fire fighting suppression operations, fire fighters wear protective gear to insulate them from the high temperature environment including hot...

Thermal Exposure Sensor for Fire Fighters - Laboratory-Scale Performance Experiments

July 26, 2016

Author(s)

Nelson P. Bryner, Atul Deshmukh, John Casali, Jeff Lancaster, Roy A. McLane

During structural fire fighting operations, fire fighters wear protective gear to insulate them from high temperature environments, including hot combustion...

Predicting the Effects of Barrier Fabrics on Residential Upholstered Furniture Fire Hazard

July 26, 2016

Author(s)

Morgan Bruns

A probabilistic methodology is presented for estimating the building fire losses. This methodology is applied to the specific case of residential upholstered...

Effects of Wind Speed and Angle on Fire Spread along Privacy Fences

July 25, 2016

Author(s)

Erik L. Johnsson, Alexander Maranghides

A series of experiments was conducted to examine fire spread along fences subjected to wind at various speeds and angles. Specifically, sections of western...

Examination of Grain Moisture Meters Using Air-oven Reference Method Transfer Standards

July 25, 2016

Author(s)

Gloria D. Lee

State and local weights and measures jurisdictions or other testing laboratories that use transfer standards developed using the air-oven reference methods...

ThermoData Engine (TDE) Version 10.1 (Pure Compounds, Binary Mixtures, Ternary Mixtures, and Chemical Reactions): NIST Standard Reference Database 103b

July 14, 2016

Author(s)

Vladimir Diky, Chris D. Muzny, Alexander Y. Smolyanitsky, Ala Bazyleva, Robert D. Chirico, Joe W. Magee, Yauheni Paulechka, Andrei F. Kazakov, Scott A. Townsend, Eric W. Lemmon, Michael D. Frenkel, Kenneth G. Kroenlein

The ThermoData Engine is a software expert system implementing the concept of dynamic data evaluation for thermophysical and thermochemical properties of...

Method for Measuring the Volume of Nominally 100 um Diameter Spherical Water-in-Oil Emulsion Droplets

July 13, 2016

Author(s)

John A. Dagata, Natalia Farkas, John A. Kramar

This report describes an equivalent volume measurement method using optical microscopy for estimating the mean volume of nominally 100 um diameter spherical...

Improving Security and Software Management through the use of SWID Tags

July 13, 2016

Author(s)

David A. Waltermire, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte

This bulletin summarized the information presented in NISTIR 8060, "Guidelines for the Creation of Interoperable Software Identification (SWID) Tags". The...

Workshop on Lunar Calibration for Remote Sensing

July 11, 2016

Author(s)

Claire E. Cramer

Tracking climate variables at the levels of precision and accuracy required to detect global change requires satellite sensors to make highly consistent...