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The Validation of Fourier-Transform Microwave Spectroscopy for Trace-Gas Analysis of Multicomponent Gas Mixtures

January 1, 2001

Author(s)

R S. DaBell, Pamela M. Chu, Gerald T. Fraser, George C. Rhoderick, R D. Suenram

In this work, the first illustration of Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy (FTMW) as a tool for detection and quantification of multiple components in a...

A Surface Chemistry Study of Laser Ablated Plastics Used for Microfluidic Devices

January 1, 2001

Author(s)

D P. Pugmire, E A. Waddell, Michael J. Tarlov

Plastic substrates are being investigated for use in microfluidic devices because of their low cost, ease of fabrication, and wide range of materials properties...

New SWEAT Method for Fast, Accurate, and Stable Electromigration Testing on Wafer Level

December 31, 2000

Author(s)

Jochen von Hagen, G. Antonin, J. Fazekas, Linda M. Head, Harry A. Schafft

The Standard Wafer Level Electromigration Accelerated Test (SWEAT) is one of a few highly accelerated stress tests of metal line test structures that are used...

IEEE Catalog Number 00TH8515

December 31, 2000

Author(s)

Harry A. Schafft, Linda M. Head, J. A. Lechner, Jason Gill, Timothy D. Sullivan

The TREC-8 Question Answering Track Report

December 11, 2000

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees

The TREC-8 Question Answering track was the first large-scale evaluationof domain-independent question answering systems.This paper summarizes the results of...

Portable Graphics From Fortran With OpenGL

December 1, 2000

Author(s)

William F. Mitchell

This article describes how to use f90gl and OpenGL to portably produce graphics from Fortran.

Embedded Decoupling Capacitance Materials Characterization

December 1, 2000

Author(s)

Jan Obrzut

The dielectric constant of the embedded capacitance materials was measured in the frequency range from 100 Hz to 5 GHz. The testing included evaluation of the...

Video Based Metrologly

December 1, 2000

Author(s)

Theodore D. Doiron, Tsai H. Hong, John R. Stoup, Marilyn N. Abrams

Video cameras are increasingly used to make dimensional measurements. Many of these systems use interpolation of the pixel data, with some systems claiming to...

NIST/SEMATECH Collaboration: Application of Nano-Tips to Production CD-SEMs

November 15, 2000

Author(s)

Andras Vladar, Michael T. Postek

This work documents the first part of a two-part study about the application of nano-tips to critical dimension (CD) scanning electron microscopes used in...

Development of NIST Standard Bullets and Casings Status Report, National Institute of Justice Report 603 00

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger

To enable nationwide and worldwide ballistics measurement traceability and unification, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed...

Linewidth Intercomparison on a Polysilicon Sample

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

John S. Villarrubia, Andras Vladar, Michael T. Postek, Ronald G. Dixson

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Development of NIST Standard Bullets and Casings Status Report

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger, Alim A. Fatah

In April 1998, two prototype standard bullets were developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In October 1999, prototype standard...

Overview of the TREC-8 Web Track

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

D Hawking, Ellen M. Voorhees, Nick Craswell, Peter Bailey

The TREC-8 Web Track defined ad hoc retrieval tasks over a 100 gigabyte collection of spidered Web documents (Large Web Task) and a selected 2 gigabyte subset...

TREC-8 Interactive Track Report

October 23, 2000

Author(s)

William Hersh, Paul D. Over

This report is an introduction to the work of the TREC-8 Interactive Track with its goal of investigating interactive information retrieval by examining the...

In-Flight Measurement of Thermal Spray Particle Temperatures Using Two-Color Optical Pyrometry

October 11, 2000

Author(s)

Frank S. Biancaniello, Steven P. Mates, Stephen D. Ridder, D Basak, D W. Bonnell, Jon C. Geist

Thermal spray is a materials processing technique used to deposit coatings to provide improved wear, corrosion, and/or thermal protection for engineering...

Continuous Wave Laser Radiometry Project

October 1, 2000

Author(s)

Daryl Myers, Christopher L. Cromer

The objective of the Continuous Wave (CW) Laser Radiometry project is to develop measurement methods and standards for characterizing laser sources and...

Rotating-Wheel Braille Display Provides Low-Cost Accessibility to Electronic Books

September 5, 2000

Author(s)

John W. Roberts, V R. McCrary

We have developed a new technology to reduce the cost of Braille-based information accessibility. Millions of blind and visually impaired people in the US (and...

National Institute of Justice Standard for Hand-Held Metal Detectors for Use in Concealed Weapon and Contraband Detection

September 1, 2000

Author(s)

Nicholas G. Paulter Jr.

This document, NIJ Standard-0602.01, Hand-Held Metal Detectors for Use in Concealed Weapon and Contraband Detection, is an equipment standard developed by the...

National Institute of Justice Standard for Walk-through Metal Detectors for Use in Concealed Weapon and Contraband Detection

September 1, 2000

Author(s)

Nicholas G. Paulter Jr.

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) standard for walk-through metal detectors for use in concealed weapon detection was written in 1974. The NIJ standard...

Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor

September 1, 2000

Author(s)

Kirk D. Rice

The purpose of this standard is to establish minimum performance requirements and methods of test for the stab resistance of personal body armor intended to...

Ballistic Resistance of Personal Body Armor

September 1, 2000

Author(s)

Kathleen M. Higgins, C K. Lord

The purpose of this standard is to establish minimum performance requirements and test methods for the ballistic resistance of personal body armor intended to...

XML Technologies

September 1, 2000

Author(s)

Mary C. Brady, Carmelo Montanez-Rivera, Richard M. Rivello, Lisa J. Carnahan

An Internet language called the Extensible Markup Language (XML) is rapidly becoming one of the most popular languages in the world. XML is being incorporated...

Computer Development at the National Bureau of Standards

September 1, 2000

Author(s)

Russell A. Kirsch

The first fully operational, automatic, electronic computer in the United States was built at the National Bureau of Standards. The Standards Electronic...

Electron-Impact Ionization Cross Section Database (Version 2.0)

September 1, 2000

Author(s)

Yong-Ki Kim, Karl Irikura, M E. Rudd, D Zucker, M A. Zucker, J S. Coursey, Karen J. Olsen, G G. Wiersma

This is a database primarily of total ionization cross sections of molecules by electron impact. The database also includes cross sections for a small number of...

Guide to Test Methods, Performance Requirements, and Installation Practices for Electronic Sirens Used on Law Enforcement Vehicles

August 1, 2000

Author(s)

Randall P. Wagner

Sirens are devices that produce warning sounds. Siren sounds are intended to help alert the public that an emergency vehicle (e.g., police car, ambulance, fire...

Guide for the Selection of Drug Detectors for Law Enforcement Applications

August 1, 2000

Author(s)

Alim A. Fatah

This document surveys the field of contraband drug detection, with emphasis on different types of drug detection methods available and current commercial...

CIO Cyber Security Notes

July 19, 2000

Author(s)

J E. Frye

The CIO Cyber Security Notes will be published six times a year and distributed to the senior-level CIOs and senior-level executives within the Federal...

Color Test Reagents/Kits for Preliminary Identification of Drugs of Abuse

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

Alim A. Fatah

The objective of this standard is to establish minimum requirements for color test reagent/kits to detect drugs. It is applicable to field testing kits that...

Zoltan: Data-Management Services For Parallel Applications; User's Guide

June 30, 2000

Author(s)

K Devine, B Hendrickson, E Boman, M St. John, C Vaughan, William F. Mitchell

The Zoltan Dynamic Load-Balancing Library provides critical capability to a number of parallel applications. Zoltan includes a suite of algorithms for...

Zoltan: Data-Management Services For Parallel Applications Developer's Guide

June 30, 2000

Author(s)

K Devine, B Hendrickson, E Boman, M St. John, C Vaughan, William F. Mitchell

The Zoltan Dynamic Load-Balancing Library provides critical capability to a number of parallel applications. Zoltan includes a suite of algorithms for...

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