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NIST Handbook 150-8, NVLAP Acoustical Testing Services

November 19, 2018
Author(s)
Kari K. Harper
NIST Handbook 150-8 presents technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Acoustical Testing Services program. It is intended for information and use by

Characterization of a Dual Josephson Impedance Bridge

October 21, 2018
Author(s)
Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Blaise Jeanneret, Frederic Overney, Alain Rufenacht, Anna Fox, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz
This paper describes a dual Josephson impedance bridge capable of comparing any two impedances, that is, with any amplitude ratio and relative phase, over a wide range of frequency. A new, more compact, design has been achieved by mounting the two

Nondestructive shape process monitoring of three-dimensional high aspect ratio targets using through-focus scanning optical microscopy Optical Microscopy

September 27, 2018
Author(s)
Ravikiran Attota, Hyeonggon Kang, Keana C. Scott, Richard A. Allen, Andras Vladar, Bunday Benjamin
Low-cost, high-throughput and nondestructive metrology of truly three-dimensional (3-D) targets for process control/monitoring is a critically needed enabling technology for high-volume manufacturing (HVM) of nano/micro technologies in multi-disciplinary

Improving Measurement for Smokestack Emissions - Workshop Summary

September 21, 2018
Author(s)
Rodney A. Bryant, Aaron N. Johnson, John D. Wright, Tamae M. Wong, James R. Whetstone, Michael R. Moldover, Iosif I. Shinder, Scott Swiggard, Chris Gunning, David Elam, Tom Martz, Eric Harman, David Nuckols, Liang Zhang, Woong Kang, Salvator Vigil
The complex flow conditions inherent in power plant smokestacks make accurate flow measurements challenging, which in turn limits the accuracy of hazardous emissions measurements. While stack composition measurements are assessed daily via comparison to a

Spherical Test Objects for Hand-held Metal Detector Characterization

September 12, 2018
Author(s)
Nicholas G. Paulter Jr., Donald R. Larson, John A. Ely
Measuring the detection performance of metal detectors (hand-worn, hand-held, and walk-through models) is based on the observation of an alarm indication (light, sound, vibration) given by the metal detector when a threat or test object is present. These

Mechanical characterization of planar springs for compact radiation pressure power meters

September 7, 2018
Author(s)
Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse, Ivan Ryger, Paul A. Williams, Kyle A. Rogers, Daniel W. Rahn, Andrew J. Walowitz, John H. Lehman
Counter to conventional methods of measuring laser optical power, radiation pressure-based power meters operate by reflection rather than absorption. This provides an opportunity for in situ, non-destructive total beam power measurement. Compact radiation

Determining Carbon Fiber Composite Loading with Flip-Chip Measurements to 110 GHz

September 1, 2018
Author(s)
Nina P. Basta, Aaron Hagerstrom, Jasper A. Drisko, James Booth, Edward Garboczi, Christian Long, Nathan Orloff
— Electrical properties of materials are a necessary part of any circuit design. With emerging applications at millimeter- wave frequencies, there is a need to characterize new materials before they come to market. At frequencies below about 67 GHz, it is

Spatial Dimensions in Atomic Force Microscopy: Instruments, Effects, and Measurements

August 15, 2018
Author(s)
Ronald G. Dixson, Ndubuisi G. Orji, Ichiko Misumi, Gaoliang Dai
Atomic force microscopes (AFMs) are commonly and broadly regarded as being capable of three dimensional imaging. However, conventional AFMs suffer from both significant functional constraints and imaging artifacts that render them less than fully three

Waveform metrology: Signal measurements in a modulated world

August 3, 2018
Author(s)
Paul D. Hale, Dylan F. Williams, Andrew M. Dienstfrey
In this work, we review the \full waveform metrology" concept that we introduced at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Under this paradigm the full waveform and its functional representation is the target measurand. From the waveform

A Highly Linear Calibration Metric for TES X-ray Microcalorimeters

August 2, 2018
Author(s)
Christine G. Pappas, Joseph W. Fowler, Douglas A. Bennett, William B. Doriese, Young I. Joe, Kelsey M. Morgan, Galen C. O'Neil, Joel N. Ullom, Daniel S. Swetz
Transition-edge sensor X-ray microcalorimeters are usually calibrated empirically, as the most widely-used calibration metric, optimal filtered pulse height (OFPH), in general has an unknown dependance on photon energy, E γ. Because the calibration

A new realization of SI for organic chemical measurement: NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid)

July 30, 2018
Author(s)
Michael A. Nelson, Jason F. Waters, Blaza Toman, Brian E. Lang, Alexander R?ck, Kathrin Breitruck, Markus Obkircher, Anthony Windust, Katrice A. Lippa
Metrological traceability to common references supports the comparability of chemical measurement results produced by different analysts, at various times, and at separate places. Ideally, these references are realizations of base units of the

NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program: Spring and Fall 1986 Comparability Studies Results for Round Robins VII and VIII Fat Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum

July 27, 2018
Author(s)
Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Neal Craft, Fillmer Ruegg, Emil Schonberger, Robert Schaffer, Robert Paule
From 1984 to 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinated the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure fat soluble vitamins and carotenoids in human serum and plasma. This report

A reference high-pressure CO2 adsorption isotherm for ammonium ZSM-5 zeolite: results of an interlaboratory study

July 26, 2018
Author(s)
Huong Giang T. Nguyen, Laura Espinal, Roger D. van Zee, Matthias Thommes, Blaza Toman, Sterlin Hudson, Enzo Mangano, Stefano Brandani, Katie Cychosz, Pieter Bertier, Feng Yang, Bernhard Krooss, Rebecca Siegelman, Jeffrey Long, Yoko Nakada, Kazu Nakai, Armin Ebner, James Ritter, Aaron Moran, Orhan Talu, Yi Huang, Krista Walton, Pierre Billemont, Guy de Weireld
This paper reports the results of an international interlaboratory study led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on the measurement of high-pressure surface excess carbon dioxide adsorption isotherms on NIST Reference Material RM

Imaging Through Fire Using Narrow-Spectrum Illumination

July 23, 2018
Author(s)
Christopher M. Smith, Matthew Hoehler
This paper demonstrates a simple method to enhance visibility through clean-burning flames that allows new opportunities to perform optical metrology in fire research. The method combines narrow-spectrum, blue illumination and matched optical filters to

A radial calibration window for analytical ultracentrifugation

July 20, 2018
Author(s)
Thomas W. LeBrun, Peter Schuck, Wei Ren, Justine Yoon, Xianghui Dong, Nicole Y. Morgan, Jeffrey Fagan, Huaying Zhao
Analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) is a first-principles based method for studying particles in solution by monitoring the evolution of their radial concentration distribution as a function of time in the presence of a high centrifugal field. In
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