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John McGuire, David Sefcik, Loren Minnich, Isabel Baucom, Katrice Lippa
This handbook has been prepared as a procedural guide for the compliance testing of net content statements on packaged goods. Compliance testing of packaged goods is the determination of the conformance results of packaging, distribution, and sale of
NIST Handbook 44 includes specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for weighing and measuring devices. These requirements are intended to encourage the design, installation, testing, and use of weighing and measuring devices that
Vytas Reipa, Vincent Hackley, Alessandro Tona, Min Beom Heo, Ye Ryeong Lee, Tae Geol Lee, Aaron Johnston-Peck, Tae Joon Cho
Safety screening of manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) is essential for their adoption by consumers and the marketplace. Lately, animal-based testing is replaced by mechanistically informative in vitro assays due to requirements of regulatory agencies. Cell
Prem Rachakonda, Abhilash Mane, Craig I. Schlenoff, Kamel S. Saidi
Evaluating perception sensor systems for on-road autonomous vehicles is still fraught with ambiguity due to the varying and dynamic environmental factors that these vehicles encounter. The critical safety of on-road AV operations is heavily dependent on
David L. Duewer, Christina Cecelski, Michael Nelson
This document is a detailed reference manual for the 1-September-2024 version of the CCQM_Retrospectoscope system. The CCQM_Retrospectoscope combines a nominally complete database of results from Consultative Committee for the Amount of Substance
This report describes a feasibility study on realizing interoperability of the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) with third-party data acquisition systems, focusing on cartridge case data. NIBIN is the only national network in the
We present an optical scheme to simultaneously characterize the cross-axis and rotational parasitic motions of a long-stroke shaker. By leveraging the geometric properties of a corner cube retroreflector mounted on the shaker load table, we independently
This work presents a fundamental equation of state for calculations of the thermodynamic properties of R-1132(E), which is a potential refrigerant for residential or mobile air-conditioners. The equation of state has a functional form expressed explicitly
Nicholas Jungwirth, Bryan Bosworth, Meagan Papac, Aaron Hagerstrom, Eric Marksz, Jerome Cheron, Angela Stelson, Florian Bergmann, Ari Feldman, Dylan Williams, Christian Long, Nathan Orloff
We developed an interconnect characterization procedure that first embeds the interconnect into the error boxes of a multiline thru-reflect-line calibration and subsequently de-embeds the interconnect with a multi-tiered calibration. We experimentally
Many organizations describe their processes as consensus-driven, but there is no consensus on the definition of consensus. Qualitative definitions of consensus prioritize social phenomena like "unity" that are not necessarily measurable. Quantitative
Colleen Bryan Sallee, Therese Butler, Jenna Klingsick, John Molloy, James Yen
Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1641f Mercury in Water is intended for the calibration of instruments and techniques used for the determination of mercury in natural waters. It is designed for the preparation of calibration solutions and for use as a
The National Institute of Standards and Technology performs calibrations of spectral reflectance measurements in the ultraviolet (UV) to short-wave infrared (SWIR) spectral regions using the Robotic Optical Scattering Instrument (ROSI) and its associated
We present on a novel gain extrapolation antenna range, the Compact Homodyne Extrapolation System (CHEXS), that can achieve absolute antenna gain measurements with uncertainties of 0.1 dB or better with as few at 10 data points and is significantly more
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has offered remote time and frequency calibration services since the late 1980s. At that time, the Services Group was calibrating frequency references at a customer's site using terrestrial radio
In this paper we describe an enhanced three-antenna gain extrapolation technique that allows one to determine antenna gain with significantly fewer data points and at closer distances than with the well-established traditional three-antenna gain
Jacob Edmond Ricker, Kevin Douglass, Jay H. Hendricks, Sarah White
NIST has tested a prototype portable quantum traceable pressure standard for the calibration of pressure gauges. The low-pressure limit of this device was extended by making some minor upgrades. The performance over the range of 0.01 Pa to 400000 Pa was
Knowing material behavior is crucial to successful design, especially given the growing number of next-generation energy, defense, and manufacturing systems operating in extreme environments. Specific applications for materials in extreme environments
Jerome Cheron, Robert Jones, Bryan Bosworth, Jeffrey Jargon, Benjamin Jamroz, Ari Feldman
We report accurate small-signal measurements of heterojunction-bipolar-transistors (HBTs) that are characterized with two on-wafer multiline thru-reflect-line (mTRL) calibration kits. The first calibration kit is designed with thin-film microstrip
This report documents the performance of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) relative to that of its international peer organizations in studies coordinated by the Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance: Metrology in Chemistry
A digital four-arm bridge for the comparison of resistance with capacitance has been designed and demonstrated. The digital bridge mimics the classical quad bridge in the digital domain with three balances: the source balance, the detector balance, as well
Matthew Luebbe, Fan Zhang, Jonathan Poplawsky, Jiaqi Duan, Haiming Wen
High entropy alloys (HEAs) demonstrate high strength, thermal stability, and irradiation resistance, making them desirable for applications in nuclear reactors and other harsh environments. Many existing HEAs contain cobalt (Co), which makes them
David Deisenroth, Sergey Mekhontsev, Jordan Weaver, Samantha Webster
The laser power density distribution (PDD) applied to a material is a predominant process parameter that directly affects the properties of parts that are built with metal additive manufacturing (AM). Despite its prevalent effect on melting (especially