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Development of Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2973 Vitamin D Metabolites in Frozen Human Serum (High Level)

July 24, 2017
Author(s)
Susan Tai, Michael Nelson, Brian Lang, Karen W. Phinney, Lane C. Sander, James H. Yen, J. M. Betz, Christopher T. Sempos, Stephen Wise
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements (NIH-ODS) and the Vitamin D Standardization Program (VDSP), has recently issued a new serum-matrix Standard

Development of NIST Standard Reference Material 2082, a Pathlength Standard for Measurements in the Ultraviolet Spectrum

July 10, 2017
Author(s)
Brian Lang, Aaron A. Urbas, Paul C. DeRose, Hung-Kung Liu, John C. Travis, Steven J. Choquette, Kenneth D. Cole
New spectrophotometers and cuvettes have been designed to allow the measurement of absorbance values from samples using microliter volume sizes. These measurements are done using short pathlengths to decrease the sample volumes required. The major

Qualitative characterization of SRM 1597a Coal Tar for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and methyl-substituted derivatives via normal-phase liquid chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

June 29, 2017
Author(s)
Walter Wilson, Hugh Hayes, Lane Sander, Andres Campiglia, Stephen Wise
A normal-phase liquid chromatography (NPLC) fractionation procedure was developed for the characterization of a complex mixture of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from a coal tar sample (Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1597a). Using a semi

High-precision measurement of the X-ray Cu K-alpha spectrum

May 12, 2017
Author(s)
Marcus H. Mendenhall, Albert Henins, Lawrence T. Hudson, Csilla I. Szabo-Foster, Donald A. Windover, James P. Cline
The structure of the x-ray emission lines of the Cu Kα complex has been remeasured on a newly commissioned instrument, in a manner directly traceable to the Système Internationale definition of the meter. In this measurement, the region from 8000 to 8100

Development of an Improved Standard Reference Material for Vitamin D Metabolites in Human Serum

April 4, 2017
Author(s)
Karen W. Phinney, Susan S. Tai, Mary Bedner, Johanna Camara, Rosalind R. Chia, Lane C. Sander, Katherine E. Sharpless, Stephen A. Wise, James H. Yen, Rosemary L. Schleicher, Madhulika Chaudhary-Webb, Khin L. Maw, Yasamin Rahmani, Hubert W. Vesper, Joseph M. Betz, Joyce Merkel, Christopher T. Sempos, Paul M. Coates, Ramon Durazo-Arvizu, Kurtis Sarafin, Stephen P. Brooks

Classification of petroleum Standard Reference Materials and other fuels by chemometric analysis of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry data

February 23, 2017
Author(s)
Werickson Fortunato de Carvalho Rocha, Michele M. Schantz, David Sheen, Katrice Lippa, Pamela M. Chu
As feedstocks transition from conventional oil to increasing amounts of unconventional petroleum sources and biomass, it will be necessary to determine whether a particular fuel or fuel blend is suitable for use in engines. Certifying a fuel as safe for

Final report on the key comparison, CCM.PK15 in the pressure rangefrom 1.0 x 10-4 Pa to 1.0 Pa

January 30, 2017
Author(s)
Christian Wuethrich, Hitoshi Akimichi, Mercede Bergoglio, James A. Fedchak, Karl Jousten, Sueng Soo Hong, Jorge T. Guzman
The comparison CCM.M.P-K14 is a key comparison in pressure involving six laboratories in three regional metrological organizations (RMO). The measurand of the comparison is the accommodation coefficient of two spinning rotating gauge characterized in

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 polydisperse, irregularly shaped mineral dust particles suspended in hydraulic fluid. The certified

Development and Characterization of Reference Materials for Genetic Testing

November 1, 2016
Author(s)
Justin M. Zook, Marc L. Salit, Lisa V. Kalman, Mickey Williams, Vivekananda Datta, Jin-Yeong Han
Characterized reference materials (RM) are needed for test development and validation, quality control procedures and proficiency testing to assure the quality of clinical laboratory tests. In this article, we review the development and characterization of

Transmission Electron Microscope Calibration Methods for Critical Dimension Standards

October 13, 2016
Author(s)
Ndubuisi G. Orji, Ronald G. Dixson, Domingo I. Garcia-Gutierrez, Bunday Benjamin, M R. Bishop, Michael W. Cresswell, Richard A. Allen, John Allgair
One of the key challenges in critical dimension (CD) metrology is finding suitable dimensional calibration standards. The transmission electron microscope (TEM), which produces lattice-resolved images having scale traceability to the SI (International

THE NIST MAGNETIC SUSPENSION MASS COMPARATOR: A LOOK AT AUTOMATION

September 29, 2016
Author(s)
Corey A. Stambaugh, Edward C. Mulhern
The magnetic suspension mass comparator at NIST is a fully automated mass comparator with the unique feature that it is able to directly compare a mass in vacuum to one in air. The technique is realized by coupling a weighing pan located in air to a mass

Volume Determination of Irregularly-shaped Quasi-spherical Nanoparticles

September 22, 2016
Author(s)
Ravikiran Attota
Nanoparticles (NPs) are widely used in diverse application areas, such as medicine, engineering, and cosmetics. The size (or volume) of NPs is one of the most important parameters for their successful application. It is relatively straightforward to
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