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Comparison of Microwave Black-Body Target Radiometric Measurements

July 30, 2010
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Dave K. Walker, Dazhen Gu, Katherine MacReynolds, Randy Direen, James P. Randa, Amanda Cox, Derek A. Houtz, Robert L. Billinger
… all of which must be calibrated against physical standards. Here we describe measurements made using several …

Estimation of the Enhancement Factor for Mercury in Air

March 31, 2010
Author(s)
Allan H. Harvey
A combination of classical thermodynamics and molecular theory was used to calculate the enhancement factor (ratio of partial pressure to saturated vapor pressure) for liquid mercury in equilibrium with air at standard atmospheric pressure in the

What Customers Want from Kindle Books

January 1, 2010
Author(s)
Nancy Allmang, Stacy M. Bruss
… summarizes the process that the National Institute of Standards and Technology Research Library followed to gauge …

Biometrics Systems Include Users

December 16, 2009
Author(s)
Mary F. Theofanos, Ross J. Micheals, Brian C. Stanton
Where do biometrics come from? The “canonical” standard (Wayman) biometric system model includes the biometric presentation and a biometric sensor but not the user themselves. Having this model facilitates having shared vocabulary and abstraction for

A ROUND ROBIN EXPERIMENT TO PROVIDE PRECISION AND BIAS FOR SEMI MS5: TEST METHOD FOR WAFER BOND STRENGTH MEASUREMENTS USING MICRO-CHEVRON TEST STRUCTURES

December 7, 2009
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Richard A. Allen, Winthrop A. Baylies, Paul Langer, Ralph Danzl, Frank W. DelRio, Gavin Horn, Roy Knechtel, Michael Mattes, David T. Read, Sumant Sood, Kevin T. Turner
An international round robin was organized to update SEMI Standard MS5: Test Method for Wafer Bond Strength Measurements using Micro-Chevron Test Structures. Results from the round robin allowed for inclusion of a Precision and Bias statement. The new

Neutron Beta-Decay

September 16, 2009
Author(s)
Jeffrey S. Nico
Studies of low-energy processes, such as neutron beta-decay, contribute important information regarding die rent aspects of physics including nuclear and particle physics and cosmology. The information from these systems is often complementary to that

Recent developments in large-scale dimensional metrology

July 30, 2009
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G Peggs, P.G Maropoulos, E.B Hughes, Alistair Forbes, S Robson, M Ziebart, Bala Muralikrishnan
… collected is discussed with reference to new international standards that are emerging. In some cases, hybrid …

Molecular Spectroscopy

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
D R. Lide, A Weber
This is a revised and expanded version of an article that appeared in the 2nd edition of the Encyclopedia of Physics, R.G. Lerner and G.L. Trigg, eds. Topics covered include Infrared, Raman, rotational, vibration-rotational, and electronic spectra, as well

The Modified-Single Fiber Test: A Methodology for Monitoring Ballistic Performance

January 18, 2008
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Jae Hyun Kim, Walter G. McDonough, William R. Blair, Gale A. Holmes
In an effort to develop a minimally invasive testing methodology for monitoring the in-service performance of soft body armor, the ASTM D3379-75 standard was modified by measuring the fiber diameter at 5 equally spaced locations along a 6 cm gauge length

ThermoML Opener

September 25, 2006
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Chris Muzny, Vladimir Diky, Robert D. Chirico
ThermoML Opener is a software product that allows one to view ThermoML files in Microsoft Excel. It uses XSLT (eXtensible Stylesheet Language for Transformations) technology to translate a ThermoML file into an HTML file suitable for opening by Excel. The
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