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NVLAP Partnerships With NIST Technical Units

March 1, 2003
Author(s)
Hazel M. Richmond, C D. Faison
… of the range and types of technical partnerships between Technology Services' National Laboratory Accreditation … description of NVLAP programs, and analyzes growth trends in specific programs. The report also provides information on … and analyses presented are intended to inform managers in NIST Technical Units about trends in the NVLAP program and …

Quantum Efficiency of Solar-Blind Semiconductor Photodiodes in the Far Ultraviolet

February 1, 2003
Author(s)
Robert E. Vest, B Hertog, P Chow
… A difficulty in diverse metrological applications is the measurement of relatively low intensity ultraviolet radiation in the presence of an intense visible radiation background. The development of a detector technology that combines the high efficiency and ease of use …

DEMONSTRATING ENHANCED POWDER PANELS

January 1, 2003
Author(s)
D C. Cyphers, Scott A. Frederick, John P. Haas
… was performed under the Next Generation Fire Suppression Technology Program (NGP), funded by the Department of … powder panel concepts that are competitive with halon 1301 in critical parameters such as weight, volume occupied, fire … capability, etc. and, thus, are candidates for use in its place. …

System-Level Calibration of a Transfer Radiometer Used to Validate EOS Radiance Scales

January 1, 2003
Author(s)
Bettye C. Johnson, Steven W. Brown, George P. Eppeldauer, Keith R. Lykke
… been developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with the support and funding of the … Radiometer (VXR) was calibrated for spectral responsivity in different facilities at NIST using two types of … results of calibrations of two of the VXR filter channels in the two facilities, and expound on some of the advantages …

Wear in Boundary Lubrication

January 1, 2003
Author(s)
Stephen M. Hsu, R G. Munro, M C. Shen
… applied lubricaHistorically, much confusion has existed in the literature because the two communities investigating … each other's requirements and objectivWear study began in earnest in the 1970s with a primary aim to evaluate new materials for … Wear in Boundary Lubrication …

X-Ray Spectroscopy of Trapped Ions With a Microcalorimeter on the NIST Electron Beam Ion Trap

December 1, 2002
Author(s)
E Takacs, John D. Gillaspy, L P. Ratliff, K Makonyi, J M. Laming, E Silver, H. Schnopper, M Barbera, J. Beeman, E. E. Haller, N. Madden
… interactions of highly charged ions. Today, EBITs exist in several different laboratories around the world and are used in a variety of fields of research where multiply charged … in Livermore and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, have provided highly …

Measurement and Simulation of the Indoor Air Quality Impact of Gaseous Air Cleaners in a Test Home

July 1, 2002
Author(s)
Cynthia H. Reed, Steven J. Nabinger, Steven Emmerich
… air cleaning technologies have not gained wide acceptance in the marketplace, in part due to the lack of performance data from field tests … field study of the performance of two gaseous air cleaners in a single room test house and simulations based on these … of the Indoor Air Quality Impact of Gaseous Air Cleaners in a Test Home …

W3C XML Schema Test Suite

December 5, 2001
Author(s)
John M. Tebbutt, Anthony V. Cincotta
… (NSRL) of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collects software from various sources and … Data Set (RDS) of information. The RDS can be used in the forensic examination of file systems, for example, to … for the distributed processing of large numbers of files in a loose, heterogeneous computing cluster. We go on to …

Integrating Sphere Sources for UV Exposure: A Novel Approach to the Artificial UV Weathering of Coatings, Plastics and Composites

December 1, 2001
Author(s)
Joannie W. Chin, Walter E. Byrd, E Embree, Jonathan W. Martin
… chambers). Although numerous improvements have been made in the design of UV chambers over the last 80 years, the … and repeatability is attributed to systematic errors in their design, operation, and control which, in turn, has … UV chamber design having a basis in integrating sphere technology that greatly reduces the magnitude of these …

Conformance Resources and Information

October 1, 2001
Author(s)
Mark Skall
… (NSRL) of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collects software from various sources and … Data Set (RDS) of information. The RDS can be used in the forensic examination of file systems, for example, to … for the distributed processing of large numbers of files in a loose, heterogeneous computing cluster. We go on to …

Spontaneous Coherent Microwave Emission and the Sawtooth Instability in a Compact Storage Ring

May 1, 2001
Author(s)
Uwe Arp, Gerald T. Fraser, Angela R. Hight Walker, Thomas B. Lucatorto, K K. Lehmann, K Harkay, N Sereno, K Kim
… self-excited emission of coherent synchrotron radiation in the microwave spectral region was observed at the … storage ring at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The microwave emission between 25 mm and … The intensity enhancement during these bursts was in the order of 10,000 to 50,000 over the incoherent value. …

Reference Materials for DNA Analysis

March 1, 2001
Author(s)
Barbara C. Levin, D J. Reeder
… Mention has already been made, in Section 5.1. Of the use of DNA-based techniques for control of microbiological DNA. In parallel to the work of ATCC the USA National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed three Standard Reference …

Visualizing Terrain and Navigation Data

March 1, 2001
Author(s)
Tsung-Ming Tsai, David Coombs, Billibon H. Yoshimi, Ernest Kent
… and terrain elevation maps estimated from these sensors. In some cases, color images registered with the laser range … VRML alone to immersive stereo displays. Design choices in the display of the data and their effect on the visual …

Towards Engineered Fire Safety: A Global Research Strategy for the 21st Century

October 1, 2000
Author(s)
J E. Snell
… Great progress has been made in the last quarter century in fire safety engineering (FSE) and consequently further … the total costs of fire continue to rise.Rapid advances in technology offer the prospect of exciting developments in … 2000 Symposium. Fire Research Development and Application in the 21st Century. …

Laboratory Astrophysics Survey of Key X-Ray Diagnostic Lines Using a Microcalorimeter on an Electron Beam Ion Trap

September 1, 2000
Author(s)
E Silver, H. Schnopper, Simon R. Bandler, N Brickhouse, S Murray, M Barbera, E Takacs, John D. Gillaspy, James V. Porto, I Kink, J M. Laming, N. Madden, D Landis, J. Beeman, E. E. Haller
… Cosmic plasma conditions created in an Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) make it possible to … density, temperature, and excitation conditions that exist in astrophysical sources. We used a microcalorimeter for such … optained from the National Institute of Standards and Technology EBIT with an energy resolution approaching that of …

Refrigerant/Lubricant Mixture Boiling Heat Transfer Research at NIST

September 1, 2000
Author(s)
Mark A. Kedzierski
… few years at NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) on refrigerant/lubricant mixtures. The aim of the … Roorkee, IN … Engineers and All India Seminar on Future Trends in Mechanical Engineering … Proceedings of Future Trends in Mechanical Engineering, 16th National Convention of …

A Standard Test Course for Urban Search and Rescue Robots

August 1, 2000
Author(s)
Adam S. Jacoff, Elena R. Messina, John Evans
… standardized or reproducible tests. These tests may be in a simulated environment or in a physical test course. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing a test course for evaluating the …
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