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Generating Thickness Gradients of Thin Polymer Films via Flow Coating

February 1, 2006
Author(s)
Christopher Stafford, Kristen Roskov, Thomas Epps, Michael J. Fasolka
Thickness is a governing factor in the behavior of films and coatings. To enable the high-throughputanalysis of this parameter in polymer systems, we detail the design and operation of a flow coater device for fabricating continuous libraries of polymer

MEMS Length and Strain Round Robin Results with Uncertainty Analysis

February 1, 2006
Author(s)
Janet M. Cassard, Robert I. Scace, Winthrop A. Baylies
A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) Length and Strain Round Robin Experiment was completed in January 2005 to compare results of in-plane length measurements, residual strain measurements, and strain gradient measurements at a number of laboratories

Mirofluidic Appproach for Rapid Interfacial Tensiometry

February 1, 2006
Author(s)
J Cabral, Steven Hudson
We report a microfluidic instrument to rapidly measure the interfacial tension of multi-component immiscible liquids. The measurement principle rests upon the deformation and retraction dynamics of drops under extensional flow and was implemented in

Modeling the Influence of Limestone Filler on Cement Hydration in CEMHYD3D

February 1, 2006
Author(s)
Dale P. Bentz
The ASTM C150 standard specification for portland cement now permits the addition of up to 5 % limestone filler. While these and much higher levels of limestone filler substitution have been employed in Europe and elsewhere for many years, the change in

NIST Technical Publication

February 1, 2006
Author(s)
James R. Ehrstein, M C. Croarck, H Liu
This report documents the selection of material, the certification procedure and its control, and the analysis of measurement uncertainty for a family of improved Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for sheet resistance and resistivity of silicon wafers

On the Absorption Spectrum of Noble Gases at the Arc Spectrum Limit

February 1, 2006
Author(s)
Ugo Fano, G Pupillo, A Zannoni, Charles W. Clark
Rydberg spectral lines of an atom are sometimes superimposed on the continuous spectrum of a different configuration. Effects of interaction among different configurations in one of these cases are theoretically investigated, and a formula is obtained that

Preparation of Reference Material 8504, Transformer Oil

February 1, 2006
Author(s)
Dianne L. Poster, Michele M. Schantz, Stephen A. Wise
A new reference material (RM), RM 8504, has been prepared for use as a diluent oil with Aroclors in transformer oil Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) 3075-3080 or SRM 3090 when developing and validating methods for the determination of polychlorinated

Quantification of the Meniscus Effect in Adhesion Force Measurements

February 1, 2006
Author(s)
Jaroslaw Grobelny, Pradeep N. Namboodiri, Doo-In Kim, Z C. Ying
Adhesion forces between a gold sphere and flat gold substrate are studied using atomic force microscopy in different environments. The pull-off force measured in vacuum is found to be a small fraction of that in ambient air or nitrogen atmosphere. In

R-22 Replacement Status (in Italian)

February 1, 2006
Author(s)
J M. Calm, Piotr A. Domanski
Since its initial recognition in 1928 and commercialization in 1936, R-22 has been applied in systems ranging from the smallest window air conditioners to the largest chillers and heat pumps, including those for district cooling and heating. Individual

Requirements for an Effective Reverberation Chamber: Unloaded or Loaded

February 1, 2006
Author(s)
Christopher L. Holloway, David A. Hill, Galen H. Koepke, John M. Ladbury
In this paper we present two versions of a threshold metric for the purpose of accessing the effectiveness of a reverberation chamber. One metric is based on the chamber quality factor (Q), and the other is based on the volume of the loaded reverberation

The development of procedures for impact testing

February 1, 2006
Author(s)
Thomas A. Siewert, Christopher N. McCowan
This report provides a broad overview of the progress in procedural improvements for impact testing. It includes a short summary of early developments, a discussion of topics that have been the subject of recent research, and a description of the

Thermally Assisted Atom Transfer on Surfaces

February 1, 2006
Author(s)
John William Gadzuk
The low-temperature rates for site-to-site transfer of single atoms and molecules adsorbed on surfaces have been determined in recent scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) studies within the temperature regime where the dominant transfer mechanism changes

Uncertainty in Finite Element Modeling and Failure Analysis: A Metrology-based Approach

February 1, 2006
Author(s)
Jeffrey Fong, James J. Filliben, Roland deWit, Richard J. Fields, Barry Bernstein, Pedro V. Marcal
In this paper, we first review the impact of the powerful finite element method (FEM) in structural engineering, and then address the shortcomings of FEM as a tool for risk-based decision making and incomplete-data-based failure analysis. To illustrate the

Cost-Effectiveness Tool Primer: Software Overview

January 31, 2006
Author(s)
Robert E. Chapman, Amy S. Rushing
Economic tools are needed to help the owners and managers of buildings, industrial facilities, and other critical infrastructure to select cost-effective combinations of mitigation strategies that respond to natural and man-made hazards. Economic tools
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