Building materials

News and Updates

A view through a door window of N95 masks being decontaminated.

NIST Tool Could Help Hospitals Repurpose Rooms for Disinfecting N95 Masks

April 16, 2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals across the United States are disinfecting N95 masks by placing them in repurposed rooms or shipping containers

Steel-Reinforced Concrete Building with Severe Corrosion Damage

Move Over, Superman! NIST 'Spectral Fingerprinting' Sees Through Concrete to Detect Early Corrosion

April 26, 2017

When you suffer a fall, an on-the-field collision or some other traumatic blow, the first thing the doctor will do is take an X-ray, CT scan or MRI to determine

Making Sure that Lumber Measures Up

March 1, 2017

For some, it is a shocking revelation. But most Americans eventually come to accept the fact that a “two by four” board is actually 1.5 inches by 3.5 inches (38

Fort Collins, Colorado, Making Community Resilience a Reality Using NIST Guide

July 28, 2016

Guided in part by strategies and procedures developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for creating effective and affordable

Events

2020 Service Life Prediction Meeting

Mon, Sep 14 - Fri, Sep 18 2020

NIST is closely monitoring guidance from Federal, State, and local health authorities on the outbreak of COVID-19. To

VIRTUAL-2020 NIST Disaster Resilience Symposium

Tue, Jul 28 - Wed, Jul 29 2020

NIST is closely monitoring guidance from Federal, State, and local health authorities on the outbreak of COVID-19. To

Projects and Programs

Chemical, Structural, and Kinetic Measurement Technologies for Cementitious Materials

The unceasing quest for more durable, more environmentally friendly, and less expensive construction materials is compelling the concrete industry to adopt

Measurement Science to Assure the Performance of Innovative Concretes

The concrete industry has developed strategies for making innovative concrete, which is defined as a sustainable concrete that uses less resources for

Physical Infrastructure: Connections

Using a complementary approach of experimental measurements and detailed finite element analysis, we will develop more realistic yet computationally efficient

Service Life Prediction of Filled Polymers Project

Prior efforts at NIST demonstrated the feasibility of quantitative service life prediction by linking the field and laboratory for an unfilled polymer. This

Publications

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 1450e Fibrous Glass Board

April 17, 2020

Author(s)

Robert R. Zarr, Nathanael A. Heckert

Thermal conductivity measurements at and near room temperature are presented as the basis for certified values of thermal conductivity for SRM 1450e, Fibrous

Macroscopic degradation behaviors of polyethylene under the influence of UV radiation and temperature

February 17, 2020

Author(s)

Hsiang C. Hsueh, Jae H. Kim, Sara V. Orski, Andrew Fairbrother, Deborah S. Jacobs, Donald L. Hunston, Christopher C. White, Li Piin Sung, Lakesha N. Perry

Accelerated weathering tests were performed to investigate the effects of multiple ultraviolet (UV) light intensities and temperatures on the tensile behavior

NIST-NPL Bilateral Comparison of Guarded-Hot-Plate Laboratories from 20 °C to 160 °C

January 3, 2020

Author(s)

Robert R. Zarr, Jiyu Wu, Hung-Kung Liu

A bilateral study to compare guarded-hot-plate measurements at extended temperatures be-tween laboratories at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES) Online 2.1 Technical Manual

September 16, 2019

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, Anne L. Greig, Priya D. Lavappa, Brian J. Polidoro

Software

Prediction of a Chloride Ion Penetration Profile for a Concrete

January 13, 2017

Prediction is based on a one-dimensional finite difference solution of Fick's second law of diffusion, with a variable external chloride concentration and a two

MicroChar

April 1, 2015

(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) Accurate quantitative data on cement and clinker microstructure images can prove valuable for

4SIGHT

(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) The 4SIGHT computer program was written to facilitate concrete performance prediction under

Cement Hydration Modelling

(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) The directories to the right contain computer programs for modelling cement hydration and

Building materials

News and Updates

NIST Tool Could Help Hospitals Repurpose Rooms for Disinfecting N95 Masks

Move Over, Superman! NIST 'Spectral Fingerprinting' Sees Through Concrete to Detect Early Corrosion

Making Sure that Lumber Measures Up

Fort Collins, Colorado, Making Community Resilience a Reality Using NIST Guide

Events

2020 Service Life Prediction Meeting

VIRTUAL-2020 NIST Disaster Resilience Symposium

Projects and Programs

Chemical, Structural, and Kinetic Measurement Technologies for Cementitious Materials

Measurement Science to Assure the Performance of Innovative Concretes

Physical Infrastructure: Connections

Service Life Prediction of Filled Polymers Project

Publications

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 1450e Fibrous Glass Board

Macroscopic degradation behaviors of polyethylene under the influence of UV radiation and temperature

NIST-NPL Bilateral Comparison of Guarded-Hot-Plate Laboratories from 20 °C to 160 °C

Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES) Online 2.1 Technical Manual

Software

Prediction of a Chloride Ion Penetration Profile for a Concrete

MicroChar

4SIGHT

Cement Hydration Modelling

Tools and Instruments

Large Aperture Scanner

Integrating Sphere-based Weathering Device

Line Heat-Source Guarded Hot Plate