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

Sun, Mar 7 - Fri, Mar 12 2021

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

Projects and Programs

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

Measurement Science for Service Life Prediction of Polymeric Components Used in Photovoltaic (PV) Systems

Due to intensified pricing pressure and rapid growth of photovoltaic (PV) technology, low cost and emerging polymeric materials are being used increasingly in

Reduced Ignition and Flame Spread with Nano-Engineered Foam Project

This research will enable commercialization of a reduced flammability, inexpensive, and EHS[1] compliant polyurethane foam and a high smoldering reference foam

NIST Accelerated Weathering Laboratory: Metrology and Operations Project

Accurate prediction of the time to failure (service life) for polymeric materials is needed to support precise life cycle costs and sustainability assessments

Publications

Penetration Loss at 60 GHz for Indoor-to-Indoor and Outdoor-to-Indoor Mobile Scenarios

July 8, 2020

Author(s)

Sung Yun Jun, Derek C. Caudill, Jack Chuang, Peter B. Papazian, Anuraag Bodi, Camillo A. Gentile, Jelena Senic, Nada T. Golmie

This paper investigates the penetration loss of an office building in indoor-to-indoor and outdoor-to-indoor mobile scenarios. The measurements were collected

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

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

Estimation of Pore Solution Conductivity

(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) The purpose of this form is to provide an estimate of the electrical conductivity (S/m) of

Internal Curing with Lightweight Aggregates

(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) The American Concrete Institute in 2010 defined internal curing as "supplying water

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

Projects and Programs

Service Life Prediction of Filled Polymers Project

Measurement Science for Service Life Prediction of Polymeric Components Used in Photovoltaic (PV) Systems

Reduced Ignition and Flame Spread with Nano-Engineered Foam Project

NIST Accelerated Weathering Laboratory: Metrology and Operations Project

Publications

Penetration Loss at 60 GHz for Indoor-to-Indoor and Outdoor-to-Indoor Mobile Scenarios

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

Software

Prediction of a Chloride Ion Penetration Profile for a Concrete

MicroChar

Estimation of Pore Solution Conductivity

Internal Curing with Lightweight Aggregates

Tools and Instruments

Integrating Sphere-based Weathering Device

Large Aperture Scanner

Line Heat-Source Guarded Hot Plate