K Kroenlein, C D Muzny, A Kazakov, V V Diky, R D Chirico, M Frenkel, E D Sloan
{"title":"NIST Gas Hydrate Research Database and Web Dissemination Channel.","authors":"K Kroenlein, C D Muzny, A Kazakov, V V Diky, R D Chirico, M Frenkel, E D Sloan","doi":"10.6028/jres.115.007","DOIUrl":"10.6028/jres.115.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To facilitate advances in application of technologies pertaining to gas hydrates, a freely available data resource containing experimentally derived information about those materials was developed. This work was performed by the Thermodynamic Research Center (TRC) paralleling a highly successful database of thermodynamic and transport properties of molecular pure compounds and their mixtures. Population of the gas-hydrates database required development of guided data capture (GDC) software designed to convert experimental data and metadata into a well organized electronic format, as well as a relational database schema to accommodate all types of numerical and metadata within the scope of the project. To guarantee utility for the broad gas hydrate research community, TRC worked closely with the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) task group for Data on Natural Gas Hydrates, an international data sharing effort, in developing a gas hydrate markup language (GHML). The fruits of these efforts are disseminated through the NIST Sandard Reference Data Program [1] as the Clathrate Hydrate Physical Property Database (SRD #156). A web-based interface for this database, as well as scientific results from the Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program [2], is deployed at http://gashydrates.nist.gov.</p>","PeriodicalId":17039,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology","volume":"115 2","pages":"85-112"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2010-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4548550/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34509407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Iterative Image Registration Algorithm by Optimizing Similarity Measurement.","authors":"Wei Chu, Li Ma, John Song, Theodore Vorburger","doi":"10.6028/jres.115.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.115.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new registration algorithm based on Newton-Raphson iteration is proposed to align images with rigid body transformation. A set of transformation parameters consisting of translation in x and y and rotation angle around z is calculated by optimizing a specified similarity metric using the Newton-Raphson method. This algorithm has been tested by registering and correlating pairs of topography measurements of nominally identical NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM 2461) standard cartridge cases, and very good registration accuracy has been obtained.</p>","PeriodicalId":17039,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology","volume":"115 1","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4548524/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34446789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michelle O'Brien, Ronaldo Minniti, Stanslaus Alwyn Masinza
{"title":"Comparison Between the NIST and the KEBS for the Determination of Air Kerma Calibration Coefficients for Narrow X-Ray Spectra and (137)Cs Gamma-Ray Beams.","authors":"Michelle O'Brien, Ronaldo Minniti, Stanslaus Alwyn Masinza","doi":"10.6028/jres.115.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.115.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Air kerma calibration coefficients for a reference class ionization chamber from narrow x-ray spectra and cesium 137 gamma-ray beams were compared between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS). A NIST reference-class transfer ionization chamber was calibrated by each laboratory in terms of the quantity air kerma in four x-ray reference radiation beams of energies between 80 kV and 150 kV and in a cesium 137 gamma-ray beam. The reference radiation qualities used for this comparison are described in detail in the ISO 4037 publication.[1] The comparison began in September 2008 and was completed in March 2009. The results reveal the degree to which the participating calibration facility can demonstrate proficiency in transferring air kerma calibrations under the conditions of the said facility at the time of the measurements. The comparison of the calibration coefficients is based on the average ratios of calibration coefficients.</p>","PeriodicalId":17039,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology","volume":"115 1","pages":"7-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4548525/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34446791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of Uncertainties for the NIST 1016 mm Guarded-Hot-Plate Apparatus: Extended Analysis for Low-Density Fibrous-Glass Thermal Insulation.","authors":"Robert R Zarr","doi":"10.6028/jres.115.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.115.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An assessment of uncertainties for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 1016 mm Guarded-Hot-Plate apparatus is presented. The uncertainties are reported in a format consistent with current NIST policy on the expression of measurement uncertainty. The report describes a procedure for determination of component uncertainties for thermal conductivity and thermal resistance for the apparatus under operation in either the double-sided or single-sided mode of operation. An extensive example for computation of uncertainties for the single-sided mode of operation is provided for a low-density fibrous-glass blanket thermal insulation. For this material, the relative expanded uncertainty for thermal resistance increases from 1 % for a thickness of 25.4 mm to 3 % for a thickness of 228.6 mm. Although these uncertainties have been developed for a particular insulation material, the procedure and, to a lesser extent, the results are applicable to other insulation materials measured at a mean temperature close to 297 K (23.9 °C, 75 °F). The analysis identifies dominant components of uncertainty and, thus, potential areas for future improvement in the measurement process. For the NIST 1016 mm Guarded-Hot-Plate apparatus, considerable improvement, especially at higher values of thermal resistance, may be realized by developing better control strategies for guarding that include better measurement techniques for the guard gap thermopile voltage and the temperature sensors.</p>","PeriodicalId":17039,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology","volume":"115 1","pages":"23-59"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.6028/jres.115.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34509408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ismet Celebi, Robert A Dragoset, Karen J Olsen, Reinhold Schaefer, Gary W Kramer
{"title":"Improving Interoperability by Incorporating UnitsML Into Markup Languages.","authors":"Ismet Celebi, Robert A Dragoset, Karen J Olsen, Reinhold Schaefer, Gary W Kramer","doi":"10.6028/jres.115.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.115.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Maintaining the integrity of analytical data over time is a challenge. Years ago, data were recorded on paper that was pasted directly into a laboratory notebook. The digital age has made maintaining the integrity of data harder. Nowadays, digitized analytical data are often separated from information about how the sample was collected and prepared for analysis and how the data were acquired. The data are stored on digital media, while the related information about the data may be written in a paper notebook or stored separately in other digital files. Sometimes the connection between this \"scientific meta-data\" and the analytical data is lost, rendering the spectrum or chromatogram useless. We have been working with ASTM Subcommittee E13.15 on Analytical Data to create the Analytical Information Markup Language or AnIML-a new way to interchange and store spectroscopy and chromatography data based on XML (Extensible Markup Language). XML is a language for describing what data are by enclosing them in computer-useable tags. Recording the units associated with the analytical data and metadata is an essential issue for any data representation scheme that must be addressed by all domain-specific markup languages. As scientific markup languages proliferate, it is very desirable to have a single scheme for handling units to facilitate moving information between different data domains. At NIST, we have been developing a general markup language just for units that we call UnitsML. This presentation will describe how UnitsML is used and how it is being incorporated into AnIML.</p>","PeriodicalId":17039,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology","volume":"115 1","pages":"15-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2010-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4548526/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34446790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of the NIST and PTB Air-Kerma Standards for Low-Energy X-Rays.","authors":"Michelle O'Brien, Ludwig Bueermann","doi":"10.6028/jres.114.023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.114.023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A comparison has been made of the air-kerma standards for low-energy x rays at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB). The comparison involved a series of measurements at the PTB and the NIST using the air-kerma standards and two NIST reference-class transfer ionization chamber standards. Results are presented for the reference radiation beam qualities in the range from 25 kV to 50 kV for low energy x rays, including the techniques used for mammography dose traceability. The tungsten generated reference radiation qualities, between 25 kV and 50 kV used for this comparison, are new to NIST; therefore this comparison will serve as the preliminary comparison for NIST and a verification of the primary standard correction factors. The mammography comparison will repeat two previously unpublished comparisons between PTB and NIST. The results show the standards to be in reasonable agreement within the standard uncertainty of the comparison of about 0.4 %.</p>","PeriodicalId":17039,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology","volume":"114 6","pages":"321-31"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4646528/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34353628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elastic-Stiffness Coefficients of Titanium Diboride.","authors":"Hassel Ledbetter, Takaho Tanaka","doi":"10.6028/jres.114.024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.114.024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using resonance ultrasound spectroscopy, we measured the monocrystal elastic-stiffness coefficients, the Voigt C ij, of TiB2. With hexagonal symmetry, TiB2 exhibits five independent C ij: C 11, C 33, C 44, C 12, C 13. Using Voigt-Reuss-Hill averaging, we converted these monocrystal values to quasiisotropic (polycrystal) elastic stiffnesses. Briefly, we comment on effects of voids. From the C ij, we calculated the Debye characteristic temperature, the Grüneisen parameter, and various sound velocities. Our study resolves the enormous differences between two previous reports of TiB2's C ij.</p>","PeriodicalId":17039,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology","volume":"114 6","pages":"333-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4646529/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34353633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richard Tumanjong Azuah, Larry R Kneller, Yiming Qiu, Philip L W Tregenna-Piggott, Craig M Brown, John R D Copley, Robert M Dimeo
{"title":"DAVE: A Comprehensive Software Suite for the Reduction, Visualization, and Analysis of Low Energy Neutron Spectroscopic Data.","authors":"Richard Tumanjong Azuah, Larry R Kneller, Yiming Qiu, Philip L W Tregenna-Piggott, Craig M Brown, John R D Copley, Robert M Dimeo","doi":"10.6028/jres.114.025","DOIUrl":"10.6028/jres.114.025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>National user facilities such as the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) require a significant base of software to treat the data produced by their specialized measurement instruments. There is no universally accepted and used data treatment package for the reduction, visualization, and analysis of inelastic neutron scattering data. However, we believe that the software development approach adopted at the NCNR has some key characteristics that have resulted in a successful software package called DAVE (the Data Analysis and Visualization Environment). It is developed using a high level scientific programming language, and it has been widely adopted in the United States and abroad. In this paper we describe the development approach, elements of the DAVE software suite, its usage and impact, and future directions and opportunities for development.</p>","PeriodicalId":17039,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology","volume":"114 6","pages":"341-58"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4646530/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34646798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Spherical Gamma-Ray and Neutron Emitting Sources for Testing of Radiation Detection Instruments.","authors":"L Lucas, L Pibida","doi":"10.6028/jres.114.022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.114.022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed new gamma-ray and neutron emitting sources for testing radiation detection systems. These radioactive sources were developed for testing of detection systems in maritime applications. This required special source characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":17039,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology","volume":"114 6","pages":"303-20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4646527/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34353627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John H Lehman, C M Wang, Marla L Dowell, Joshua A Hadler
{"title":"Uncertainty Calculation for Spectral-Responsivity Measurements.","authors":"John H Lehman, C M Wang, Marla L Dowell, Joshua A Hadler","doi":"10.6028/jres.114.020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.114.020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper discusses a procedure for measuring the absolute spectral responsivity of optical-fiber power meters and computation of the calibration uncertainty. The procedure reconciles measurement results associated with a monochromator-based measurement system with those obtained with laser sources coupled with optical fiber. Relative expanded uncertainties based on the methods from the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement and from Supplement 1 to the \"Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement\"-Propagation of Distributions using a Monte Carlo Method are derived and compared. An example is used to illustrate the procedures and calculation of uncertainties.</p>","PeriodicalId":17039,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology","volume":"114 5","pages":"287-91"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2009-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4646579/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34646795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}