{"title":"SURFACE METROLOGY A Report on the Fourth International Conference on the Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD, April 13–15, 1988","authors":"T. Vorburger","doi":"10.6028/jres.093.154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.093.154","url":null,"abstract":"SURFACE METROLOGY A Report on the Fourth International Conference on the Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD, April 13-15, 1988 carbon black agglomerates in rubber, a family of materials that might normally be thought of as too soft for reliable characterization by stylus. Inadequate dispersion leads to reduced product life and other detrimental effects in rubber products. Figure 1 shows the stylus in contact with such a rubber surface. The presence of the agglomerates is evidenced either by discrete peaks in the stylus profiles or by valleys left when the material is separated during the cutting process.","PeriodicalId":17082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards","volume":"93 1","pages":"625 - 629"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71362993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The NBS Vision System in the AMRF","authors":"M. Nashman, K. Chaconas","doi":"10.6028/jres.093.145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.093.145","url":null,"abstract":"This article describes the NBS Vision System developed by the Sensory Intelligence Group of the Robotics System Division which is used in the Automated Manufacturing Research Facility (AMRF). It discusses the objectives of the Vision System and its applications in the factory environment. Since the Vision System is a multi-processor system, each process is described according to its position in the vision hierarchy as well as to its particular logical and computational functions. The interfaces between the individual processes of the Vision System and the interfaces between the Vision System and other AMRF systems are described. AMRF documentation packages describing the Horizontal Workstation, the Real-Time Control System and the Material Handling Workstation are available from the Center for Manufacturing Engineering.","PeriodicalId":17082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards","volume":"93 1","pages":"539 - 544"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71362906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The National Bureau of Standards becomes the National Institute of Standards and Technology","authors":"K. G. Kessler","doi":"10.6028/JRES.093.155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/JRES.093.155","url":null,"abstract":"On August 23, 1988 President Reagan signed the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act and changed the name of the National Bureau of Standards to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Under a section of this new law known as the \"Technology Competitiveness Act,\" several new assignments designed to boost U.S. industry in the world marketplace are added to the traditional functions of NIST. NIST will continue to serve as the Nation's central laboratory for developing and disseminating measurement standards and scientific data for science, engineering, manufacturing, commerce, industry, and education. NIST will continue to provide a variety of services to the scientific and technical communities, including calibration services, standard reference data, and standard reference materials. These activities and the continuing research programs will continue to form the technical core of NIST. New activities NIST has been assigned to develop are: 1. Create a series of Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology that will be affiliated with non-profit institutions and organizations; 2. Develop a program to provide assistance and make Federal technology available to State and local technology programs and technology extension services; 3. Establish an Advanced Technology Program to encourage the commercialization of new high-technology products; and 4. Support a Department of Commerce Clearinghouse for State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation to provide technical and analytical help to State and local officials making decisions on technology policy. In keeping with the new name of our laboratories, we have changed the name of this journal to:","PeriodicalId":17082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards","volume":"93 1","pages":"635"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71363032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Improvement in the Reliability of Standard Cell Enclosures","authors":"B. Field, L. Ruimin","doi":"10.6028/jres.093.144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.093.144","url":null,"abstract":"We describe the design of a new temperature-regulation circuit, which is used as an outer oven controller for new standard cell enclosures, with the emphasis on improving the reliability of the temperature control. A redundant protection circuit is used to prevent loss of temperature control caused by component failures in the controller. The temperature control of the outer oven of the enclosure is better than 0.4 mK per °C change in ambient temperature. When used with the additional inner controller the sensitivity of the cell temperature to the ambient temperature is improved to 20 μK/°C. This paper describes in detail the new circuit, summarizes the enclosure construction, and presents data on the performance of the system.","PeriodicalId":17082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards","volume":"93 1","pages":"533 - 537"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71362880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Condensation Method for Humidity Measurement in the UMR Cloud Simulation Chamber","authors":"D. Hagen, D. R. White, D. J. Alofs","doi":"10.6028/jres.093.147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.093.147","url":null,"abstract":"The University of Missouri-Rolla has developed a cloud simulation facility for the study of various atmospheric cloud processes. The initial relative humidity of the air sample put into the cloud chamber is a key parameter in virtually any experiment and needs to be known accurately. This report describes how the cloud simulation chamber itself has been used as a condensation type hygrometer to calibrate the system’s humidifier. Two distinct and physically different methods for inferring mixing ratio are used, one exploiting the sensitivity of aerosol activation to humidity, and the other exploiting the sensitivity of the rate of growth of cloud droplets to humidity. The two methods give agreement with each other to within a precision of one part per thousand in mixing ratio.","PeriodicalId":17082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards","volume":"19 1","pages":"551 - 556"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71362919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International Comparisons of Pressure Standards: A Status Report","authors":"C. Tilford","doi":"10.6028/jres.093.146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.093.146","url":null,"abstract":"In 1979 four working groups were established to organize comparisons between the pressure standards of the different national standards laboratories. These comparisons cover the range 10−6 to 108 Pa. This report describes the progress of the different comparisons and summarizes the results where available.","PeriodicalId":17082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards","volume":"93 1","pages":"545 - 549"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71362913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Practical Uncertainty Limits to the Mass Determination of a Piston-Gage Weight","authors":"R. Davis, B. E. Welch","doi":"10.6028/jres.093.149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.093.149","url":null,"abstract":"The mass of a 590-g piston-gage weight was determined with a standard error of 0.057 mg (0.1 ppm). The sources of error are carefully examined. These include air-buoyancy corrections, physically adsorbed surface moisture, and air-convection within the weighing chamber. We conclude that significant improvement cannot be realized with the conventional weighing techniques available to most piston-gage users.","PeriodicalId":17082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards","volume":"93 1","pages":"565 - 571"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71362935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Precipitation of NH4UO2PO4·3H2O—Solubility and Structural Comparison with Alkali Uranyl(2 +) Phosphates","authors":"M. Marković, N. Pavković, N. Pavković","doi":"10.6028/jres.093.148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.093.148","url":null,"abstract":"Precipitates formed in the system UO2(NO3)2-NH4OH-H3PO4-H2O, aged for 30 days at 298 K, were studied. The precipitates were characterized by chemical and thermogravimetric analyses, x-ray powder diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, polarized light microscopy, and by their fluorescent properties. The precipitation boundary was established tindallometrically and microscopically. On the basis of these measurements, the stability conditions, structural parameters, and solubility of the tetragonal polymorph of NH4[UO2PO4]·3H2O were determined. This compound shows a close structural relationship with H3O[UO2PO4]·3H2O (space group P4/ncc) and alkali uranyl(2+)phosphates polyhydrates M[UO2PO4]·nH2O (n =4 for M=Li; n =3 for M=Na, K, Rb and n =2.5 for M=Cs). The unit-cell dimensions determined for NH4UO2PO4·3H2O are: a=b=7.02 Å, c=18.08 Å (P4/ncc). The thermodynamic solubility product constant, Ks=a(NH4+)×a(UO22+)×a(PO43−), for NH4UO2PO4·3H2O was determined: log Ks= −26.50±0.09. The Ks values of M[UO2PO4]·n H2O (at ionic strength, I=0.23 mol dm−3) calculated from previously published experimental data by using correct stability constants of uranyl(2+)phosphate complexes are: log Ks=−22.61±0.08 for M=Na; log Ks= −23.92±0.12 for M=K; log Ks= −24.13±0.19 for M=Rb; log Ks= −23.80±0.20 for M=Cs; and log Ks= −24.74±0.10 for M=NH4,showing that NH4UO2PO4·3H2O is less soluble than corresponding alkali uranyl(2+)phosphates.","PeriodicalId":17082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards","volume":"93 1","pages":"557 - 563"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71362927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applications of the Reaction Interface/Mass Spectrometer Technique to the Analysis of Selected Elements and Nuclides from Submicrogram Quantities of Biological Macromolecules and Xenobiotics","authors":"D. Chace, F. Abramson","doi":"10.6028/jres.093.102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.093.102","url":null,"abstract":"Markey and Abramson [1] developed a microwave-powered chemical reaction interface, a device which converts a complex organic molecule in the presence of a reactant gas into small stable molecules which are detected by mass spectrometry. For a given reactant gas the molecules formed are a representation of the elemental composition of the original anlayte. The combination of the reaction interface and a mass spectrometer produces an isotopeor element-selective detector for samples either introduced directly into the reaction interface or flowing from a capillary gas chromatograph column. Microgram and submicrogram samples of a variety of proteins were analyzed for their sulfur content relative to their carbon content by introducing the samples directly into the reaction interface. With CO, as the reactant gas, S02 at m/z 64 is produced. This quantifies the amount of sulfur which was introduced into the reaction interface. In the presence of N2, HCN at m/z 27 is produced and is used to quantify the carbon content of the sample. The observed ratio of S/C for various proteins correlated well with the elemental formulas [2]. In the presence of S02, 4NO at m Iz 30 and 5NO at m/z 31 are produced. Following administration of 50 mg of triple-labeled 5,5-diphenylhydantoin (1, 3(\"N); 2('C)] to a male beagle dog, a urine sample was selectively analyzed for its 15N content by capillary gas chromatography-reaction interface/ mass spectrometry. The corrected ratio of m/z 31 to m/z 30 produced a highly selective chromatogram showing only peaks of '5N enrichment. Mass spectra of these peaks were obtained which Alkylation of DNA In Vivo: Development of Analytical Methodology for Trace Quantitative Analysis","PeriodicalId":17082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards","volume":"93 1","pages":"419 - 419"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71362772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of Cost-Effective QC Procedures for Clinical Chemistry Assays","authors":"J. Westgard","doi":"10.6028/jres.093.022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.093.022","url":null,"abstract":"depends on the fluctuations in the system, expressed as covariance P(K) and the measuring error R (K). A Kalman filter enables the on-line estimation of calibration parameters, intercept, sensitivity and drift (of both intercept and sensitivity). The filter requires a model of the system, including system noise and measurement noise. When a good model is available, the filter can predict future values or estimate best values of the changing parameters. These figures may be used to determine when a recalibration is required. Making a number of assumptions, the usual Kalman filter algorithms can be used resulting in [4,5,6]","PeriodicalId":17082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards","volume":"93 1","pages":"218 - 221"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71361765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}