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When testing a new medicine, researchers must do more than assess how well that drug works. They also have to determine whether the medicine has some negative
Each year, to meet requirements set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), coal-fired power plants must have their smokestack emissions audited by an
Researchers at NIST have developed a new — and sound — way to accurately measure the rate at which gas flows in and out of a vessel. The technique, which uses
This NIST-wide collaborative project aims to improve biotechnology and medical diagnostics by increasing the resolution and precision of measurements of cells
Presently used methods to measure CO 2 and other emissions from smoke stacks have errors of 20 % or more depending on the level of swirl in the flow. The
Flow meters that rely on measuring the pressure drop across a laminar flow element can be accurately calibrated using a benign surrogate gas (such as helium or
Nicholas Drachman, Paul Patrone, Gregory A. Cooksey
Accuracy and temporal resolution of flow meters are often unacceptable below the microliter per minute scale, limiting their ability to evaluate the real-time
The NIST Neutron Source, or NNS, is a proposed reactor designed to eventually replace the aging National Bureau of Standards Reactor at the NIST Center for
Thermoset composites are excellent candidates for material extrusion because they shear thin during extrusion but retain their shape once deposited via a yield
The dynamic gravimetric standard is used to calibrate micro-flow meters and to conduct research on new flow sensors. This micro-flow standard measures mass
A compressor is used to pressurize up to twenty-five 40 L gas cylinders to 35 MPa. The cylinders can then be used as a source of rapidly changing gas flow by
NIST uses pressure, volume, temperature, and time ( PVTt) standards to calibrate gas flow meters. PVTt flow standards generate selected, steady gas flows
NIST’s wind tunnel can produce air speeds between 0.15 m/s and 40 m/s. The air speed reference is a Laser Doppler Anemometer (LDA) with an uncertainty of 2.5 %