Journal of Research Volume 83

The Journal of Research of NIST and its predecessors report NIST research and development in metrology and related fields of: physical science, engineering, applied mathematics, statistics, biotechnology, information technology.

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Issue 1 January 1978

Tubular flow reactors with first-order kinetics, p. 1
Brown, R.L.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.001

Comments on units in magnetism, p. 9
Bennett, L.H.; Page, C.H.; Swartzendruber, L.J.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.002

The first spectrum of ytterbium (Yb I), p. 13
Meggers, W.F.; Tech, J.L.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.003

Norm approximation problems and norm statistics, p. 71
Shier, D.R.; Witzgall, C.J.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.004

Vector-valued entire functions of bounded index satisfying a differential equation, p. 75
Heath, L.F.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.005

Issue 2 March 1978

Tea laser induced multiphoton dissociation of ethylene in a collisional regime: Model and experiment, p. 117
Peterson, N.C.; Manning, R.G.; Braun, W.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.006

Thermodynamic study of the alpha beta phase transformation in titanium by a pulse heating method, p. 127
Cezairliyan, A.; Miiller, A.P.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.007

An intensity standard for electron paramagnetic resonance using chromium-doped corundum (Al₂O₃: Cr³⁺), p. 133
Chang, T.T.; Foster, D.; Kahn, A.H.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.008

Behavior of an isolated polymer chain residing in a density gradient of segments, p. 165
DiMarzio, E.A.; Guttman, C.M.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.009

The characterization of linear polyethylene SRM's 1482, 1483, and 1484. I. Introduction, p. 169
Verdier, P.H.; Wagner, H.L.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.010

The characterization of linear polyethylene SRM's 1482, 1483, and 1484. II. Number-average molecular weights by membrane osmometry, p. 179
Wagner, H.L.; Verdier, P.H.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.011

The characterization of linear polyethylene SRM's 1482, 1483, and 1484. III. Weight-average molecular weights by light scattering, p. 185
Han, C.C.; Verdier, P.H.; Wagner, H.L.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.012

The characterization of linear polyethylene SRM's 1482, 1483, and 1484. IV. Limiting viscosity numbers by capillary viscometry, p. 195
Wagner, H.L.; Verdier, P.H.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.013

Issue 3 May 1978

Spectrum and energy levels of triply ionized ytterbium, p. 233
Sugar, J.; Kaufman, V.; Spector, N.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.014

An investigation of the stability of thermistors, p. 247
Wood, S.D.; Mangum, B.W.; Filliben, J.J.; Tillett, S.B.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.015

Photovoltaic technique for measuring resistivity variations of high resistivity silicon slices, p. 265
Blackburn, D.L.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.016

Detection of deep levels in high power semiconductor materials and devices, p. 273
Koyama, R.Y.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.017

The thermodynamics of the glassy state. I. The heat capacity of one-dimensional disordered harmonic systems from moments, p. 283
Mopsik, F.I.; Guttman, C.M.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.018

The equations of motion for thermally driven, buoyant flows, p. 297
Rehm, R.G.; Baum, H.R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.019

Issue 4 July 1978

Modification of the nonanalytic equation of state for the limit of low densities, p. 325
Goodwin, R.D.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.020

Implementation of scaling and extended scaling equations of state for the critical point of fluids, p. 329
Moldover, M.R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.021

The enthalpy of formation of MoF₆(l) by solution calorimetry, p. 335
Nuttall, R.L.; Churney, K.L.; Kilday, M.V.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.022

Enthalpies of solution of nucleic acid bases. 1. Adenine in water, p. 347
Kilday, M.V.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.023

Pyrolysis of monodisperse poly-alpha-methylstyrene, p. 371
Roestamsjah; Wall, L.A.; Florin, R.E.; Aldridge, M.H.; Fetters, L.J.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.024

The configurational statistics of a polymer confined to a wedge of interior angle alpha, p. 381
Lauritzen, J.I.; DiMarzio, E.A.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.025

Issue 5 September 1978

Direct determination of air density in a balance through artifacts characterized in an evacuated weighing chamber, p. 407
Koch, W.F.; Davis, R.S.; Bower, V.E.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.026

Density of ultra-pure air at 298.15 K for mass transfer buoyancy corrections, p. 415
Waxman, M.; Davis, H.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.027

The air density equation and the transfer of the mass unit, p. 419
Jones, F.E.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.028

A microprocessor controlled potentiostat for electrochemical measurements, p. 429
Cohen, M.I.; Heimann, P.A.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.029

Hashing with linear probing and frequency ordering, p. 445
Lyon, G.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.030

Specific heats of saturated and compressed liquid propane, p. 449
Goodwin, R.D.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.031

A cost/benefit framework for consumer product safety standards, p. 459
Muehlhause, C.O.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.032

Some comments on Shier's paper for inverting sparse matrices, p. 485
McNamee, J.M.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.033

Issue 6 November 1978

Enthalpies of solution of the nucleic acid bases. 2. Thymine in water, p. 529
Kilday, M.V.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.034

Enthalpies of solution of the nucleic acid bases. 3. Cytosine in water, p. 539
Kilday, M.V.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.035

Enthalpies of solution of the nucleic acid bases. 4. Uracil in water, p. 547
Kilday, M.V.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.036

Neutron flux intercomparison at NBS, p. 555
Duvall, K.C.; Meier, M.M.; Wasson, O.A.; Huynh, V.D.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.037

A critical review of comparisons of mathematical programming algorithms and software (1953-1977), p. 563
Jackson, R.H.F.; Mulvey, J.M.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.038

Partitioned and Hadamard product matrix inequalities, p. 585
Johnson, C.R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.039

The phase-shifting limit cycles of the Van der Pol equation, p. 593
Melvin, P.J.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.083.040