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Books

Photometry (Chapter of Handbook of Visual Optics)

Author(s)
Yoshihiro Ohno
The fundamental concept of photometry, the definition of the photometric base unit candela, and the spectral luminous efficiency function V(lambda) are first...

Measurement Methods for Materials Properties: Elasticity

Author(s)
Sheldon M. Wiederhorn, Richard J. Fields
Elastic constants must be obtained by experiment methods. Materials are too complicated and theory of solids insufficiently sophisticated to obtain accurate...

6.00 Atomic Spectroscopy

Author(s)
Wolfgang L. Wiese
A compendium of basic facts, data and formulas of atomic spectroscopy is presented, to serve as part of a physicist s desk reference volume.

New Fire Retardant Nanocomposites

Author(s)
Takashi Kashiwagi
This is a chapter of a proposed book. This chapter reviews the progress of flammability of new type of polymer nanocomposites based on nanosilica particles...

Flame Retardant Clay Nanocomposites

Author(s)
Jeffrey W. Gilman
For more than a decade potential environmental problems associated with organo-bromine flame retardant systems have motivated the search for non-halogen based...

NIST Interactive Data Evaluation Assessment Tool

Author(s)
R G. Munro
Data evaluation levels provide a means of classifying property data according to how the data were acquired, processed, and reported. The present protocol is...

Structural Calcium (Trypsin, Subtilisin)

Author(s)
G L. Gilliland, A Teplyakov
There are about 40 families of serine proteases defined by amino acid sequence similarities that can be further grouped into 7 clans on the basis of their...

Optics

Author(s)
Joseph Reader
The field of optics is summarized to assist in the solution of practical optics problems by working scientists. Over seventy formulas are presented dealing with...

Oxidatively Induced DNA Damage and Its Repair

Author(s)
M Miral Dizdar
Endogenous and exogenous reactive species react with DNA in living organisms by numerous mechanisms and cause oxidatively induced DNA damage with multiple...

Chapter 4: Thermodynamics

Author(s)
Ursula R. Kattner, Tore Haug-Warberg, Long-Qing Chen, Bengt Hallstedt, Andre Costa e Silva, Joonho Lee, Jean-Marc Joubert, Jean-Claude Crivello, Zhang Fan, Bethany Huseby
Thermodynamic modelling is currently one of the most mature areas of ICME and companies that produce software tools for thermodynamic modelling are deeply...

Flame Retardant Emissions from Spray Polyurethane Foam Insulation

Author(s)
Dustin G. Poppendieck, Angelica A. Connor, Matthew P. Schlegel, Adam P. Blickley
The desire to build more energy efficient homes in the United States has led to the expansion of the residential spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation...

Cyber-physical Systems Engineering for Manufacturing

Author(s)
Allison Barnard Feeney, Simon P. Frechette, Vijay Srinivasan
There is a convergence of interests in cyber-physical systems, systems engineering, and manufacturing innovation in the United States. The U.S. National...
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