NBS Viscometer Calibrating Liquids and Capillary Tube Viscometers (open access)

NBS Viscometer Calibrating Liquids and Capillary Tube Viscometers

Report discussing measurements of viscosity made with relative viscometers. These instruments must be calibrated with liquids whose viscosities are known. NBS provides a series of 10 oils for this purpose. Their viscosities range from 0.02 to 450 poises and their temperature coefficients of viscosity range from 2.1 to 9.4 percent per degree C. The less viscous oils are more stable. Correction formulas for errors or conditions are presented.
Date: December 26, 1962
Creator: Hardy, R. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Forty-Seventh National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1962 (open access)

Report of the Forty-Seventh National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1962

Report of the annual conference on weights and measures, hosted by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. It includes conference proceedings, a list of attendees, information about committees and officers, and other reports or commentaries discussed at the meetings.
Date: November 23, 1962
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Publications Received in the Library of the National Bureau of Standards, July 1962 (open access)

Publications Received in the Library of the National Bureau of Standards, July 1962

Report providing an alphabetical listing of the periodicals, both American and foreign, that are currently being received in the Washington (D.C.) Library of the National Bureau of Standards. Approximately 2,000 titles are cited, together with call numbers indicating the location of each in the NBS Washington Library. Although this information was compiled primarily for the use of the Bureau's scientific staff, it is also of value to libraries, scientific and technical organizations, and research workers.
Date: November 23, 1962
Creator: Hopper, Natalie J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrosion of Steel Pilings in Soils (open access)

Corrosion of Steel Pilings in Soils

From Introduction: "In this paper are presented the results obtained to date from the inspections of steel pilings. The investigation will be continued by additional inspections of pilings in other parts if the country in order to cover a wider range of soil environments."
Date: October 24, 1962
Creator: Romanoff, Melvin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical Standards for Trace Elements in Petroleum Products (open access)

Analytical Standards for Trace Elements in Petroleum Products

Report discussing a search conducted for stable, oil-soluble, organic compounds of metals (and other elements) for use in the spectrographic analysis of petroleum products. Compounds having suitable physical properties have been selected as standards. Methods are given for preparation of the compounds and for the spectrographic and chemical analysis of the chosen standards. Procedures are described for the preparation of stable solutions thereof in petroleum oils.
Date: October 1, 1962
Creator: Isbell, H. S.; Tipson, R. Stuart; Hague, J. L.; Scribner, B. F.; Smith, W. Harold; Wade, Clarence W. R. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemistry of Cement: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium, Washington 1960, Volume 2 (open access)

Chemistry of Cement: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium, Washington 1960, Volume 2

From Synopsis: "This paper deals mainly with cement paste in terms of its porosity, internal surface area, interaction between solid substance and evaporable water and related properties."
Date: September 27, 1962
Creator: United States. Bureau of Standards.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Systems of Electrical Units (open access)

Systems of Electrical Units

Report describing the various systems of measurement used in the literature on electricity and magnetism, with respect to their units. Their historical development is summarized. The manner in which each is derived from either of the two alternative points of view of the experimentalist and the theoretician is compared and contrasted. Tables are included for the conversion of equations and numerical values from one system to another.
Date: September 20, 1962
Creator: Silsbee, Francis B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bibliography on Atomic Transition Probabilities (open access)

Bibliography on Atomic Transition Probabilities

Report presenting a bibliography on atomic transition probabilities. The papers are arranged according to elements and stages of ionization, and the method employed and class of transitions are indicated behind each reference. Only articles on discrete transitions, both permitted and forbidden, are listed. Also included is a supplementary list of papers dealing with transition probabilities from a general point of view, a table showing the availability of numerical material on the individual atoms and ions, and a table of conversion factors.
Date: August 1, 1962
Creator: Glennon, B. M. & Wiese, W. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Transition Probabilities for Spectral Lines of Seventy Elements: Derived from the NBS Tables of Spectral-line Intensities (open access)

Experimental Transition Probabilities for Spectral Lines of Seventy Elements: Derived from the NBS Tables of Spectral-line Intensities

From introduction: "The goal of the work was to provide lists of the principal lines of the elements generally observed under ordinary conditions in arc spectra, together with their relative intensities on a true scale of relative energy."
Date: July 20, 1962
Creator: Corliss, Charles H. & Bozman, William R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Electric Energy Usage in Air Force Houses Equipped with Air-to-Air Heat Pumps (open access)

Analysis of Electric Energy Usage in Air Force Houses Equipped with Air-to-Air Heat Pumps

From Introduction: "One part of this study, which is presented in this Monograph, consists of an analysis of electric energy usage and electric power demand data obtained from a sample group of occupied houses at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas, equipped with heat pumps, water heaters, cooking ranges, clothes dryers, and miscellaneous appliances all operated by electricity."
Date: July 13, 1962
Creator: Achenbach, Paul R.; Davis, Joseph C. & Smith, William T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tables of Einstein Functions: Vibrational Contributions to the Thermodynamic Functions (open access)

Tables of Einstein Functions: Vibrational Contributions to the Thermodynamic Functions

From Introduction: "The recent acceptance by physicists and chemists of new values for the fundamental constants and the continued demand for expanded and convenient tables prompted the recomputation and preparation of this volume. The authors have tried to incorporate this work a number of the more desirable features of the above-cited works, particularly with respect to their use in calculations involving: Thermodynamic properties of gases; specific heats, electrical and thermal conductivity of solids; and molecular structure and spectroscopy of diatomic and polyatomic molecules. It is the hope of the authors that formal character of this publication will insure a more adequate notice and dissemination than was accorded the earlier works, thereaby reducing the probability of still further duplication of effort."
Date: July 12, 1962
Creator: Hilsenrath, Joseph & Ziegler, Guy G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annotated Bibliography on Soft X-ray Spectroscopy (open access)

Annotated Bibliography on Soft X-ray Spectroscopy

Report presenting a bibliography of about 550 references of the soft X-ray literature since 1950 and through 1960. The emphasis is on the application of soft X-ray spectroscopy to the study of valence band electronic states in metals and alloys. Therefore, the spectral region of 25 to 800 angstroms involving ruled glass grating spectrometers is of principal interest. In addition to soft X-ray data, references on all pertinent aspects of the apparatus and experimental problems are included. Also listed separately are references of value in corroborating soft X-ray data with other results. Subject, author, X-ray band, material, and other indices are included.
Date: June 29, 1962
Creator: Yakowitz, Harvey, 1939- & Cuthill, J. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determination of Total X-Ray Beam Energy With a Calibrated Ionization Chamber (open access)

Determination of Total X-Ray Beam Energy With a Calibrated Ionization Chamber

From Abstract: "This report describes the use of an air-filled aluminum-alloy ionization chamber to determine the energy transported by a bremsstrahlung beam with maximum photon energy in the range 6 to 170 Mev. This report can be used to construct a replica chamber to determine its absolute calibration between 6 and 170 Mev under a variety of experimental conditions."
Date: June 5, 1962
Creator: Pruitt, John S. & Domen, Steve R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Structure Shielding Against Fallout Radiation From Nuclear Weapons (open access)

Structure Shielding Against Fallout Radiation From Nuclear Weapons

From Purpose: "This Monograph is to assist scientists and engineers in the solution of problems of protection from ionizing radiation, particularly radiation from fallout."
Date: June 1, 1962
Creator: Spencer, L. V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Basic Magnetic Quantities and the Measurement of the Magnetic Properties of Materials (open access)

Basic Magnetic Quantities and the Measurement of the Magnetic Properties of Materials

From Introduction: "The work of the Magnetic Measurements Section of the National Bureau of Standards includes (1) testing of specifically prepared test specimens intended for use as standards for checking magnetic testing apparatus (2) investigation and development of magnetic testing apparatus (3) calibration of mutual inductors, test coils, and instruments for measuring magnetic fields, and (4) investigations in the field of magnetics such as studies of phenomena associated with nuclear magnetic resonance or the selection and testing of materials suitable to be used as standards of magnetic susceptibility."
Date: May 21, 1962
Creator: Sanford, Raymond L. & Cooter, Irvin L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fire Tests of Precast Cellular Concrete Floors and Roofs (open access)

Fire Tests of Precast Cellular Concrete Floors and Roofs

From Abstract: "The results of an investigation of lightweight, precast cellular concrete planks are given. Fire tests were made of two floor and five roof specimens made up of these planks. Variables, included density of the cellular concrete, thickness and span of the planks, reinforcement, and cover for the latter."
Date: April 12, 1962
Creator: Ryan, J. V. & Bender, E. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Exposure Site on Weather Resistance of Porcelain Enamels Exposed for Three Years (open access)

Effect of Exposure Site on Weather Resistance of Porcelain Enamels Exposed for Three Years

From Introduction: "The present report describes the condition of all of the porcelain enamels after exposure for 3 yr."
Date: April 10, 1962
Creator: Moore, Dwight G. & Potter, Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Coaxial Two-Terminal Conical Capacitor (open access)

Analysis of Coaxial Two-Terminal Conical Capacitor

From Abstract: "The electric field is plotted and its construction steps for axial symmetry are given."
Date: April 6, 1962
Creator: Selby, M. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radiation Patterns in the Lower Ionosphere and Fresnel Zones for Elevated Antennas Over a Spherical Earth (open access)

Radiation Patterns in the Lower Ionosphere and Fresnel Zones for Elevated Antennas Over a Spherical Earth

From Introduction: "The purpose of this work is to give the results of a detailed computation of antenna patterns in the ionosphere at VHF over a spherical earth."
Date: April 2, 1962
Creator: Merrill, R. G. & Mansfield, W. V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Standard X-ray Diffraction Powder Patterns: Section 1. Data for 46 Substances (open access)

Standard X-ray Diffraction Powder Patterns: Section 1. Data for 46 Substances

Report documenting standard x-ray diffraction powder patterns for various compounds, intended to replace previous data or provide information for new substances. It describes the methods and, for each substance, outlines any previous data as well as information about the sample used and structural data, with a table of diffraction patterns.
Date: March 9, 1962
Creator: Swanson, Howard E.; Morris, M. C.; Stinchfield, Roger P. & Evans, Eloise H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calibration Procedures for Direct-Current Resistance Apparatus (open access)

Calibration Procedures for Direct-Current Resistance Apparatus

From Object and Scope of This Paper: "This paper describes the apparatus and procedures used at the National Bureau of Standards for the measurement of d-c resistance when an accuracy of a few parts in a million is required. The object will be to explain procedures in detail and as simply as possible, with a minimum reference to theory."
Date: March 1, 1962
Creator: Brooks, Paul P. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theory and Methods of Optical Pyrometry (open access)

Theory and Methods of Optical Pyrometry

Report reviewing the theoretical methods of optical pyrometry and the application of these methods at the National Bureau of Standards in realizing, maintaining and distributing the International Practical Temperature Scale above 1063 ÂșC is presented. In the theoretical presentation, the concepts of effective and mean effective wavelengths are introduced, and various equations relating these parameters to each other and other physical quantities are derived. The methods presentation discusses important features of precision visual optical pyrometers, experimental procedures, and results of primary and secondary calibrations of optical pyrometers.
Date: March 1, 1962
Creator: Kostkowski, H. J. & Lee, R. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermocouple Materials (open access)

Thermocouple Materials

From Introduction: "The purpose of this paper is to present information on materials that are used from 0 degrees C up in thermocouples intended primarily as immersed temperature sensors, and to give so far as is practical properties of these materials that might affect their use in temperature measurement."
Date: March 1, 1962
Creator: Caldwell, F. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tables of the Exponential Function e [Superscript X] (open access)

Tables of the Exponential Function e [Superscript X]

Report presenting the fourth edition of the tables of the exponential function e(superscript x). Further indistinct numerals have been cleared up and several values have been adjusted to 2552 decimal places to conform to accuracy standards.
Date: 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library