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Standards Committee Activities of

the National Bureau of Standards

1984 Highlights

Karl G. Newell, Jr.

U S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Bureau of Standards

Office of Product Standards Policy

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

March 1985

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THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS ^ - 1984 HIGHLIGHTS

Karl G. Newell, Jr.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Bureau of Standards

Office of Product Standards Policy

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

March 1985

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ABSTRACT

This report summarizes NBS standards cormiittee activities and accom- plishments during calendar year 1984. It profiles NBS staff participation on standards committees and highlights significant technical

and individual contributions made by NBS staff. In 1984, 444 staff

members { 28% of NBS' profess~io“nal , scientific, and technical staff)

participated in 1,138 committees of 89 national and international

standards organizations.

Key Words: Annual report; committee participation;

standards conmittees; voluntary standards.

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CONTENTS

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Abstract i

Introduction 1

Summary of Participation 2

Organizational Highlights 9

Awards 39

Appendix I - NBS Form 83 41

Appendix II - List of Acronyms/Abbreviations 45

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INTRODUCTION

This report summarizes NBS participation in and contributions to national and

international standards organizations during calendar year 1984. The report

contains two major sections:

1) a statistical summary of NBS staff activities and

2) highlights of significant contributions and accomplishments by NBS

staff.

The information contained in this report was obtained through data collected

by the staff of the Standards Assistance and Management Information project,

using responses given on the NBS form 83, Record of Committee Assignment (See

Appendix I). The form, which is completed for each committee activity by NBS

staff enables NBS to maintain a complete record of staff participation on standards committees. SAMI maintains a computerized data base on these

activities. The material included in the organizational highlights section

was submitted by the NBS organizational units concerned.

During 1984, some 444 NBS staff members participated in activities of

domestic and international standards bodies. This report identifies many of

these individuals and their accomplishments. It is directed for use by NBS

managers and to outside standards bodies and indicates the many individual

contributions of NBS staff to national voluntary standards.

In addition to participation in outside standards bodies, the highlights

section of the report covers activities dealing with other standardization

activities, such as the development of Law Enforcement Standards and Federal

Information Processing Standards.

Participation in standardization activities provides NBS with an important

avenue for dissemination of research. In turn, involvement of NBS personnel

in standardization activities provides vital information on the Nation's

measurements needs in such areas as public health and safety, economic

development, and ' environmental protection. Standardization activities

provide not only an outreach program, but also afford NBS scientists and

engineers with an effective mechanism for interacting with their counterparts

in industry and academia.

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SUMMARY OF PARTICIPATION

Introduction

In 1984, 444 staff members (285^ of MBS' professional staff) participated on 1,138 standards committees of 89 standards organizations.

The number of committees on which memberships were held increased by 149

(15%) to 1,138 in 1984, and the memberships held increased by 30 to 1,434.

Highlights of Participation

Listed below are the highlights of the data collected by the SAMI project.

0 The number of participants has declined over the last four years by

6 percent, while the percentage of NBS staff participation has

declined by only 1 percent (see Figure 1).

0 The major change in staff participation in 1984 was a 15% increase

in the number of committees on which NBS staff participated. This

revises the downward trend of the last two years, but does not

regain the 1981 level, (see Figure 2).

0 While the total number of memberships held by NBS participants

declined from 1981 to 1983 (from 1481 to 1404), in 1984 the total

number increased by 30 to 1434, and the number of memberships per

participant increased from 3.15 to 3.23 from 1983 to 1984 (see

Figures 3 and 4).

0 The distribution of memberships by level (main committee, subcommittee, and working group) has remained virtually unchanged over

the last four years (see Figure 5).

0 The average convnittee tenure in 1984 was 7.4 years--up from 6.5

years in 1983. The longest committee assignment was 36 years (see

Figure 6).

NBS Organizational Units

0 The Center for Building Technology had the largest number of

participants with 51 (representing 51 percent participation) (see

Table 1).

0 The Center for Fire Research had the highest number of memberships

per participant with 5.13 (see Table 1).

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0 The Center for Building Technology, had the largest number of

committee memberships with 188 (based on 3.69 memberships per

participant) (see Table 1).

Outside Standards Organizations

0 Fifty-one percent of all NBS memberships were on committees of one standards organization--ASTM (see Figure 7).

0 Nine standards organizations accounted for eighty-two percent of

NBS committee memberships (see Figure 7).

0 The largest percentage of committee memberships were in the form of

"member" (71 percent) of a "subcommittee" (43 percent) (see Figures

5 and 8).

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TABLE 1 Organizational Unit Participation

Z Memberships

Staff

* Participants Participation Memberships Per Participant

CMS IMD 420 54 18 33% 61 3.39

FDD 430 25 12 48% 30 2.50

PD 440 48 13 27% 46 3.54

MD 450 55 29 53% 102 3.52

RRD 460 31 2 6% 4 2.00

OTHER "400 10 3 30% 13 ‘ 4.33

TOTAL CMS 223 77 35% 256 3.32

NML

MS 510 18 10 56% 35 3.50

CBS 520 119 19 16% 60 3.16

CRR 530 154 34 22% 109 3.21

CCP 540 66 19 29% 47 2.47

CAC 550 96 35 36% 143 4.09

OTHER 500 27 14 52% 45 3.21

TOTAL NML 480 131 27% 439 3.35

ICST

CPS&T 640 46 16 35% 35 2.19

CCSE 650 61 19 31% 74 . 3.89

OTHER 600 7 2 29% 8 4.00

TOTAL ICST 114 37 32% 117 3.16

NEL

CAM 710 94''"" 11 12% 21 1.91

CEEE 720 184 46 25% 105 2.28

CME 730 132 24 18% 67 2.79

CBT 740 100 51 51% 188 3.69

CFR 750 63 23 37% 118 5.13

CCE 770 100 14 14% 38 2.71

OTHER 700 17 6 35% 10 1.67

TOTAL NEL 690 175 25% 547 3.13

OTHER

OD 100 9 1 11% 3 3.00

OPSP 120 27 17 63% 63 3.71

OADPBF 110 6 1 17% 3 3.00

ODA 300 63 5 8% 6 1.20

TOTAL OTHER 105 24 23% 75 3.13

TOTAL NBS 1612 444 28% 1434 3.23

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ORGANIZATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following highlights technical and individual accomplishments for the

year. They have been submitted by NBS center managers as representative of

their various research areas and are limited to standards committee participation, but include highlights of significant contributions made by NBS staff

to standards development in general.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

Office of Product Standards Policy (OPSP)

Dr. Stanley I. Warshaw served as head of the U.S. delegations to the 8th

meeting of the International Laboratory Accreditation Conference, the 8th

meeting of the UNECE Government Officials Responsible for Standardization

Policies, and the 7th International Organization of Legal Metrology Conference. Dr. Warshaw was also selected as a member of an international team by

the International Organization for Standardization to give a series of

lectures in China on standardization and laboratory accreditation. All of

these activities have in common the development of guidelines and criteria

that allow for the mutual acceptance of test data between nations, an area of

growing importance to international trade.

Dr. Warshaw served as Chairman of the Interagency Committee on Standards

Policy, which assists Government agencies in the implementation of 0MB

Circular A-119. The Committee effected the publication of two Federal

guidelines, one covering agency use of private sector, third party certification and self-certification programs, and one covering guidelines for Government employees and agents participation in international treaty and

non-treaty standards bodies.

John L. Donaldson was appointed Chairman of the Management Board for the

International Organization for Standardization's Information Network (ISONET)

from 1985 to 1987. The Management Board consists of nine standards information experts chosen from the membership of The Information Committee. The

chairman directs programs to implement information policies of ISO regarding

operation of ISONET (information centers in 56 countries and ISO), which

provide information services related to standards, technical regulations,

certification, and other standards related activities.

Walter G. Leight participated on a special subcommittee (on the International

Use of ASTM standards) of the ASTM Board of Directors' Committee on the

Voluntary Standards System (COVOSS). The subcommittee concluded that ASTM

standards are widely used, helping to meet the needs for standards in

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international trade. Study results were summarized in the May and June 1984

issues of ASTM's Standardization News.

Mr. Leight also participated in an international symposium in Brasilia

concerning the implementation of the GATT Agreement on Technical Barriers to

Trade (the "Standards Code"). He and a representative of the Office of the

U.S. Trade Representative detailed the functioning of U.S. activities in

support of the Standards Code. Delegates from Canada, France, Germany, and

Japan and the GATT Secretariat in Geneva also made presentations.

The Standards Management Program of OPSP manages U.S. participation in the

International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML), a treaty organization

that develops "International Recommendations" impacting world trade of

measuring instruments and which in 1984 affected about $6 billion of U.S.

exports. In October, the 49 OIML member nations approved 20 additional

International Recommendations, five of which were developed by the United

States with the support of NBS. During the year, NBS also supported U.S.

efforts in the following areas:

0 Cryogenic Meters- -NBS in cooperation with a U.S. National Working

Group consisting of State weights and measures officials, gas

producers, and meter manufacturers developed a proposed International Recommendation for cryogenic meters based on requirements of

NBS Handbook 44 and the European Industrial Gases Committee Code of

Practice. The draft will be the subject of discussions in April

1985 when the OIML International Working Group is expected to meet

in Paris.

0 Electronic Weighing Instruments- -Work on a draft OIML Recommendation on electronic weighing instruments continued in 1984. A U.S.

National Working Group of scale manufacturers and OPSP staff

produced a fourth draft Recommendation that was circulated to OIML

member nations and was the subject of an international meeting in

June. A subsequent draft is to be developed and will be the

subject of what is expected to be a final meeting fo the International Working Group in June 1985. The final Recommendation will

establish the international requirements for electronic weighing

instruments used in trade and, thus, will have a significant impact

on U.S. manuf acturers

0 Pollution Monitoring Instrumentation- -NBS in cooperation with the

EPA established broad based U.S. working groups which developed

two preliminary draft International Recommendations on "Gas

Chromatographs" and "Gas Chromatographs/Mass Spectrometers" for the

measurement of pesticides and toxic substances and water pollution,

respectively. These draft Recommendations were discussed at

international meetings in Paris in June 1984, at which six other

nations, including the United States, ISO, and UNIDO sent delgates.

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Another meeting of the International Working Group is planned for

Washington, D.C. in May 1985 to discuss new drafts of recommendations for the measuring instruments indicated, future work, and

scopes of activities.

0 International Comparison of Hardness Scale- -NB$, through representation by ASTM Committee E28 on "Mechanical Testing," participated

on behalf of the United States in an international comparison of

hardness scales that was carried out by Czechoslovakia. A report of

the results of the first step of the intercomparison was completed

in 1984. It included the results of measurements of the Rockwell C

and Vickers HV30 hardness scales. Future plans are being developed

and include comparisons of indenters and several other hardness

scales.

0 Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metroloqy--The vocabulary

of basic measurement terms was completed and published by the four

sponsor organizations - BIPM, OIML, ISO and lEC. The vocabulary is an important step towards international uniformity of measurement

terms and definitions. Copies may be obtained from the Standards

Management Program Office of OPSP.

0 Weights- -OPSP provided the secretariat for the consolidation of

five existing International Recommendations on cormercial and

laboratory weights. A second draft will be circulated to member

countries in March 1985.

0 Prepackaged Products- -A draft OIML Recommendation prepared by the

United States on the labeling of packaged consumer goods was completed in 1984. The draft, based largely on existing U.S.

requirements, establishes uniform requirements for the labeling of

packaged consumer goods (food and non-food) in international trade.

Formal acceptance of the draft is now underway through the responsible International Working Group. Subsequently, the draft will be

submitted to all members of OIML for concurrence and eventual

adoption. OPSP provides secretariat support for this endeavor.

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CENTER FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE (CMS)

CMS staff co-chaired the steering committee meeting of the Advanced Materials

and Standards project. The project was launched by the Versailles meeting of

the Heads of State of the West's industrial nations. The Committee added two

new projects, one on ceramics and one on polymer alloys, to the existing ones

on wear test methods and standards for surface chemical analysis. Projects

in five other areas were proposed for consideration at the next meeting of

the committee: welding, polymer composites, high-temperature materials,

cryogenic materials, and bioengineering materials.

Dr. Leonard Mordfin was appointed the U.S. delegate to ISO TC 135 on nondestructive testing. At the same time, he serves as the chairman of the U.S.

Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ANSI for ISO TC 135. In one of his first

actions on behalf of the TAG, Mordfin invited the Soviet secretariat of TC

135 to convene the next meetings of the technical committee and its subcommittee in the United States. The meetings are tentatively scheduled for the

week of October 28, 1985, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Samuel Schneider received the ASTM Award of Merit for outstanding contributions to the advancement of the voluntary standardization system. His award

was based on demonstrated meritorious service and dedicated leadership in

developing standards for refractory (ceramic) materials.

Camden Hubbard and Judith Stalick completed evaluation methods and data base

design for the JCPDS. The JCPDS have adopted the system designed, developed

and tested at NBS in collaboration with JCPDS Research Associates. The

system is currently being used by the JCPDS to entirely reevaluate the 44,000

entry Power Diffraction File as well as build a computer data base.

Dr. Frederick Brinckman and Mr. William Blair have been welcomed as NBS

representatives to the Permanent International Committee for Research on the

Preservation of Materials in the Marine Environment (COIPM). This is an International organization for the conduct of cooperative research. The

research projects are carried out by working groups formed from member

organizations. NBS will be participating in the evaluation of organnotin

measurement methods and will provide organnotin containing research materials

for analysis by COIPM members.

David Lashmore was appointed Chairman of ASTM Subcommittee BOB. 07. 09 on conversion and anodic coatings on aluminum. A draft was prepared for

subcommittee ballot on the recommended practice for preparation of anodic

films on aluminum using sulfuric acid anodizing.

David Lashmore was the U.S. representati ve to a meeting of ISO TC 107 on Metallic and Other Non-Organic Coatings in Turin, Italy. A new ISO standard

was proposed, which will make use of the new NBS micrometer used for SEM

calibration.

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CMS staff developed a draft amendment to ASTM standard G40 on Terminology

Relating to Erosion and Wear. A total of seven new terms were involved;

three of the terms were developed to serve as Society-wide definitions in

response to an activity of the Committee on Terminology to reduce the number

of redundant definitions.

Participation continued in round-robin measurement activity concerning

microindentation (microhardness) standards. A statistical analysis of data

from 14 laboratories was carried out at NBS and recommendations were made

relating to operator bias in low load test applications.

Participation continued in round-robin measurements of pitting and crevice

corrosion of 316 type stainless steel through ASTM Committee F4. Reference

material specimens were provided by NBS to assist the measurement process.

ASTM Committee G2 on Erosion and Wear recognized Arthur Ruff with an Award of

Appreciation for his term as Chairman, and a Certificate of Appreciation for

his work on a solid particle erosion standard.

The M.O.S.E.S. Award of ASTM was presented to Anna Fraker at a recent

Committee F4 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices meeting in

Montreal, Canada.

Dr. James Early developed guidelines for comparing domestic and foreign

materials specifications taken from standards issued by ASTM, DIN, and JIS.

The results of this study have been published by ASTM in the Journal of

Testing and Evaluation.

Dr. Early also prepared a chapter on recycling ferrous scrap, which was published in the book Recycling, Fuel and Resource Recovery: Economic and

Environmental Factors . Included was a discussion of the role of standards on

the development of scrap markets for ferrous scrap recovered from municipal

solid waste. This chapter complements an earlier chapter written by Dr.

Early and published in The Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology .

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NATIONAL MEASUREMENT LABORATORY

Measurement Services (MS)

The tenth annual meeting of the International Standards Organization Council

Committee on Reference Materials (ISO-REMCO) was held at NBS, October 15-19,

under the chairmanship of Mr. George Uriano. At this meeting the Committee

devoted its work to five main topics:

1. Development of REMCO Guide 33 "Use of Reference Materials"

2. Development of REMCO Guide 35 "Certification of Reference

Materials"

3. COMAR, a Computerized System for Indexing Reference Materials on a Worldwide Basis

4. Revision of the ISO Directory of Certified Reference Materials

5. Development of the future program of REMCO.

During the meeting a special symposium was held on the use of reference

materials. The NBS speakers were Drs. John Taylor, John Mandel, Robert

Paule, and Mary Croarkin.

On July 17, NASA and Lehigh University presented to NBS 15 grams of lOum

polystyrene spheres produced aboard the NASA space shuttles. The material is now being certified by the Office of Standard Reference Materials in a joint

measurement program with the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)

as a particle size standard reference material for dimensional metrology. The

ASTM portion of the work is being led by Research Associate Dr. Russell

Obbink, while measurements at NBS are being conducted by Drs. Thomas

Lettiere, Theodore Vorburger, Arie Hartman, and Gary Hembree.

The Office of Standard Reference Materials is working with a special com- mittee of ASTM (S-17) to define the future production program for metal

reference materials. The Committee is conducting a survey of about 500

companies as to their requirements for metal reference materials. The

committee met in November in Williamsburg, Virginia, to discuss the results

of the survey and the production program for the coming years.

Center for Radiation Research (CRR)

A draft standard procedure for "Benchmark Referencing of Surveillance

Dosimetry for the Pressure Vessels of Light Water Reactors" was completed in

1984. This standard for the American Society for Testing and Materials is

scheduled for ballot in January 1985. The standard is under the jurisdiction

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of the Nuclear Radiation Metrology (E10.05) Jurisdiction Subcommittee. Since

1977, NBS has been involved in an international program sponsored by the

Materials Research Division of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assist in

upgrading the neutron dosimetry performed commercially at nuclear power

plants to monitor the radiation exposure responsible for the embrittlement of

steel in reactor pressure vessels.

NBS has played a lead role in the benchmarking effort by establishing bases

for quality assurance and providing irradiations of materials in known

neutron fluences to establish the path for traceable standardization of

neutron surveillance dosimetry. The development and maintenance of standard

neutron fields at NBS has made this possible. The principal standard neutron

fields are the Californium-252 spontaneous fission spectrum facilities in the

Nuclear Radiation Division and both the Uranium-255 fission spectrum and the

Intermedi ate-energy Standard Neutron Fields of the NBS Research Reactor.

Dr. Jack Hsia has been named Associate Director of Division 2 on "Physical

Measurement of Light and Radiation" by the Council of International Commission on Illumination in April. Dr. Hsia has responsibility over the technical activities of six committees in the following areas: measurement of

gloss, luminescence intercomparison, international comparison transmittance

measurements, gonioref lectory of standard material, survey of reference

materials for testing the performance of spectrophotometers and colorimeters,

and measurement of reflectance and transmittance.

In July, nearly 160 registrants attended the Workshop on Radiation Survey

Instruments and Calibrations held at NBS in Gaithersburg. The purpose of the

workshop was to have open discussion of a possible testing program based on a national standard for the performance of radiation survey instruments, and

the establishment of a national system of secondary standards laboratories.

Sponsorship of the workshop was balanced among agencies and organizations in

the private, state, and federal sectors, and the program was structured to

present each of these three perspectives. Because the registrants also

represented a wide range of concerns and interests, the workshop was highly

successful. The interactions that began during the workshop will be continued in a national committee for which NBS will serve as the secretariat.

This committee will be formed in the near future to plan and guide implementation of a national instrument testing program and the establishment of a system of secondary standards laboratories in the private sector.

Based largely on NBS Technical Note 1177, "Elements of Thermography for

Nondestructive Testing," written by J. Cohen, a draft glossary for infrared

thermography, has been prepared by ASTM Section E7. 10.04 on Infrared Methods

of Nondestructive Testing Technical Note 1177 presents an elementary review

of thermal imaging systems, with emphasis on the application of thermography

to nondestructive testing. The paper is intended to be readable to scientists and program managers without previous background in thermography or infrared technology.

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William L. McLaughlin received a special award for excellence in technology

transfer in May from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology

Transfer. This award was given to Mr. McLaughlin for developing and bringing

to the marketplace an accurate, inexpensive, broad range fibre-optic radiation dosimeter to assure product reliability for the radiation processing

industry. It is expected that the extensive use of these dosimeters will

lead to the standardization of radiation measuring systems for the radiation

processing industry.

Two argon arcs, designed and calibrated in the Atomic and Plasma Radiation

Divison, have been used to calibrate the faint object spectrograph (FOS), one

of the instruments due to fly on the space telescope. This spectral irradiance calibration in the near and vacuum ultraviolet was effected using a standard maxi-arc and a standard mini-arc (NBS Standards 7.6A and B) to

calibrate the space telescope optical simulator (STOS). Utilizing five

lamps, the STOS provides optical emissions that simulate expected observations by the orbiting space telescope. The individuals responsible for the

development of the arc standards are W. R. Ott and J. M. Bridges, and the

calibration of the STOS was carried out by J. Z. Klose over the period from

March through October in consultation with the lead contractor, Martin

Marietta Denver Aerospace.

A vacuum ultraviolet spectroradiometer recently developed in the Center for

Radiation Research has been used to select and calibrate a deuterium lamp to

be flown on the Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM) space

shuttle experiment as an in-flight radiation standard. This experiment is

the first to utilize a calibrated source in space. The spectroradiometer is

unique in that it was designed to be completely oil-free to simulate the

environment of outer space, and its range for irradiance calibrations

extendends down to 115 nm in the vacuum ultraviolet. The selection and

calibration of the flight lamp was carried out by J. Z. Klose using NBS argon

mini-arc near and vacuum ultraviolet radiometric standards 7.6A and B. This

work was completed in February at which time the flight lamp was delivered to

the Naval Research Laboratory for incorporation into the SUSIM.

The FASTBUS modular high speed data acquisition and control system for high

energy physics and other applications is an interlaboratory development

coordinated and managed by Louis Costrell of the NBS Center for Radiation

Research. The basic specification has been approved as a standard of the

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and also of the American

National Standards Institute with the designation ANSI/IEEE Standard 960-

1984. This standard is being used in the major high energy physics laboratories in the United States and abroad and by numerous manufacturers of nuclear

instrumentation. Louis Costrell, who also serves as Technical Advisor to the

U.S. National Committee of the International Electrotechnical Commission

(lEC) and as Chief U.S. Delegate to the lEC Committee on Nuclear Instruments,

has initiated the processing of the FASTBUS specification as an international

standard of the lEC.

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The first state-operated facility for calibration of radiation measuring

instruments was opened formally in June, in Springfield, Illinois. Those who

participated in the dedication ceremony included the Deputy Director of NBS,

a representative of the Office of the Governor, the Executive Secretary of

the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD), and officials

of the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety. Initially, the center will use X-rays and gamma rays to calibrate instruments used for measurements in

support of medical diagnostics and radiation protection. During the opening

ceremony, the laboratory was granted accreditation by the CRCPD to operate in

accordance with specific criteria developed by its Radiation Measurements

Committee. Similar laboratories are under development in South Carolina,

Washington, California, and Arkansas. These state-operated facilities are now being developed with guidance and technical support from NBS.

CRR has hosted ANSI N42.2, Subcommittee on Calibration Procedure Standards,

over recent years at approximately six month intervals. A standard entitled

"American National Standard Specifications for Sealed Radioactive Check

Sources Used in Liquid-Scintillation Counters" is nearing final approval. A

five-year review of the standard entitled "Calibration and Usage of 'Dose

Calibrator' Ionization Chambers for the Assay of Radionuclides" has essen- tially been completed.

CRR has provided radioactive materials to Pacific Northwest Laboratories

under the sponsorship of the Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory

Commission. These materials have been used for round-robin intercomparisons

with Health Physics Laboratories engaged in the determination of radioactive

hazard to occupationally exposed individuals. A standard (ANSI N 13.30,

"Performance Criteria for Radiobioassay", presently in draft stage) will be

based, in part, on the results of the intercomparison.

Allan D. Carlson serves as Chairman of the Standards Subcommittee of the

Cross Section Evaluation Working Group of the National Nuclear Data Center.

Significant progress has been made on the evaluation of the "neutron standards" for version 6 of the national evaluated nuclear data file known as ENDF/B-VI.

NBS has been playing a key role on the neutron group of ISO/TC 85/SC 2/GT 2

Reference Radiation working group of the Radiation Protection Subcommittee of

the Nuclear Power technical committee. A new standard, "Neutron Reference

Radiations for Calibrating Neutron Measuring Devices Used for Radiation

Protection and for Determining their Response as a Function of Neutron

Energy" (ISO/DP 8259) has been sent to the ISO Central Secretariat in Geneva

for the final voting procedure. It is anticipated that the standard will be

adopted by ISO. Several of the reference radiations incorporated in the

standard were developed at NBS.

The neutron group of IS0/TC85/SC2/GT2 is now working on a second standard,

essentially devoted to the proper use of the reference radiations specified

in the first standard. This document, "Procedures for Calibrating and

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Determining the Energy Response of Neutron Measuring Devices Used for

Radiation Protection", is still in draft form. It relies heavily on specific

procedures developed at NBS. More important, however, the whole point of

view of the document with regard to such matters as correcting for scattering

effects is largely due to NBS input, which has stimulated other workers to

pick up our ideas and extend them further.

Current research in the Center for Radiation Research will form the basis for

an extension to photon energies between 4 and 9 MeV of ISO 4037-1979, "X and

Gamma Reference Radiations for Calibrating Dosimeters and Dose Ratemeters and

for Determining Their Response as a Function of Photon Energy."

An Addendum to ISO 4037-1979 covering the description of several methods for

producing 4- to 9-MeV photon beams suited for the calibration of radiation-protection instruments, including the method under study at NBS, has

been prepared by a working group of ISO TC85/2/2. The current draft of this

Addendum has been circulated to all members of ISO TC85/2/2. A further

Addendum, covering the characterization of these photon beams by spectrometry

and dosimetry, is under preparation by M. Ehrlich. The second draft of this

Addendum was submitted to the working group in June.

Center for Chemical Physics (CCP)

The Versailles Project on Advance Materials and Standards (VAMAS) has

considered the establishment of Technical Working parties in specific materials

areas. A proposal for a Surface Chemical Analysis Working Party was prepared

by Dr. M.P. Seah of the UK National Physical Laboratory and Dr. C.J. Powell of

NBS and approved by the VAMAS Steering Committee in June, 1984. The proposal

described the growth and diversity of surface analysis in the development of

advanced materials in modern technologies and, additionally, the use of surface

analysis for improved films and coatings. The principal techniques of surface

analysis in common use were identified and the technical limitations to

accurate surface analyses summarized. Accurate surface analyses require:

1. knowledge of the principles of the measurement method,

2. knowledge of the behavior of the measuring instrument, and

3. correct interpretation and expression of the final measured

result.

Standards for the measurement of surface composition with known accuracy and

for the reliable determination of chemical state will thus require:

1. a base of principles, definitions of terms, and

suitable equations,

2. reference procedures for the measurement of intensities

and spectral features.

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3. procedures and data for instrument calibratons,

4. reference data for material parameters such as elemental sensitivity factors, matrix terms, chemical state

spectra, ion sputtering rates, etc., and

5. standards for specifying an analysis.

Specific needs were identified for the common methods of surface analysis.

Auger-electron spectroscopy. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and secondary

ion mass spectrometry together with the needs for ion sputtering which is

used to obtain composition versus depth information in films and coatings.

Existing standards activities in the member countries were reviewed and

suggestions were made for additional standards for surface chemical analysis

by scientists in the member states of VAMAS.

Center for Analytical Chemistry (CAC)

The International Ozone Commission, at its Quadrennial Ozone Symposium held

in Halkikiki, Greece in September, recommended to the World Meterological

Organization the adoption of new NBS measurements of the ultraviolet absorption cross-section as the reference data set for processing atmospheric ozone

observations. This recommendation is based on the research of Dr. Arnold

Bass, recently completed, which included a detailed investigation of the

temperature dependence resulting in the most accurate evaluation of the

absorption cross-section of ozone. These data are required for measurement

of the ozone distribution in the earth's atmosphere as determined by observation of transmittance of ultra-violet solar radiation using earth stations

and satellite-born instruments. The new reference data are expected to

provide an eight-fold increase in the accuracy of these important measurements.

In a cooperative effort between NBS, the Commission of the European Communities, and the U.S. Department of Energy, B. Stephen Carpenter and

Robert Greenberg have developed a new Standard Reference Material (SRM 969)

for non-destructive determination of the 235u Abundance in nuclear materials.

The issuance of this SRM is expected to substantially improve, on an international scale, accountability measurements in the nuclear industry.

Dr. John K. Taylor was granted the ASTM Award of Merit and the honorary title

of Fellow of the ASTM in April 1984. The award was given "for his exceptional contributions in the area of quality, calibration, and precision

related to development of standard test methods of Committee D22 on Sampling

and Analysis of Atmospheres." Dr. Taylor is an active member of four ASTM

Committees and is presently Chairman of committee D22.

Dr. Harry S. Hertz has been chosen as President-elect of the National

Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS). The NCCLS, representing

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the major professional, governmental, and industrial organizations interested

in this field, develops methodologic standards and guidelines and specifications for reference materials for use in clinical analysis. Dr. Hertz has

served previously as Secretary of the NCCLS and as a member of its Board of

Directors.

Mr. John A. Norris received the ASTM Award of Merit "for outstanding efforts

in Committee E2 on Emission Spectroscopy as Recording Secretary and subcommittee chairman and for his help in sharing spectro-chemical techniques

and statistical analysis concepts of NBS with ASTM."

Dr. Harry L. Rook has been appointed as Chairman, ASTM D22.03, Subcommittee

on Ambient Air Measurements in July. Dr. Rook also served as Co-Chairman of

Committee D22's Symposium on Measurement of Hazardous Waste, held at Johnson

College in Vermont.

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INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

In 1984 the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology completed development of the following Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS):

FIPS PUB 8-5

FIPS PUB 10-3

FIPS PUB 103

FIPS PUB 105

FIPS PUB 106

Metropolitan Statistical Areas Including CMSAs,

PMSAs, and NECMAs

Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special

Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative

Divisions; Revisions to FIPS PUB 10-2

Codes for the Identification of Hydrologic Units in

the United States and the Caribbean Outlying Areas

Guideline for Software Documentation Management

Guideline on Software Maintenance

FIPS PUB 107 Local Area Networks: Baseband Carrier Sense Multiple

Access with Collision Detection Access Method and

Physical Layer Specifications and Link Layer

Protocol; adopts IEEE 802.2 and 802.3

FIPS PUB 108 Alphanumeric Computer Output Microform Quality Test

Slide; adopts AIIM MS 28-1983

The following standards-related publications were issued in 1984:

NBS Spec. Pub. 500-105

NBS Spec. Pub. 500-106

NBS Spec. Pub. 500-108

NBS Spec. Pub. 500-111

NBS Spec. Pub. 500-115

NBS Spec. Pub. 500-117

NBSGCR 84-462

NBSGCR 84-461

Guide to Software Coversion Management

Guide on Software Maintenance

Guide on Data Models in the Selection and Use

of Database Management Systems

Standardization Issues for Optical Digital

Data Disk (0D3) Technology

Report on Approaches to Database Translation

Selection and Use of General Purpose

Programning Languages

Physical Database Processor Preliminary

Specifications

Logical Database Processor Interface

Specifications

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Center for Programming Science and Technology (CPS&T)

Leonard Gallagher contributed to the development of proposed standards for

Database Language NDL and Database Language SQL by ANSI technical committee

X3H2, Database. He prepared the tutorial documents associated with these

proposed standards and serves as the X3H2 International Representative.

James Upperman chairs ANSI technical committee X3L5, Labels and File Structure, which is working with IS0/TC97/SC15 to develop a Data Descriptive File

Standard.

David Jefferson and Elizabeth Fong, co-chairs of the Database Architecture

Framework Task Group (DAFT6) of the ANSI/X3/SPARC Database System Study Group

(DBSSG), were major contributors to a draft report entitled "Reference Model

for DBMS Standardization." The reference model is a proposed planning

document to guide the future development of database system standards by X3

committees.

NBS research in database languages and data interchange forms has provided

technical support to ANSI and ISO committees developing standards in these

areas. NBS Spec. Pub. 500-108, Guide on Data Models in the Selection and

Use of Database Management Systems , shows how newly proposed American

National Standard database languages for network and relational database

management systems might be applied in practice. NBS Spec. Pub. 500-115,

Report on Approaches to Database Translation , describes how standard database

structures might be represented for database interchange using the recently

adopted ISO Data Descriptive File standard, ISO 8211.

In June Leonard Gallagher was appointed to convene the ANSI/X3/SPARC Data

Interchange Study Group which will examine data interchange requirements for

X3 projects dealing with programming languages, office systems, open systems

interconnection, data representation, graphics, data dictionary, and database. The objective of the study is to identify those elementary data types

most important for data interchange among different systems and to determine

the feasibility of alternative data representation formats. This work is

expected to advance X3's planning for future data interchange standards.

In September, the IEEE Computer Society's Software Engineering Standard

Subcommittee (SESS) working group P1042 completed its first draft of a Guide

for a Software Configuration Management Plan. Wilma Osborne contributed to

the development of the draft by preparing a section on audits and reviews.

Patricia Powell and Roger Martin contributed to the development of a draft

Standard for Software Reliability Measurement by the IEEE Computer Society's

Software Engineering Standards Subcommittee (SESS) working group P982.

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A meeting of the IEEE Computer Society's Software Engineering Standards

Subcommittee (SESS) working group to develop Software Maintenance Standards

was held in November at NBS.

Helen M. Wood has been appointed to the IEEE Computer Society's Standards

Board.

Allen L. Hankinson has been appointed to IEEE Computer Society's Standards

Coordinating Committee. He also serves as the IEEE Computer Society representative to the International Standards Coordinating Committee.

Albrecht J. Neumann has been appointed the International Representative of

ANSI Committee X3K1, Project Documentation.

Center for Computer Systems Engineering (CCSE)

At the request of ANSI technical committee X3B5, Digital Magnetic Tape, ICST

will develop a new Standard Reference Material, Secondary Signal Amplitude

Reference Magnetic Tape Cartridge 6400-10000 f tpi . These cartridges are used

worldwide principally in applications for backup of fixed Winchester disks.

ANSI technical committee X3L2, Codes and Character Sets, approved ICST's

proposal to develop a Quantitative Verification System for the North American

Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (NAPLPS). The verification system will

result in a standard set of NAPLPS text frames to be made available to users,

manufacturers and service providers of videotex and teletext equipment.

Dana Grubb co-authored a report published by the National Telecommunications

and Information Administration. Entitled American National Standard X3.102

User Reference Manual , the report discusses ANSI X3.102, "Data Communication

Systems and Service: User-Oriented Performance Parameters," covers the

approach and content of the ANSI standard, and examines the meaning and

importance of each standard parameter.

In July emerging ISO standards for networks were demonstrated at the National

Computer Conference, resulting from a cooperative effort by ICST, General

Motors Corp., Boeing Computer Services, and 13 computer manufacturers and

communication companies. The standards demonstrated were IEEE 802.2 type 1 class 1 Logical Link Control; IEEE 802.3 Carrier Sense Multiple Access with

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Collision Detection (CSMA/CD); IEEE 802.4 Token Bus; the ISO Class 4 Transport Protocol; and an extended subset of the ISO File Transfer Protocol.

These standards are being processed as draft proposals or as draft international standards by ISO.

This demonstration of two local area networks was a first step toward making

computer-to-computer communications feasible using international standards.

These international standards will give network users flexibility and options

to build networks for future information processing needs.

ICST developed the test methods that supported the development and implementation of the standards and enabled the companies participating in the

demonstration to assure that their products would work together in an operating environment.

In August, ICST initiated a workshop series for implementors of ISO's Open

Systems Interconnection (ISO) Reference Model. Participating in the workshops are representatives of more than 40 companies that develop computer and

communications systems. The workshops will consider several demonstration

projects including implementation of ISO draft and proposed network protocol

standards in electronic message, manufacturing automation, and public data

network applications.

ICST assisted the Department of the Treasury in developing a new policy to assure the integrity of its electronic funds transfer (EFT) data. A directive issued by the Treasury requires the use of American National Standard

(ANSI) X9.9, Financial Institution Message Authentication, or an equivalent

method approved by the Treasury. ICST was a major contributor to the X9.9

standard, and to other voluntary standards developed for the banking com- munity. ICST will continue to assist the Treasury in the implementation of

the standard by developing methods for verifying the correct performance and

assuring the reliability of equipment and techniques for protecting EFT data.

In October, ICST participated in a government/industry news conference to announce support for the proposed Intelligent Peripheral Interface (IPI)

Standard being developed by ANSI committee X3T9.3, Device Level Interface.

The IPI is a high performance interface that provides for physical level

connection of peripherals such as disks, tapes, printers, and terminals to a wide range of computers from small systems to large mainframes. More than 40

companies also announced their support for the IPI standard, which is

expected to serve industry needs for the next 10 to 20 years.

John Little was elected Vice Chairman of ANSI task group X3L2.3, Two Byte

Character Set.

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NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY

Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory (LESL)

In 1984, the Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory completed the development

of the following performance standards that will be issued by the National

Institute of Justice (NIJ) as voluntary national standards as part of its

Technology Assessment Program:

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NIJ Standard-0112.00,

NIJ Standard-0224.00,

NIJ Standard-0502.00,

NIJ Standard-0210.00,

"9 mm/45 Caliber Autoloading Pistols"

"Personal/Mobile FM Transceivers"

"Flashing Warning Light Systems for Law

Enforcement, Emergency and Service Vehicles"

"Mobile FM Transceivers"

In addition, LESL completed the revisions of two previously-issued NIJ

standards, to reflect changes in the state-of-the-art of commercial products:

0 NIJ Standard-0101.02, "Ballistic Resistance of Police Body Armor"

0 NIJ Standard-0108.01, "Ballistic Resistant Protective Materials"

The National Institute of Justice published four voluntary national standards

that were developed by LESL:

0 NIJ Standard-0105.01, "Crash Helmets"

0 NIJ Standard-0222.00, "Surveillance Receiver/Recorders"

0 NIJ Standard-0321.00, "Control Units for Intrusion Alarm Systems"

0 NIJ Standard-0606.00, "Portable Organic Vapor Detectors"

LESL also continued to provide support to the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration (NHTSA) in the implementation of the NHTSA model specification

for speed measuring radar devices.

Center for Applied Mathematics (CAM)

NBS co-sponsored a 5-day international conference on fatigue science in

October at Dallas, Texas. The purpose of the conference was to promote a

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rational approach in developing more accurate computer-assisted testing

standards for determining the fatigue and fracture resistance of metals,

plastics, composites, and building materials. More than 200 participants

from 16 countries attended. The American Society for Testing and Materials

(ASTM) through Committee E-9 on Fatigue and Committee E-24 on Fracture was the principal co-sponsor. Several NBS people presented talks at the conference. Jeffrey Fong and Richard Fields served as chairman and secretary,

respectively, of the organizing committee.

NBS provided assistance and research support for an on-site tally of standards-related ballot and instant analysis of voting results using a personal

computer (PC) and state-of-the-art analysis and database software. Jeffrey

Fong and Robert Cramer (711) contributed a PC-based, analysis and database

integrated software to the evaluation of 43 items of f atigue-testing-standards-related questions by up to 120 researchers from 16 countries. During

the 5-day conference, more than 10,000 integers from the ballots were loaded

to the PC in five batches and analyzed on-site to permit a presentation of

the tally and analysis results two hours after the last vote was collected.

The result of this first attempt was documented in a committee report. The

title of the report is "An Application of DATAX to the Analysis of an ASTM

Symposium Ballot," (Nov. 16, 1984).

CAM staff has provided technical support for the development of economic

analysis methods and guidelines for use by voluntary standards organizations.

The support was provided through participation in ASTM and the International

Council for Building Research (CIB). The Building Economics Subcoimiittee of

ASTM E-06-81, chaired by Harold Marshall, has three standards in ASTM review.

They are "Recommended Practice for Measuring Net Benefits for Investments in

Buildings and Building Systems," "Standard Practice for Measuring Simple and

Discounted Payback for Investments in Buildings and Building Systems," and

"Standard Practice for Measuring Internal Rates of Return for Investments in

Buildings and Building Systems." All are based on NBS technical reports.

ASTM distributed a "Building Life-Cycle Cost" Computer Program on a diskette

along with its documentation as an adjunct to the building economics standards. This program/ documentation package was developed at NBS.

James Lechner has been active on Special Commitee 150 of the Radio Technical

Commission for Aeronautics. The Committee is charged with developing

standards that will allow safe operation of aircraft at reduced vertical

separation above 29,000 feet altitude.

Dr. Lechner has been active both in the main Committee deliberations and in

the Working Groups and has consulted with statisticians from the FAA Technical Center. He has written several discussion papers, participated in

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drafting the interim report issued in November; and presented a paper at the

Statistics Symposium on National Energy Issues describing the risk-analysis

context and some of the statistical concerns of this problem.

The Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics is a joint government-industry

group that mingles staff from the FAA, the International Air Transport

Association, federal military agencies with air traffic control responsibility, civil airlines representatives, and technical representatives from the

producers of avionic instrumentation.

ISO Guide 35, "Certification of Reference Materials - General and Statistical

Principles," which is based heavily on NBS contributions, was approved by the

ISO/REMCO Committee (The Council Committee on Reference Materials of The

International Organization for Standardization) in June. Keith Eberhardt

wrote one section of the document and served as technical editor for the

statistical material it contains. Another section of the Guide was based on material taken from chapter 3 of the "Role of Standard Reference Materials in

Measurement Systems", by J. P. Cali, NBS Monograph 148 (1975), which

was written by Harry Ku. George Uriano, of the NBS Office of Measurement

Services and Chairman of REMCO, served as general editor of the Guide.

Mary Natrella received the ASTM Award of Merit at the April meeting of ASTM

Committee E-11. She was cited for outstanding, intelligent, and productive

leadership in the development of standards and applied statistical publications produced by Committee E-11, especially as Chairman of Subcommittee

Ell. 03 on Statistical Analysis and Control Techniques.

Center for Electronics and Electrical Engineering (CEEE)

A new ANSI standard, C12.13, and the revision of an existing ANSI standard

C12.4, have been approved for publication. These standards were developed by

the Electricity Metering Committee which has the IEEE for its secretariat and

which is chaired by Raymond Turgel of CEEE. To provide an incentive for consumers to use electric generating capacity more efficiently, several

utilities now bill their customers on a multiple tariff basis using so-called

time-of-use electricity meters. The C12.13 standard provides for a read-out

format that makes the task of reading such meters and recording the data

easier and more uniform throughout the industry.

The final draft of an International Electrotechnical Commission (lEC)

standard for the measurement of power frequency electric fields was recently

prepared by Martin Misakian. The draft is based, in part, on the results of

NBS' investigation into the measurement of 60-Hz electric fields. As

Secretary (Chairman) of lEC Technical Committee 42 Working Group 6, Or.

Misakian oversaw the preparation of four revisions of the draft which were

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reviewed by members representing England, the Soviet Union, France, China,

Germany, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Italy, and Sweden. The draft has been

circulated by the lEC Central Office to the national committees represented

in Technical Committee 42 (TC42) for comments and will be considered in

detail by TC 42 at the lEC general meeting in May 1985 in Montreal.

Workers in CEEE are in the midst of a round robin, which is intended to

circumscribe and quantify the problems with power meters being used in the

fiber optics industry. Preliminary work indicates that the discrepancy

between meters may be as much as 40 percent. The round robin was developed

as a result of that discrepancy. It is being conducted in cooperation with

the Electronics Industries Association (EIA) P-6 Committee on Fiber Optics.

It is expected that the experiment will not be completed before early 1985.

CEEE staff have published NBSIR-83-1691 which is intended for users, vendors,

and metrologists who have a need to measure the attenuation of telecommunication-grade multimode fibers. The document is entitled "Measurement of

Multimode Optical Fiber Attenuation: An NBS Special Test Service." The

technique that is described is the one recommended by the Electronics

Industries Association (EIA). The technique was developed in the EIA P-6

Committee on Fiber Optics. The document brings together the essence of two

EIA recommended Fiber Optic Test Procedures (FOTPs), as published in the

Recommended Standard RS 455; FOTP 50, dealing with light launch conditions

for fiber attenuation measurements, and FOTP 46, dealing with the measurment

techniques.

The SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute) Ceramic Packages

Thermal Measurements Task Force, chaired by Frank Oettinger, is concerned

with the standardization of techniques to thermally characterize ceramic

packages. Due to the inherent difficulties in analyzing and measuring the

thermal properties of active integrated circuit chips, an approach using

specifically designed thermal test chips for evaluating packaging schemes was proposed by NBS. A computer program to analyze the temperature distribution

of packaged thermal test chips has been fully documented by John Albers and

made available to the industry. In addition, a review article on the design

and utitlization of thermal test chips has been written by Frank Oettinger

and published in the February issue of Solid State Technology. With these

two publications as background, two documents entitled "Specification for

Referee Thermal Test Chip" and "Test Method for Thermal Measurements for

Ceramic Packages" have been written by Mr. Oettinger and circulated to the

SEMI Ceramic Packages Subcommittee for comments.

Staff members of CEEE are editing a major publication of the Electronic

Industries Association titled "MOSFETs". The publication, originated in EIA

Committee JC-25, Committee on Power Transistors, is a handbook intended to

guide power MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) users

in understanding the characteristics and specifications of these devices. A

chapter on thermal characteristics was taken directly from a publication of

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NBS research. NBS will also coordinate and participate in a round-robin

measurement exercise to establish the capabilities of industrial laboratories

in making thermal measurements on power MOSFETs. Sixteen power semiconductor

device manufacturers and users are represented on the committee.

An alternative approach for determining the inter laboratory precision of a test method was proposed to the ASTM Subcommittee F-1.11 on Quality and

Hardness Assurance by Harry Schafft in collaboration with John Mandel of NML.

The alternative approach involves parallel rather than serial handling. The

approach is particularly appropriate in the case of a test method that

involves measurements that tend to degrade the device.

The approach was tested in a determination of the inter laboratory precision

of a newly modified Standard Method for Measuring MOSFET Linear Threshold

Voltage. All measurements by the eight participating laboratories (including

the one at NBS) were completed in about four months with no device failure.

By way of contrast, the interlaboratory experiment used for an earlier

version of the test method took over two years to complete and resulted in

the failure of over one third of the test devices at some time during the

experiment

A new ASTM test method on the "Determination of the Interstial Oxygen Content

of Silicon Slices by Computer-Assisted Spectrophotometry" has been accepted

for publication in the gray pages of the 1984 Annual Book of ASTM Standards.

This test method was developed by a task force appointed by ASTM Subcommitee

FI. 04 on the Physical Properties of Semiconductors. Aslan Baghdadi is

Chairman of the task force. The other members of the task force include

representatives both from the instrument manufacturers (Perki n-Elmer, IBM,

Digilab, Nicolet) and the users (Bell Labs, Texas Instruments, WackerSiltronic).

James Ehrstein was a co-recipient of the Elmer Thurber Award of ASTM Committee F-1 in October. The award was presented for significant publication

in the area of semiconductor electronics standardization.

Stanley Ruthberg has drafted a new standard for the hermetic testing of

electron devices. The standard was approved by ASTM Committee F-1 on Electronics in the spring. It is entitled "Standard Test Method for Package

Attenuation Coefficient of a Sealed Device for Radioisotope Hermetic Test"

and is numbered ASTM F866. This is the last of a series of three such

standards drafted by Mr. Ruthberg.

A complete revision of ASTM Standard F98, "Standard Recommended Practice for

Determining Hermiticity of Electron Devices by a Bubble Test", was drafted by

Stanley Ruthberg for ASTM Committee F-1. 09 on Enclosures, Substrates, and

Films. It was approved by Committee F-1 of ASTM in October.

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An extensive revision of ASTM Standard F76 "Method for Measuring Hall

Mobility and Hall Coefficient in Extrinsic Semiconductor Single Crystals" has

been undertaken by staff members of CEEE. This method is used for measuring

the resistivity and Hall coefficient and for determining the Hall mobility in

extrinsic semiconductor single crystals. The revision was initiated by ASTM

Subcommittee F01.15 on Gallium Arsenide to extend the original method to

accomodate semi-insulating semiconductors such as gallium arsenide and indium

phosphide. Alan Seabaugh and Michael Bell of the CEEE staff are coordinating

the effort, which has a participation of 47 people: 35 industrial laboratories, 3 government laboratories, and 2 universities.

A revised draft of the document "Standard Practice for Characterizing

Semiconductor Deep Levels by Transient Capacitance Techniques" was prepared

by Robert Thurber and Jeremiah Lowney. This standard practice is being

developed by Subcommittee 6 on Electrical and Optical Measurements of ASTM

Committee F-1 on Electronics. In an effort to reach a wider and more knowledgeable audience, the draft was sent for comments to 16 individuals

outside of ASTM who are active in deep level measurements.

The first superconducting critical standard reference material (SRM 1457) was certified in June. The SRM was created for calibrating apparatus used to

measure this key parameter of superconductor products, critical current, and

will be useful to buyers and sellers of superconductors and researchers in

superconductor technology. The SRM measurement technique is the ASTM

Standard Test Method B714-82. The SRM will also serve as a means for

inter laboratory comparison that will further advance the consensus and

evolution of the standard test method.

Center for Manufacturing Engineering (CME)

Robert Hocken and Thomas Carlton have completed final revisions to ASME

Proposed Standard B89.1.12 on Performance Evaluation of Coordinate Measuring

Machines after a full year of trial use by the manufacturing community. This

new standard focuses on meeting the needs of commerce by providing straightforward methods to establish performance specifications and to test threedimensional coordinate measuring machines, satisfying the needs of both

manufacturers and users of this equipment. The standard breaks new ground in

two significant areas and views performance testing with a system perspective. First, the interaction of the measurement environment and machine

performance is directly addressed by providing functional tests to assess

this influence. Second, although a measuring machine is a complex electromechanical device with many error sources, the emphasis in testing is placed

on functional performance of the entire system in its normal method of use rather than on performance of individual elements of the machine. This

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general approach has gained wide acceptance here and abroad over the course

of the one-year trial period. NBS also now supplies a Socketed Ball Bar Set

(Standard Reference Material #2083) in support of the test methods specified

in the new Standard.

Eleven vendors of CAD/CAM equipment joined the National Bureau of Standards

in a working demonstration of the transfer of CAD/CAM part files using the

Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES). The demonstration took place

during the AUTOFACT 6 conference and exhibition in October at the Anaheim

Convention Center, Anaheim, CA.

The objective for the IGES demonstration was to show the breadth and depth of

vendor implementations by way of an intersystem data exchange of a complicated mechanical test part.

Applicon, CADLINC, Computervision, Control Data, Graftek, Hewlett-Packard,

IBM, InterCAD, Matra Datavision, MCS Inc., and SDRC demonstrated the IGES

capabilities of their systems. Four of these vendors--CADLINC, HewlettPackard, InterCAD, and SDRC--made their debut in the public demonstration of

IGES translators. There are now 17 vendor implementations of this key

interface specification.

Recent events have seen the adoption of IGES by the US Navy as well as its

inclusion as a mandatory item in procurement requests from General Motors and

incorporation as the means for product data exchange in NASA's Space Station

Definition contract.

Leonard Haynes has been selected to be Chairman of Subcommittee R15.04

"Communications and Information" of the Standards Committee of the Robot

Industries Association.

Leonard Haynes has been selected to be Chairman of the Standards Committee

for the IEEE Robotics and Automation Council, the coordinating and focal

point for all IEEE efforts related to standards for robotics.

Victor Nedzelnitsky was appointed as technical advisor for the U.S. National

Committee of the International Electrotechnical Commission (USNC/IEC, a committee of the American National Standards Institute,) for Technical

Committee 29 "Measuring Devices" (SC 29C). The activities of lEC TC 29 and

subgroups include those fundamental areas of precision electroacoustic

measurements in which NBS is currently active, as well as numerous others.

Responsibilities of this advisory position include chairing the U.S.

delegation to international meetings of lEC TC 29, its subcommittees and

approximately 20 working groups, designating persons (usually chairmen of

corresponding U.S. ANSI working groups) to solicit and coordinate U.S.

comments on documents produced by lEC TC 29 and its subgroups. The U.S.

Technical Advisor to USNC/IEC also serves as an ex officio member (nonvoting) of the Acoustical Society of America (ASACOS).

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Three draft Mil-Standards on ultrasonic and acoustic emission test techniques

have been prepared by CME for the Army Mechanics and Materials Research

Center, the preparing organization for NDE military standards. The standards

are coordinated with the Navy and Air Force. The draft standards are the

"Primary Calibration of Acoustic Emission Transducers", "Glossary of Terms

and Definitions for Acoustic Emission Testing Procedures" and "Glossary of

Terms and Definitions for Ultrasonic Testing Procedures". The standards are based on CME research and expertise in ultrasonic standards.

Nelson Hsu received the Acoustic Emission Working Group (AEWG) Achievement

Award in April. The award was given for his "creative invention and development of the pencil lead-break simulated acoustic emission detection systems."

The pencil source is a calibration tool is being written into MIL-Standards,

ASTM Standards, Society of Plastics Industries (SPI) standards and European

Working Group on Acoustic Emission standards.

"A Preliminary Proposal for Franco-American Cooperation in Surface Finish

Technology" was recently developed by a group of French and American scientists and engineers including Theodore Vorburger, CME, Prof. J. Bielle of

ENSAM in Chalons sur Marne, J. P. Letouzey, Scientific Attache at the Embassy

of France, and F. Parsons and A. Tabenkin of Federal Products Corporation.

The proposal calls for the establishment of a joint Franco-American Data Bank

for the Surfaces of Mechanical Parts. The data bank will enable surface

texture information critical to the operation and wear of mechanical devices,

such as automobiles and aircraft, to be shared by engineers and industrialists. The proposal was the culmination of a technical exchange between

French and American experts in Surface Metrology and calls for research to

explore the relationships between the very different French and American

standards in this area. The above working group presented the proposal to

ANSI Standards Committee B46 on the Classification and Designation of Surface

Qualities on March 28, 1984. The committee then agreed to champion the

proposal, and an informal committee headed by Vorberger was formed to begin

the organization process.

Polystyrene microspheres made on the NASA Space Shuttle will be dimensionally

characterized by a team of NBS scientists led by Thomas Lettieri. The

microspheres will be the third in a series of particle sizing standards

developed through a joint NBS/ASTM program under the direction of the ASTM

S-21 Committee for Standard Reference Materials for Particle Metrology. The

Bureau scientists are working with a group at Lehigh University, which

developed and now oversees the chemical process for manufacturing the

microspheres aboard the Space Shuttle. Because of the near absence of

gravity, the particles made in space are much more spherical and uniform in

size than similar particles made on earth. These qualities make the Shuttle

microspheres extremely attractive as a Standard Reference Material for

calibrating such instruments as blood cell counters, optical microscopes, and

aerosol measuring instruments.

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Center for Building Technology (CBT)

Since 1976, the Department of Energy has sponsored research at the NBS and

other national laboratories to aid in the development of test methods and

standards for active solar heating and cooling systems. During 1984, NBS

published NBSIR 84-2845, "Test Methods and Standards Development for Active

Solar Heating and Cooling Systems". The report documents the research and

resulting consensus standards for solar domestic hot water systems, solar

collectors, thermal storage devices and solar collector materials. For solar

collectors, it gives a detailed description of the standards and test methods

for cover plates, absorber materials, collector insulation, gaskets and

sealants, rubber hose, containments materials, and heat transfer fluids.

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (Public Law 94-163) and the National

Energy Conservation Policy Act (Public Law 95-619) required the Department of

Energy to prescribe testing and rating procedures as well as minimum performance standards for the major energy consuming appliances in residential

buildings. The responsibility for developing the testing and rating procedures for central heating and cooling equipment was assigned to NBS and has

been a major element of the Centers's program for the past 8 years. During

1984, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning

Engineers (ASHRAE) maintained a Standards Committee to manage over 60 of the

Societies' technical project committees that revise and develop new standards

for the testing of heating and air conditioning equipment. James Hill was elected Vice-Chairman of the Committee for 1984-1985.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers

(ASHRAE) started a major revision of its ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90A-1980,

"Energy Conservating in New Building Design." The original Standard 90

issued in 1975 was based on work done in CBT for national code officials. The

1980 Standard will be split to form two documents--one for large high-use

commercial buildings and one for residential buildings. CBT has contributed

to the standard for commercial buildings by developing recommendations to

upgrade the 1980 standard using computer programs for analysis of energy use. The residential standard will be based on a report of recommendations of an Ad Hoc Committee chaired by Frank Powell. The new standards project com- mittee for residential buildings is also chaired by Frank Powell.

The International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Committee 163, on Thermal Insulation, has produced international standards on methods of

measurement of thermal conductivity that are largely based on ASTM standards

to which NBS has contributed for over 40 years. This committee also produced

an infrared thermographic standard to which Richard Grot of NBS was a major

contributor. Frank Powell of NBS is conducting an international round-robin

on the thermal conductivity of insulation for ISO TC 163. Twenty-six

countries are participating with 125 guarded hot plate and heat flow meter

devices.

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Frank Powell was elected Chairman of ASTM Committee C-16, on Thermal Insulation. C-16 has about 345 members and is responsible for preparing and

revising standards covering test methods, materials specifications and

standard practice guidelines. C-16 sponsored a major conference whose theme

was controlling fuel costs through thermal insulation. Seventy papers were presented at the conference and the proceedings will be published as an ASTM

Special Technical Publication (STP). Work in this field started at NBS in

1909 and NBS has actively contributed to this Committee for over 40 years.

Frank Powell is the first NBS representative to be elected Chairman.

Past research performed by CBT has resulted in a draft ASTM standard on the

application of the maturity method for predicting the in-place strength of

concrete in new structures in order to assure safety during construction.

The draft standard was successfully balloted in September by ASTM Subcommittee C09.02.05 on Nondestructive Testing of Concrete. Nicholas Carino was the

task force chairman and principal author of the draft standard. CBT has also

completed research on the pullout test method, another technique for measuring the in-place strength of concrete, and has submitted recommendations for

revising the existing ASTM standard on this method. The recommendations

should result in increased reliability of the strength predictions.

The American Society of Civil Engineers Technical Council on Codes and

Standards elected James Gross to the Council Executive Committee. This

Executive Committee provides oversight and guidance to all ASCE standards

development activities. Currently eight major standards development activities are underway, two of which are Foundation and Excavation Standards

chaired by Felix Yokel and Structural Condition Assessment of Existing

Buildings chaired by James Pielert. Kyle Woodward is a member of the

Committee on Masonry Structures Standards. NBS has recently transferred the

responsibility for the secretariat for the ANSI Standard A58, "Design Loads

on Buildings and Other Structures", to ASCE. This widely used standard was

under the sponsorship of NBS for 60 years and is now the responsibility of

ASCE. The voluntary consensus standards of ASCE are widely used for design

guidance, procurement, and construction regulation.

The results of CBT's research on construction loads was the criteria used for

establishing the design load provision in ANSI A 10.9, "Standards for Safety

Requirements for Concrete Construction" and the ACI 347 Standards for

Formwork. Hai Lew serves as the subcommittee chairman of the ANSI A 10.9

subcommittee which is responsible for drafting the standard. CBT carried out

an extensive program to measure and document construction loads occuring on highrise concrete structures under construction. The design load requirements based on the load survey data would provide greater safety and economy

in concrete construction.

During the past 5 years, CBT carried out a comprehensive research program on

the strength gain characteristics of concrete at early ages and on methods of

measuring in-place strength of concrete. The results of this research

provided technical data for introduction of a new provision in ACI Building

Code Requirements which allows the use of nondestructive test procedures to

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determine in-place strength of concrete for the purpose of reviewing the

formwork. Hai Lew serves on ACI 318 Standard Committee and was responsible

for providing the necessary data for the new provision.

Center for Fire Research (CFR)

CFR staff members were very active at meetings of the National Fire Protection Association throughout the year. A preliminary report of the NFPA

Advisory Committee on the Toxicity of the Products of Combustion was presented by Chairman Jack Snell at the May meeting and published in the Fire

Journal. As part of its responsibility for providing guidance and recommendations to NFPA Technical Committees, this group sponsored a workshop which

focused on six specific applications where combustion product toxicity could

be critical; several senior CFR scientists contributed. At the 1984 fall

meeting, CFR staff provided presentations and tutorials on smoke control

design; fire detector spacing; and fire growth modeling. CFR staff are also

providing revised chapters for the new edition of the NFPA Fire Protection

Handbook, including chapters covering Fire Hazards of Materials, Building

Construction, and Tables and Charts of physical and thermal properties.

In standards actions, a new Chapter 21 dealing with Residential Board and

Care Occupancies (plus detailed Appendices F and G) was accepted as part of

the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code; this is based on the CFR-developed Fire Safety

Evaluation System which had previously been adopted for health care occupancies in the 1981 edition. Also accepted was the Fire Safety Evaluation

System (FSES) for Detention and Correctional Occupancies (Chapters 14 and 15

and Appendix E of NFPA 101).

CFR staff members have also completed the development of a new Fire Safety

Evaluation System for National Park Service overnight accomodations. This

system, which identifies alternative combinations of fire protection systems

and building design features that provide a level of fire safety equivalent

to that prescribed by the Life Safety Code, was reported in NBSIR M-2896.

James Winger and Sanford Davis have provided input to a newly formed NFPA

Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contents and Furnishings. In addition, CFR personnel

are important contributors to subcommittees on furnishings, modeling, and

rate of heat release of the NFPA Fire Test Committee, chaired by Sanford

Davis. Revisions of several existing standards, including NFPA 260A

(Cigarette Ignition Resistance of Components of Upholstered Furniture) were

based on CFR inputs. A proposed new standard, NFPA 264, for measuring rate

of heat release using oxygen consumption calorimetry is based on the NBSdeveloped con calorimeter. This is also being pursued by a Task Group in

ASTM E5.21 headed by Vytenis Babrauskas, and by a Working Group of ISO TC92

Subcommittee 1 on Reaction to Fire Tests. The apparatus and test details

were initially described in NBSIR 82-2611.

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A newly formed Committee, NFPA 90S, has started work on a design standard for

smoke control systems in buildings. John Klote serves as co-chairman.

Revision of NFPA 13D, incorporating technical findings on fast-response

sprinklers originating in CFR, was approved. CFR personnel are also active in

promoting U.S. innovations for evaluating the time response of conventional

sprinkler head in the Working Group on Sprinkler Systems of ISO TC21 Subcommittee 5 (Fixed Fire Extinguishing Systems).

CFR-proposed revisions to the 1984 Standard for Chimney, Fireplace, Vents and

Solid Fuel Burning Applicances (NFPA 211) were adopted. Information provided

to the Committee will appear in NBS reports dealing with (a) clearances and

methods for protecting exposed surfaces, and (b) thimble-chimney connector

systems.

CFR staff members were also active at meetings of ASTM Committee E5 on Fire

Standards. At the E5 Symposium on Application of Fire Science to Fire

Engineering in Denver, seven of the 24 papers were presented by CFR staff and

Research Associates.

CFR research has direct application to a variety of ASTM standard test

methods. A new test method for “Critical Radiant Flux of Exposed Attic Floor

Insulation Using a Radiant Heat Energy Source", ASTM E970, was officially

promulgated. A report (NBSIR 84-2917) examined the effect on fire performance of the environmental cycling schedule prescribed in ASTM C739 for

loose-fill cellulosic thermal insulation. Another study (NBSIR 84-2887)

examined the use of ASTM D635 and other existing and proposed standard test

methods for evaluating flame spread on combustible solar collector glazing

materials. NBSIR 84-2876 reviewed the need and availability of standard test

methods for measuring the smoke leakage characteristics of door assemblies.

In NBS Technical Note 1193, Richard Peacock and Emil Braun provided an assessment of standard ASTM and NFPA laboratory test methods for flame

spread, smoke, critical radiant flux and rate of heat release versus performance in full-scale mockup tests of Amtrak passenger rail vehicle interiors.

John Krasny summarized the important thermal properties and fire test methods

for fabrics in an international ASTM symposium on the performance of protective clothing. An extensive review and "white paper" on the ASTM E84 Steiner

Tunnel Test was completed with major input from Bill Parker and is scheduled

for publication in the ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation in early 1985.

A new standard reference material, SRM 1012, has been developed for use with

the Flooring Radiant Panel Test, ASTM E648. The kraft paperboard SRM is

certified to provide a critical radiant flux value of 0.36 + 0.04 W/cm2 based

on engineering testing and analysis by James Lawson.

Dan Gross participated as a technical expert in Working Group meetings of ISO

TC92 Subcommittee 2 in Edinburgh Scotland. Active consideration is being

given to updating current tests and formulating future fire resistance tests

and calculation methods for structural components, fire and smoke control

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doors, ventilation ducts, roof covering, and barrier penetrations. Vytenis

Babrauskas participated as a technical expert in Working Group meetings of

Subcommittee 1 in Ludwigshaven, where he provided information and advice on

the cone calorimeter method for rate of heat release plus other test methods

for ignitabi 1 ity, flame spread and heat of combustion.

Barbara Levin has been appointed Chairperson of the U.S. Technical Advisory

Group for ISO TC92 Subcommittee 3 on Toxic Hazards; this TAG is administered

by ASTM as a task group in ASTM E5.34.

Sanford Davis has been appointed Chairman of the NFPA Fire Test Committee,

which has responsibi lity for reviewing, maintaining and interpreting a dozen

existing standard fire tests and developing new standard test methods.

Center for Chemical Engineering (CCE)

The thermophysical properties tables for propane contained in NBS Monograph

170 were adopted in April by the American Society for Testing and Materials

and published as ASTM Standard D 4362. The monograph, authored by R. D.

Goodwin and W. M. Haynes, is the culmination of a comprehensive research

project on the thermophysical properties of propane.

ASTM C177 Guarded-Hot-Plate test method has been rewritten under the chairmanship of J. G. Hust. It has been bal lotted by Subcommittee C16.30 and by

Committee C16 in December. This revision represents a major change in a document that has caused considerable confusion in the past.

In addition, a new standard practice has been developed under the same task

group. This new standard practice discusses the significance of derived

property data obtained from thermal property test method data. The efforts

of CCE in insulation research has been invaluable in the establishment of

these new ASTM documents.

The CODATA task force on thermal properties of solids recently completed an extensive round-robin effort on the measurement of thermal and electrical

properties of several reference materials. The specimens were selected from

NBS/OSRM reference materials. Data were obtained for thermal conductivity,

thermal diffusivity, specific heat, thermal expansion, and electrical

resistivity over a wide temperature range (4 to 3000 K). The materials

involved were electrolytic iron, stainless steel, tungsten, and graphite. As one of the consequences of this program the SRM's were updated to include the new data. In addition, the data base on these materials has been considerably enhanced.

Another output from this project is the establishment of standard reference

data for four metals over a wide temperature range (2 to 3000 K). The metals

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involved are copper, aluminum, iron and tungsten. J. 6. Hust is a member of

this CODATA task force and performed the analysis for both of these projects.

The procedures developed by Jane E. Callahan and Sandra A. Sullivan for heat

capacity measurements and for making pan corrections with the Differential

Scanning Calorimeter were documented and forwarded to the Subcommittee on Test Methods and Practices of E37 "Thermal Methods", ASTM, at their request.

This information was subsequently incorporated into the present revision of a Standard Test Method for Determining Specific heat Capacity by Differential

Scanning Calorimetry. Dr. Callahan's laboratory was one of five participating in a round-robin conducted to evaluate this revised Standard Test Method.

A number of ASME flow measurement standards are being initiated or are being

revised in conjunction with NBS fluid metering programs. These reflect the

increasingly wide range of interests in more accurate fluid quantity and

flowrate measurements in fluid process control situations and in custody

transfer of valuable fluid resources and products. Specifically, in the ASME

Committee on the Measurement of Fluid Flow in closed conduit (MFFCC) an Ad

Hoc Subcommittee on Vortex Shredding Flowmeters has been formed to prepare a standard entitled "Vortex Shedding Flowmeters". This effort was initiated in

late 1983 in conjunction with in industry-government consortium formed at

NBS-6aithersburg in January 1984 to conduct an industry-government designed

research program on "jitter and fade" phenomena, which perturb the performance characteristics of vortex shedding flowneters. The results of this NBS

consortium program are being used to guide the content of this document

scheduled for Committee review in early 1985. NBS staff members G. E.

Mattingly and B. Robertson are conducting the consortium-funded research;

G. E. Mattingly serves as chairman of the ASME Subcommittee.

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AWARDS

The Edward Bennett Rosa Award recognizes outstanding achievements in the

development of meaningful and significant standards of practice in the

measurement field. The award is named after Dr. Edward B. Rosa, a physicist

who set the pace for high level achievement in the early years of the Bureau.

The following NBS staff members received this award in 1984:

Bradford Smith was selected for his outstanding

achievements and leadership in the development of

the Initial Graphics Exchange Specification

(IGES). This standard has been developed,

formalized, approved by ANSI, and implemented by

every major vendor of CAD/CAM systems within its

short five-year history. It has been adopted by

use by such users as General Motors, the U.S.

Navy, Hughes Aircraft, Boeing, NASA, and the

Department of Defense.

Dr. John F. Heafner was cited for his leadership

and technical role in the development of the

transport protocol standard for computer networks

and associated measurement methadologies. The

transport protocol is a key network protocol.

Dr. Heafner directed the development of formal

description techniques to define networking

standards and a set of innovative measurement

methodologies to measure their performance and

correctness.

The Silver Medal Award is bestowed for "meritorious contributions of unusual

value to the Department of Commerce." The following NBS staff member

received a silver medal award in 1984 for standards related activities:

George W. Burns (NEL) for his outstanding contribution to standards activities concerning the

measurement of temperature using thermacouples.

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APPENDIX II - LIST OF ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS

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AACC

AAMI

AAPM

AATCC

ABA

AC I ACI/ASCE

ACIL

ACR

ACS

ADA

AECL

AFNOR

ACA

AIF

AIIM

AIRAPT

AMMRC

ANMC

ANS

ANSI

AOAC

API

ARBA

ARFTG

ASA

ASCE

ASHRAE

ASM

ASME

ASNT

ASQC

ASSE

ASTM

ASTM/SAE

AVS

BIPM

BSI

CBEMA

CCITT

CCITT/

lEC

CEQ

CGA

CGPM

CIE

Cl PM

CNLIA

American Association of Clinical Chemists

Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

American Association of Physicists in Medicine

American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists

American Bankers Association

American Concrete Institute

American Concrete Institute/American Society of Civil Engineers

American Council of Independent Laboratories

American College of Radiology

American Chemical Society

American Dental Association

Atomic Energy of Canada, Limited

French Association of Standardization

American Gas Association

Atomic Industrial Forum

Association of Information and Image Management

International Association for the Advancement of High Pressure

Science and Technology

Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center

American National Metric Council

American Nuclear Society

American National Standards Institute

Association of Official Analytical Chemists

American Petroleum Institute

American Road Builders Association

Automatic RF Techniques Group

Acoustical Society of American

American Society of Civil Engineers

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and

Air-Conditioning Engineers

American Society for Metals

of Mechanical Engineers

for Nondestructive Testing

for Quality Control

Engineers

and Materials

and Materials/Society of Automotive

American

American

American

American

American

American

of Sanitary

for Testing

for Testing

Society

Society

Society

Society

Society

Society

Engineers

American Vacuum Society

International Bureau of Weights and Measures

British Standards Institution

Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association

International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee

International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee/

International Electrotechnical Commission

Council on Environmental Quality

Compressed Gas Association

General Council on Weights and Measures

International Commission on Illumination

International Committee on Weights and Measures

Council of National Library and Information Associations

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CODASYL

CO DATA

DIN

DOC

DOD

DOE

DOI

DON

DOS

ECCB

ECMA

ECSA

EIA

EPA

ETPC

FAA

FDA

FEMA

FPA

GATT

GOST

GWI

HHS

HHS/FDA

HPS

IAEA

lAEA/WHO

lAPS

ICRU

ICSU

ICUMSA

lEC

IEEE

lES

IFCC

IIW

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IMEKO

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INMM

ISA

ISO

ISR

ITU

lUCR

lUPAC

JCP

JCPDSICDD

JEDEC

JIS

MPC

NACE

NAPM

Conference on Data Systems Languages

Committee on Data for Science and Technology

German Institute for Standardization

Department of Commerce, U.S.

Department of Defense, U.S.

Department of Energy, U.S.

Department of Interior, U.S.

Department of the Navy, U.S.

Department of State, U.S.

Electronic Components Certification Board

European Computer Manufacturers Association

Exchange Carriers Standards Association

Electronic Industries Association

Environmental Protection Agency

European Thermophysical Properties Committee

Federal Aviation Administration

Food and Drug Administration

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Preparedness Agency

General Agreement on Tarriff and Trade

State Committee for Standards of USSR

Grinding Wheel Institute

Department of Health and Human Services, U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. /Food and Drug

Admini stration

Health Physics Society

International Atomic Energy Agency

International Atomic Energy Agency/World Health Organization

International Association for the Properties of Steam

International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements

International Council of Scientific Unions

International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis

International Electrotechnical Commission

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Illuminating Engineering Society

International Federation of Clinical Chemistry

International Institute of Welding

International Laboratory Accreditation Conference

International Measurement Confederation

International Maritime Organization

Institute of Nuclear Materials Management

Instrument Society of America

International Organization for Standardization

International Society of Radiology

International Telecommunications Union

International Union of Crystallography

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Joint Committee on Printing

Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards-International

Centre for Diffraction Data

Joint Electron Devices Engineering Council

Japanese Industrial Standards

Metal Properties Council

National Association of Corrosion Engineers

National Association of Photographic Manufacturers

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NAS

NAS/NRC

NASA

NBS

NCCLS

NCKP

NCS

NOE

NEMA

NFPA

NMA

NNDC

NRC

NSC

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US

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National Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council

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National Bureau of Standards

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National Communications Systems

Nondestructive Evaluation

National Electrical Manufacturers Association

National Fire Protection Association

National Micrographic Association

National Nuclear Data Center

National Research Council

National Safety Council

International Organization of Legal Metrology

Office of Management and Budget

Outdoor Power Equipment Institute

Portable Power Equipment Manufacturers Association (formerly

Chain Saw Manufacturers Association (CSMA))

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Materials and Structures

International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories for

Materials and Structures/International Council for Building

Research, Studies and Documentation

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Methods of Sugar Analysis

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Commission

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NBS-114A (REV. 2-80) U.S. DEPT. OF COMM. 1. PUBLICATION OR 2. Performing Organ. Report No. S. Publication Date BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA

REPORT NO.

March 1985 SHEET (See Instructions) NBSIR 85-3129

4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE

STANDARDS COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS.

1984 HIGHLIGHTS

5. AUTHOR(S)

Karl G. Newell, Jr.

6. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION (If joint or other than NBS, see instructions)

national bureau of STANDARDS

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20234

7. Contract/Grant No.

I. Type of Report & Period Covered

FINAL 1984

9. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION NAME AND COMPLETE ADDRESS (Street. City. State. ZIP)

10.

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

Document describes a computer program; SF-185, FIPS Software Summary, is attached.

11.

ABSTRACT (A 200-word or less factual summary of most significant Information, If document includes a significant

bibliography or literature survey, mention it here) This report summarizes NBS standards committee activities and accomplishments

during calendar year 1984. It profiles NBS staff participation on outside ^ standards committees and highlights significant technical contnbutions made by NBS staff. In 1984, 444 staff members (or 28% of NBS professional,

scientific, and technical staff) participated in 1,138 committees of 89 national

and international standards organizations.

12.

KEY WORDS (Six to twelve entries; alphabetical order; capitalize only proper names; and separate key words by semicolons)

Annual report; committee participation; standards committees; voluntary standards.

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