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Foreword

This report is part of an ongoing effort to identify and appropriately

recognize NBS staff contributions to the development of private sector

and other government agency standards. This effort was intensified in

1975 after an in-house study of NBS 1 impact on U.S. standardization

activities found that information on NBS staff standards activities

was not well documented. As a result, a Standards Assistance and

Management Information project was initiated to improve the flow of

information from the standards committee participants to those with

an interest in their activities.

Both NBS staff and outside groups will, I believe, be struck by the

scope and extent of NBS' participation in and commitment to the successful functioning of the U.S. standards system. The NBS Organic Act and

subsequent legislative and executive mandates have defined a role for

the National Bureau of Standards in the U.S. standards system that can

be broadly divided into two categories:

1 . As the Nation's Central Measurement Reference Laboratory , NBS

interacts with the system primarily as a provider of scientific

and technical information and measurement knowhow; and

2. As a Major Federal Laboratory Applying its Technical Competence

to the Solution of National Problems , NBS commonly expands its role

as information provider and measurement technology advisor to take

on standards initiator, coordinator, and promoter roles.

It is expected that NBS staff will find this report a source of useful

information on the various NBS organizational elements concerned with

monitoring committee participation and providing standards-related information. By improving NBS staff awareness of what their NBS colleagues

are doing in the standards area, we intend to encourage more productive

interactions and to discourage unnecessary duplication of effort.

In addition, we expect that this report will be of use to outside groups

seeking NBS advice or assistance with regard to standards activities.

The references to standards information activities and standards impact

research may also be of interest.

In the future, we expect to continue strong support of the national

standards system, and we look forward to the new roles NBS will assume

as a result of two recent standards-related governmental actions. The

first is the passage of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 which implements

the Multilateral Trade Negotiation(MTN) Agreements, including the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. This legislation assigns new

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responsibilities to the Standards Information Service which will become

the national standards and certification information center called for

in the MTN agreements.

The second action is the issuance of the Office of Management and Budget

Circular on Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary

Standards. NBS staff participated in the development of the original

policy principles that formed the basis of the Circular and will continue

to play an important role in its implementation and administration.

In many ways participation in standards activities is a difficult task.

It is to the credit of NBS participants that they not only get things

done within the system, as I think this report shows, but they accomplish

them in a manner that earns the respect and praise of their peers. I am sure that NBS staff will continue to do an excellent job and make valuable

contributions to the development of worthwhile and innovative standards.

Lawrence D. Eicher

Director

Office of Engineering Standards
Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Joan Koenig, Charlette Prather, and Paul Majewski

of the Office of Standards Information, Analysis and Development,

for their support and assistance in preparing this report. Thanks

also to those individuals throughout NBS who provided information

on their units' standards activities.

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Contents

FOREWORD ill

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v

ABSTRACT viii

INTRODUCTION 1

NBS Standards Management and Information Activities 1

NBS Organizational Units Referenced in This Report 4

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 7

TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS 15

STATISTICS ON STANDARDS COMMITTEES MEMBERSHIPS 31

SUMMARY OF STANDARDS-RELATED TRAVEL 37

NBS STANDARDS COMMITTEE PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR UNITS 39

NBS ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS 45

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 51

LIST OF ACRONYMNS/ABBREVIATIONS 55

LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS SPONSORING STANDARDS-WRITING COMMITTEES. .. 59

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Abstract

NBS uses a decentralized system for managing the participation of NBS

representatives in outside standards committees activities. This type

of management is governed by NBS policy; coordinated through standards

offices in each NBS Major Organizational Unit; and monitored and supported by the Office of Standards Information, Analysis and Development

(OSIAD).

This report summarizes NBS standards activities during calendar year

1979. It contains information on NBS staff participation on standards

committees, highlights of significant technical and individual contributions made by NBS staff, a description of NBS standards management

activities, and a directory of staff participating on committees.

For further information on NBS standards activities, contact OSIAD,

National Bureau of Standards, Technology, B-166, Washington, D.C.

20234, (301) 921-2092.

Key words: Annual report; standards activities; standards information;

standards participation.

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Introduction

An important element of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS)

mission is to assist in the development of standards for products,

processes, and materials in cooperation with other government agencies

and private organizations. The relationship which has developed over

the years between NBS and the standards community has been mutually

beneficial and rewarding. MBS, as the Nation's central reference

laboratory for measurements in the physical sciences and engineering,

contributes its technical expertise and leadership to standards

activities. These activities, in turn, provide NBS with feedback on the Nation's measurement needs and serve as a valuable mechanism for

disseminating the results of NBS research in such areas of national concern as energy conservation, environmental protection, health and

safety, and consumer protection. There were 496 NBS staff members

involved in outside standards activities in 1979, which represents

29 percent of NBS' professional, scientific, and technical staff.

This report summarizes NBS staff participation in outside standards

activities during calendar year 1979. It contains statistics on NBS staff

participation on standards committees, highlights of significant technical

and individual standards contributions made by NBS staff, a description of

NBS standards management activities and a directory of staff participating

on committees.

NBS Standards Management and Information Activities

NBS uses a decentralized system for managing the participation of

NBS representatives in outside standards committees activities. This

type of management is governed by NBS policy (Chapter 3.02, NBS

Administrative Manual); coordinated through standards offices in each

NBS Major Organizational Unit (MOU); and monitored and supported by

the Office of Standards Information, Analysis and Development. Questions

relating to NBS policy interpretation or development and standards

activities coordination are reviewed by the NBS Standardization Advisory

and Coordination Committee (SACC).

On April 18, 1978, SACC was established as a standing committee of

the Bureau. The purpose of this committee is to ensure that:

• Bureauwide standards policies and practices are coordinated

among the major organizational units;

• NBS standards participation is effective and efficient;

• Department of Commerce directives related to standards are appropriately incorporated into NBS guidelines; and

• Appropriate consideration is given to developments outside

NBS that have implications for NBS management action and

for staff participation in standardization activities.

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Members of the SACC committee are selected by the NBS Director.

The committee currently consists of four NBS voting members: Dr. Edward

Brady, Chairman, Associate Director for International Affairs, Office of

the Director; Dr. Arthur McCoubrey, Associate Director for Measurement

Services, National Measurement Laboratory; Dr. Lawrence Eicher, Director

of the Office of Engineering Standards, National Engineering Laboratory;

and Mr. M. Zane Thornton, Deputy Director of the Institute for Computer

Sciences and Technology. Mr. James E. French, Chief of NEL's Office of

Standards Information, Analysis and Development, serves as Executive

Secretary in a non-voting capacity. Mr. David Edgerly, Chief of NML's

Office of Domestic and International Measurement Standards, serves as alternate Secretary.

Information Activities

NBS technical work is carried out in three Major Organizational

Units. Each of these units has a standards coordination office which

monitors their respective standards activities: National Measurement

Laboratory - Office of Domestic and International Measurement Standards;

Institute of Computer Sciences and Technology - Standards Administration

Office; and National Engineering Laboratory - Office of Standards

Information, Analysis and Development (OSIAD).

NEL's OSIAD has the responsibility for collecting and disseminating

information on all NBS staff participation in outside standards-writing

activities. The Standards Assistance and Management Information (SAMI)

project of OSIAD collects and disseminates needed information through a computerized data system to promote efficient participation by NBS staff

members in standardization activities and to assist Bureau managers in

making decisions about the allocation of NBS resouces for these activities.

SAMI services include:

• a directory of NBS memberships on U.S. and international

engineering and measurement standards committees;

• presentation of seminars on topics of particular interest to

standards committee participants; and

• development of routine and special reports for NBS committee

participants, their managers, and others on the nature and

extent of NBS participation in U.S. and international standards

activities.

The Standards Impact Analysis (SIA) project of OSIAD stimulates and

conducts research into the workings of the national and international

standards system and the economic, social, legal, and other impacts of

standardization. This program:

• identifies research needs in standardization and makes

them known to the academic, economic, and standards communities;

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• conducts or contracts for standards impact assessment and related

research of specific interest to NBS programs and disseminates

the findings to the NBS staff and others; and

• maintains close liaison with other NBS and outside groups involved

in studies of standards systems worldwide and the impacts of

standards. A reference collection of studies in this area is

maintained.

Other NBS units involved in assessing impacts of standards include:

the Applied Economics Group, Center for Building Technology (CBT).

This group uses techniques such as benefit-cost analysis, life-cycle

costing, and econometric analysis to evaluate building codes and

standards. Research in this area includes economic analysis of

standards and guidelines for making life-cycle cost evaluations

of buildings. CBT economists interact with SIA staff and other

NBS units in developing and publishing various research reports

in these areas;

NBS' Planning Office, Office of the Associate Director for Programs,

Budget, and Finance, sponsors research and analysis to identify

the need for domestic and international standardization and to assess the broad economic impacts of standardization. The

Planning Office staff works closely with NBS staff and outside

individuals to provide information which can be used to assist in

determining the allocation of funds among competing programs within

the Bureau; and

the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology (ICST) is re- sponsible for developing Federal automatic data processing (ADP)

standards for Federal agency use. A long-range plan adopted by

ICST establishes priorities for the development of needed ADP

standards and guidelines, and provides for studies of standards'

impact and for forecasts of computer technology trends. ICST's

Program Development Office works with Federal agency ADP and

computer industry officials to identify the need for standards,

set priorities based on needs, collect and evaluate data on standards usage by Federal agencies, and study the impact of

standards on agencies and the computer industry. The information

developed is used to develop timely and technically sound future

standards and to assess existing standards for their continued

useful ness

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The Standards Information Service (SIS) of OSIAD provides up-to-date

information on published standards and standardization activities to NBS

staff and the public. By means of a computer produced Key-Word- InContext Index, SIS can answer questions dealing with existing U.S.

standards. SIS maintains a reference collection of engineering and

related standards, which includes over 240,000 standards, specifications,

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test methods, codes and recommended practices issued by U.S. technical

societies, professional organizations, and trade associations; State

purchasing offices; U.S. Government agencies; and foreign national and

international standardizing bodies. The collection also contains over

300 reference books; articles, pamphlets, reports and handbooks on standardization; 150 periodicals and newsletters; and the Visual Search

Microfilm Files on selected national and international standards.

Standards Committees Participation and Travel

Memberships in standards-writing activities totaled 1,664 (1,487

U.S. and 177 international) during 1979. NBS staff participate in

such organizations as the American National Standards Institute,

the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), the American

Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, and

the International Organization for Standardization. The most memberships

are held in ASTM. Committee members traveled a combined total of approximately 3,861 days in 1979 to attend committee meetings and/or conferences.

Specific details on participation and travel are discussed later in this

report.

The major interest areas of committee participation in 1979 cor- responded with NBS research in solar and other energy, fire, materials,

radiation, electronics, computers, nondestructive testing, erosion, temperature

measurements, ultrasonic testing, economics, acoustics, and law enforcement.

NBS Organizational Units Referenced in This Report

The following abbreviations of NBS organizational units are used

throughout this report:

0D Office of the Director

OADPBF Office of the Associate Director for Programs, Budget, and

Fi nance

DAIS Office of the Director of Administrative and Information

Systems

NML National Measurement Laboratory

ONDE Office of Nondestructive Evaluation

OSRM Office of Standard Reference Materials

OSRD Office of Standard Reference Data

DMS Directorate of Measurement Services

OWS Office of Weights and Measures

CAPQ Center for Absolute Physical Quantities

CRR Center for Radiation Research

CTMS Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular Science

CAC Center for Analytical Chemistry

CMS Center for Materials Science

ICST Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology

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CPST Center for Programming Science and Technology

CCSE Center for Computer Systems Engineering

NEL National Engineering Laboratory

CAM Center for Applied Mathematics

CEEE Center for Electronics and Electrical Engineering

CMEPT Center for Mechanical Engineering and Process Technology

CBT Center for Building Technology

CFR Center for Fire Research

CCPT Center for Consumer Product Technology

OES Office of Engineering Standards

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Individual Highlights

In 1979, NBS staff received various awards for significant contributions to standards development. Many staff members were appointed to

chair committees and to serve as delegates to international standards or- ganizations. Individuals are listed alphabetically by MOU.

Office of the Director

Dr. Ernest Ambler , NBS Director, served as a member of the Board of

Directors of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ANSI

is the nationally recognized coordinator of voluntary standards

development, the clearinghouse for verification of national consensus

and represents the standards position of the United States in the

international non-treaty standards organizations, ISO and IEC. Dr.

Ambler served as the U.S. delegate to the 16th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM). The CGPM, established by the Treaty of

the Meter, is held every four years to review activities of the

International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM). Dr. Ambler also

chaired the Consultative Committee for Measurement Standards of

Ionizing Radiation at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.

Under Dr. Ambler's leadership many intercomparisons of radiation

standards have been carried out. These intercomparisons have played

a major role in assuring the accuracy and uniformity of worldwide

" measurement of ionizing radiations.

National Measurement Laboratory

John Barnes , CMS, was asked to serve as chair of ASTM F2.30.01,

under Subcommittee F2.30, Test Methods, Flexible Barriers

Materi al s

Brian Belanger , DMS, was appointed chair of ASTM E46.91 Subcommittee,

Interface. This responsibility includes channeling requests for

assistance from other ASTM committees to the proner subcommittees

in ASTM Committee E46, Quality Systems.

Harold Berger , ONDE, was selected chair of ASTM Subcommittee E7.91, U.S.

Technical Advisory Group for ISO/TC 135, Non-Destructive Testing.

Dr. Randal 1 Caswel

, CRR, was elected secretary of the International

Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements.

Dr. Ronald Eb.y , CMS, was selected as chair of ASTM Committee D20 on Plastics

This committee concentrates on the development of standards for

plastics, their raw materials, components, compounding ingredients,

and finished products made from plastics.
Dr. William Gerhold , CMS, was appointed chair of ASTM Committee A5 on Metallic-Coated Iron and Steel. This committee focuses on standards

for iron and steel products protected against corrosion by use of

metallic coatings.

Dr. Lewis Gevantman , OSRD, was selected as secretary of the International

Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry C.05.8 Committee on Solubility.

William Harris , CMS, received the 1978 Arnold H. Scott Award from ASTM

Committee D9 on Electrical Insulating Materials. Harris was cited

for his outstanding achievement in the field of electrical insulation

technology.

Dr. John Herron , CTMS, was asked to serve as chair of the task group on Atmospheric Transport and Transformation under ASTM Subcommittee

work group E35.21.02, Environmental Chemistry-Fate Modeling.

Dr. Harry Hertz , CAC, was selected as a member of the Board of Directors

for the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS).

The 12-member Board oversees the operations of the Committee, a non- profit educational organization devoted to establishing laboratory

standards for the improvement of clinical medicine.

Dr. John Mandel , NML Headquarters, received the Award of Merit by ASTM for

"outstanding performance and dedication, at the highest level of

excellence and integrity, to the development and advancement of the

voluntary standardization of statistical methodology useful in

evaluating measurement processes and interpreting experimental

test results."

Dr. Leonard Mordfin , ONDE, was appointed chair of ASTM Subcommittee

E28.13 on Residual Stress Measurement.

Dr. John Taylor , CAC, was re-elected to a second three-year term as chair of ISO Technical Committee 147, Water Quality. He also serves as the U.S. representative on Subcommittee 3, Ambient

Measurements, of ISO Technical Committee 146, Air Quality.

Dr. Charles Tilford , CTMS, was appointed chair of the American Vacuum

Society Subcommittee on Gages.

Otto Warnlof , OWM, was appointed secretary of the U.S. National Working

Group on Electronics Associated with Weighing Systems, of OIML

Pilot Secretariat 7/Reporting Secretariat 2, dealing with general

questions relating to the measurement of mass.

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EDWARD BENNETT ROSA AWARD

The 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 the high level of achievement in the early years of the Bureau.

In 1979, the award was presented to Louis Costrell , Center for Radiation

Research, National Measurement Laboratory. The superior achievements

of Costrell in the development of standards for electronic instrumentation

have had a significant national and international impact on the design

of modular instruments now used in nuclear physics, high energy physics

and related areas.

Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology

John Berg , CPST, was selected as chair of the ANSI X3/SPARC (Standards

Planning and Requirements Committee) Data Base Systems Study

Group. The Group is chartered to develop an overall plan for

data base standards within ANSI, to provide liaison between the

related projects in X3 subcommittees, and to develop and provide

U.S. representation in the International Organization for Standardization data base working group of Technical Committee 97,

Computers and Information Processing.

William Burr , CCSE, was appointed chair of an ad hoc working group within

ANSI X3.T9, I/O Interface, to develop a plan of work for the development of future interface standards. He is now an active participant

in this effort, which is expected to lead to a new generation of

computer interface standards, hopefully developed for adoption as an American National Standard as well as a Federal Information

Processing Standards Publication.

Michael Hogan , CCSE, was asked to serve as Chief Delegate for the U.S.

in the ISO TC97 Subcommittee 11, Flexible Magnetic Media for Digital

Data Interchange.

National Engineering Laboratory

Dr. Merritt Birky , CFR, was appointed chair of a Task Group of ASTM

Committee E5.21 on Smoke/Toxicology, to develop a combustion

toxicity test method.

Dan Chwirut , CMEPT, was appointed chair of ASTM Work Group E7.06.06 on Ultrasonic Immersion Testing and serves as secretary for ASTM

Work Group E7.06.01 on Ultrasonics Glossary. Both of these groups

fall under ASTM Committee E7, Nondestructive Testing, Subcommittee

.06, Ultrasonic Testing Procedure.

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Myron Crawford , CEEE, received a Certification of Achievement from the

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Electromagnetic

Compatibility Society for his "outstanding contribution" in the

development of the transverse electromagnetic (TEM) cell as an electromagnetic compatibility test device. As a result of Crawford's

work, use of the TEM cell is now growing to widespread use by

Government and industry as a means of testing electronic products

and components for susceptibility to electromagnetic interference.

William Cull en , OES, was appointed by the ASTM Committee on Standards

(COS) as chair of an ad hoc committee to consider basic policy and

accompanying guidelines for the use of specific precautionary

statements in standards. COS is a standing committee of the ASTM

Board of Directors. Cullen was also elected as chair of the RILEM

Technical Activities Committee .

Robert Dikkers , CBT, received the Department of Commerce Silver Medal

for "significant contributions for the development of national

performance criteria and standards for solar energy systems."

Dr. Larry Eicher , OES, was elected a member of the International ISONET

Management Board for a three-year term, 1979-81. ISONET is the

information network for the International Organization for

Standardization.

Daniel Flynn , CMEPT, was asked to serve as chair of ANSI Committee SI,

Acoustics. The scope of this committee is "standards, specifications, methods of measurement and test, and terminology in the

fields of physical acoustics, including noise, architectural

acoustics, electroacoustics, sonics and ultrasonics, and underwater

sound, but excluding those aspects which pertain to safety,

tolerance and comfort."

Dr. Jeffrey Fong , CAM, served as editor of the widely

acclaimed ASTM Special Publication 675, Fatigue Mechanisms , published in 1979. The document contains material from a three-day symposium sponsored by ASTM, NBS and the National

Science Foundation. Topics such as physical characteristics of

fatigue damage, striations, voids, and microcracks, and timedependent damage are discussed. Fong also accepted a three-year

term appointment as chair of the Materials and Fabrication

Operating Committee of the Pressure Vessel and Piping Division

of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

James French , OES, was appointed by the Instrument Society of America

to serve on its Standards and Practices Board which oversees the

management and direction of ISA standards-writing activities.

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Dr. Clayton Huggett , CFR, was appointed to the National Fire Protection

Association Standards Council, which is responsible for the

administration of NFPA standards development activities.

Sam Kramer , NEL Headquarters, was selected as NBS representative on ANSI's Acoustical Standards Management Board.

Esher Kweller , CCPT, was selected as chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee

TC6.4 on In Space Convective Heating.

Dr. Harold Marshall , CBT, was selected as chair of a new ASTM Subcommittee

E6.81 on Building Economics, under ASTM Committee E6 on Performance

of Building Construction.

Dr. Victor Nedzel ni tsky , CMEPT, was selected as chair of ANSI Work Group

SI. 54, Standard Microphones and Their Calibration. Nedzelnitsky

is directing the development of a standard method, based in large

part upon his research at NBS, for pressure calibration of 1/2 inch

laboratory condenser microphones, coordinating the revision of

the existing standard reciprocity calibration of microphones,

and coordinating liasion between ANSI SI. 54 and the parallel

work being done internationally under IES TC29, Electroacoustics.

Dr. David Pallett , CMEPT, was appointed as chair of the new ANSI Work Group

SI. 76, Reference Sound Sources, under ANSI Committee SI, Acoustics.

This group is charged with preparing an ANSI standard for characterization and calibration of reference sound sources, providing

liaison with the ISO Technical Committee 43, Acoustics, which is

also working on a similar standard, and exploring possible causes for the systematic differences that have been observed between

sound power level determination in a reverberation chamber and

those in a free field.

Dr. Julius Persensky , CCPT, was appointed chair of ANSI Subcommittee

Z535.04, Product Alerting, under ANSI Committee Z535, Safety

Signs and Colors.

Dr. Edward Pfrang , CBT, was appointed as chair of the American Concrete

Institute's Technical Activities Committee. This committee is

responsible for the management of all technical activities of the

Institute. It coordinates the technical content of all Institute

standards and publications as well as convention programs.

Clinton Phillips , CMEPT, was elected Vice President of ASHRAE. As part

of this role, Phillips coordinated the society's standards

committees and research and technical committees.

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Brian Pierman , CBT, was appointed secretary of the newly formed

ANSI Committee Z535, Safety Signs and Colors. This new committee is a reorganization of two existing ANSI committees

on safety colors and signs and added functions to standardize

symbols and product alerting. It effectively combines various

aspects of safety alerting and ensures consistency among

previously separate ANSI standards.

Tom Proctor , CMEPT, was asked to serve as chair of ASTM Work Group

E28.13.05 on Measurement of Residual Stress by Ultrasonic

Methods, under ASTM Committee E28, Mechanical Testing,

Subcommittee .13, Residual Stress Measurement.

Robert Scace , CEEE, was appointed vice chair of ASTM Committee Fl,

Electronics. Scace also provides liaison between Fl and the

Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute (SEMI). In

this capacity, Scace has made substantial contributions to

the Book of SEMI Standard which, through his efforts, now incorporates the ASTM Committee Fl published standards. Scace

has also made major contributions to the development of SEMI

standard terminology. Scace also serves as liaison between Fl

and the West German Standards organization, Deutsches Institut

fur Normung (DIN), Committee NMP221 (Normenausschuss

Material prufung) on Testing of Materials for Semiconductor

Technology. Concerns of NMP 221 of interest to ASTM Fl include

particulate contamination in process chemicals used in semiconductor

industry and definitions relating to semiconductor process technology.

William Slattery , OES, was named 1979 Outstanding Section Member of

the Washington Section of the Standards Engineers Society.

Slattery also received the ANSI Meritorious Service Award in

recognition of his work in building and managing the NBS

Standards Library and Standards Information Service.

Dr. Harold Van Cott and Walter Leight , CCPT, were selected as chair

and vice chair, respectively, of the Human Factors Subcommittee

of the Systems Safety Society. Van Cott and Leight are assisting

in the cooperative effort of the System Safety Society and the

Human Factors Society to specify engineering and human factors

"good practice guidelines" for safety standards.

Dr. James Wright , NEL Headquarters, was elected as Vice President of the

International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories for

Materials and Structures (RILEM). Although RILEM is not a standardization body, the technical information developed in

the technical committees is becoming increasingly more important as input to international standards. The input is generally

through a "RILEM RECOMMENDATION" which is one of the final products

of a technical committee. These Recommendations are submitted to the appropriate committee of the International Organization for Standardization

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(ISO). Wright also served on the ASTM Board of Directors. He

participated in the work of the Board's Committee on Society

Development (CSD) and Technical Committee Activities. He was named chair of a task group reporting to the CSD subcommittee

on long-range planning and played a leadership role in the

development of a systematic approach to ASTM's long-range

planning process.

Fel ix Yokel , CBT, was selected as chair of American Society of

Civil Engineers' Committee on Foundation and Excavation Standards.

This committee is preparing standards on pile and pier foundations,

shallow foundations, excavation and site exploration.

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Technical Highlights

These significant highlights were selected by the Major Organizational

Units as representative of their various research areas and do not

reflect all of NBS 1 standards activities.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

Dr. Ernest Ambler, NBS Director, served as a member of the Board

of Directors of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

During the past year, the ANSI Board has dealt with a number of significant issues facing the U.S. Voluntary Standards System including the

endorsement and approval of the National Policy on Standards for the

United States prepared by the National Standards Policy Advisory

Committee (MSPAC), and the ANSI International Standards Policy . In addition, the ANSI Board has approved the establishment of a new

ANSI service fee system which is expected to improve ANSI's ability

to meet growing demands for standards coordination on both the

national and international levels.

Associate Director for International Affairs

On May 8, 1979, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Jordan Baruch

and Chinese State Bureau of Metrology Director Li Cheng Ting signed

an agreement for cooperation in the fields of metrology and standards.

The agreement calls for Chinese scientists to be stationed for periods

of six months to two years in the NBS laboratories and for exchange

visits of appropriate officials of the two institutions.

An NBS group consisting of Dr. Edward Brady, Associate Director

for International Affairs; Dr. Harry Ku, Chief, Statistical Engineering

Division, Center for Applied Mathematics; Mr. Raymond Kammer, Associate

Director for Programs, Budget and Finance; and Mr. Ted Schell, Department

of Commerce, visited China on April 23-May 9, 1979 to meet with Chinese

officials. Cooperation in metrology and standards will contribute

considerably toward harmonizing standards for international trade between China and the U.S., as well as the quantitative measurements

on which such trade depends.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Library Division

In February 1978, the Council of National Library Associations,

which furnishes the Secretariat for ANSI Committee Z39, Library Work

Documentation and Related Publishing Practices, asked NBS to provide

working space for the Executive Director of the Committee. Patricia

M. Berger, Chief of the NBS Library Division, arranged for a permanent

office in the NBS library in February 1979.

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ANSI Committee Z39 works on standardization relevant to information

systems, products, and services as they relate to library operations,

information dissemination, and information and data handling systems.

Internationally, Z39 participates in the work of International

Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 46,

Documentation, to develop standards for 1 ibrarianship, documentation

and related information handling, including information systems and

interchange networks as applied to documentation.

Instrument Shops Division

The NBS Instrument Shops Division performed measurements of

sample continuous business forms in connection with a proposed draft

standard for ANSI Committee X4, Office Machines and Supplies,

Subcommittee A7. The scope of the standard covers continuous form

sizes used in processing paperwork documentation over keyboard

driven and/or automatic business machines, and also specifies the

sprocket feed holes and margins to encourage uniformity in practice.

The data results will eventually be released to the U.S. forms

industry through publications distributed by the International

Business Forms Industries. The data will be used for the preparation of tolerance profiles on critical dimensions on a business form

for development of a draft U.S. Continuous Form Standard by ANSI

Subcommittee X4.A7.

NATIONAL MEASUREMENT LABORATORY

Associate Director for Programs/Directorate for Measurement Services

Based on the initiative of the Office of Weights and Measures,

and with support of U.S. industry, the U.S. successfully established

a new committee in the International Organization of Legal Metrology

(OIML) concerned with requirements for electronics associated with

weighing systems. This new committee, chaired by the U.S., will

propose an international standard addressing the means for evaluating

the performance of weighing systems equipped with electronic components.

In carrying out NBS' assigned task of managing U.S. participation

in OIML, the Office of Domestic and International Measurement Standards

(ODIMS) plans and directs a variety of activities intended to maintain

an effective U.S. presence in OIML. During 1979, NBS participated in

the review of 36 proposed OIML International Recommendations covering

a wide variety of measuring instruments and including several very

basic metrological subjects such as physical standards, calibration

of instruments and measurement uncertainty. With the cooperation of

other government agencies (Federal and State) and private industry,

NBS identified significant differences between current U.S. measurement

practices and those proposed in the OIML Recommendations. These

differences are considered significant impediments and warrant continued

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U.S. efforts to ensure that the final Recommendations will be acceptable

to the U.S. The following subject areas were reviewed by NBS: fluid

meters, pressure gages, barometers, gas calorimeters, load cells, materials

testing machines, and strain gages.

The Office of Measurement Services worked with ASTM headquarters

staff preparing an expanded NBS/ASTM collaboration plan including

four joint areas of interest:

1) NBS participation in ASTM committees;

2) Accelerated development of the Measurement Assurance Program

(MAP) services working with ASTM Subcommittee E20.03,

Resistance Thermometers, to explore MAP approaches to

industrial grade platinum resistance thermometry;

3) Legal Metrology - through the formation of new ASTM

committees, ASTM might facilitate the preparation of U.S.

positions to be incorporated into the OIML standards

writing process; and

4) Alternatives to NBS calibration services - the possibility

of generating ASTM standard test methods incorporating

calibration methods used by NBS will be explored, so that

other laboratories would be able to perform calibrations

with a quality comparable to those performed by NBS.

Center for Absolute Physical Quantities

In response to the increased demand for industrial platinum

resistance thermometers (PRT), the Resistance Thermometry Subcommittee of the ASTM E20, Temperature Measurement, has issued a standard for testing these thermometers. In cooperation with ASTM,

NBS 1 Center for Absolute Physical Quantities initiated a round

robin involving more than 20 industrial testing laboratories in order

to obtain repeatability and reproducibility data for the new standard.

The first data showed considerable scatter in the accuracy levels

of the participating laboratories, indicating the need for a Measurement Assurance Program (MAP) in industrial PRT measurement. The

Center is registering participants for this new MAP which will provide a significantly improved measurement base for the new thermometers.

Dr. George Furukawa serves as secretary for the subcommittee.

In cooperation with ASTM Subcommittee E20.08, Medical Thermometry,

the Center developed three proposed standards. Two of the standards,

Precise Temperature Measurement in the Clinical Laboratory and

Electronic Fever Thermometers, were based on NBS research. The third,

Liquid in Glass Clinical Thermometers, is a revision of an earlier

standard written by NBS staff.

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Center for Radiation Research

The Center for Radiation Research (CRR) played a key role in the

development by ASTM Committee E7, Nondestructive Testing, of a new

image quality indicator (IQI) for assessing industrial radiographic

film capability. This device, sometimes referred to as the

"Splettstosser plaque," is a multihole plaque-type "penetrameter"

which also offers promise for quantitative evaluations of other

parts of the x-ray image-forming system. The Center also helped

in developing an ASTM radiographic standard for measuring image

quality response of industrial x-ray film.

The Office of Radiation Measurement published a revised standard

for the design and operation of particle accelerators as Handbook 107,

American National Standard N43.1: Radiological Safety in the Design

and Operation of Particle Accelerators . The Office serves as Secretariat to ANSI Committee N43, Equipment for Non-Medical Radiation

Applications, with Elmer Eisenhower serving as committee chair. Dr.

Wilfrid Mann chaired the National Council on Radiation Protection

and Measurements committee which prepared an published NCRP Report

No. 58, A Handbook of Radioactivity Measurements Procedures . Ten

CRR scientists contributed to this report.

Center for Analytical Chemistry

During 1979, the Center for Analytical Chemistry (CAC) drafted

two standards for ASTM: Standard Practice for Collaborative Testing

Methods for the Chemical Analysis of Sediments and Standard Practice

for Treatment of Sediment Samples Prior to Chemical Analysis. Extensive

laboratory work is being carried out to develop methods for the analysis

of leachates from solid waste.

Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular Science

The Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular Science participated

in a round-robin testing program on Refuse Derived Fuels (RDF) -3, in

support of ASTM Committee E38, Resource Recovery. Three series of

round-robin tests on RDF-3 were carried out for various areas such as total chlorine, air-dry moisture, residual moisture, and soluble

chloride oxygen difference. The round robin data revealed that

calorific values (on a moisture-ash-free basis) yield a lower standard

deviation by a factor of two to three when based upon the ash residue

found in the bomb after calorimetric measurements than when based upon

the separate ash content determination carried out on a "twin" sample.

As a result of these findings, an alternative test procedure for the

determination of ash content of RDF-3 was developed based upon the

ash residue found in the bomb after a combustion experiment. This

test procedure was submitted to ASTM Subcommittee E38.01, Energy, for

consideration.

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Center for Materials Science

Two standards were prepared by the Center for Materials Science

(CMS) for the ASTM Committee E38, Resource Recovery: Standard Methods

of Test for Municipal Ferrous Scrap and Standard Specifications for

Municipal Ferrous Scrap. The data base for the first standard methods

was developed in a technical paper prepared by James Early.

The Center continues to assist ASTM Committee D20, Plastics, and

F2, Flexible Barrier Materials, in developing improved standards for

characterizing the barrier properties of plastic materials. A new standard method for the coulometric determination of oxygen gas

transmission rates references NBS Standard Reference Material 1470,

polyester plastic film for oxygen gas transmission, as its primary

calibration standard. NBS is leading a task group formed to revise

ASTM Standard D1434, Test for Gas Transmission Rate of Plastic

Film and Sheeting, which is the classical method for the manometric

and volumetric determination of gas transmission properties.

In the area of electromagnetic nondestructive evaluation, a new theoretical model needed by ASTM Subcommittee E7.03, Magnetic

Particle and Penetrant Testing, was developed by CMS to describe

magnetic leakage fields and their relation to the formation of particle

indications on the much used ASTM magnetic particle test ring. The

model points the way to providing a quantitative standard practice

for transferring observations on the ASTM test ring to results on actual parts.

Wear and solid particle erosion work is underway by CMS on two

test methods in support of ASTM Committee G2, Erosion and Wear. The

first test method is concerned with the abrasive wear of materials.

The ASTM dry sand/rubber wheel (DS/RW) abrasion test addresses a form of wear that is probably one of the most costly and prevalent.

The Center contributed to writing the test method, as well as providing round robin testing and test procedure improvements. The

second method concerns solid particle erosion testing of materials.

A draft standard was developed and two cycles of round robin

measurements were completed. A standard reference material (1020

steel) is being developed in this project for use with the method

for the first time. These efforts should lead to a greatly improved

measurement capability for wear and erosion and encourage the

development of improved wear-resistant metals.

In the area of glass reclamation, the Center is cooperating with

ASTM Committee E38, Resource Recovery, the glass industry, and

reclamation facilities to write test procedures that assess the

usefulness of recovered glass principally for reuse in container

manufacture. A test that yields acceptable precision levels for

refractory analysis in measured glass was developed for and accepted

by Committee E38.

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INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

The NBS Federal Information Processing Standards Publication

(FIPS PUB) series is the official publication relating to standards

adopted and promulgated under the provisions of legislative and

executive mandates. These mandates have given the Secretary of

Commerce important responsibilities for improving the utilization

and management of computers and automatic data processing systems

in the Federal government. To carry out the Secretary's responsibilities, NBS, through the Institute for Computer Sciences and

Technology (ICST), provides leadership, technical guidance, and

coordination of government efforts in the development of technical

guidelines and standards in these areas. In 1979, several FIPS PUBs

were published in support of this activity.

Center for Computer Systems Engineering

Three Federal computer standards that will help the U.S.

Government cut the costs of new computer peripheral equipment were approved by the Secretary of Commerce. The standards apply to the

input/output channel level interfaces of all medium and large scale

computer systems procured by the government. The standards were published in February 1979 as: FIPS PUB 60, I/O Channel Level

Interface , which defines the mechanical, electrical, and basic

functional specifications of the channel level interface; FIPS

PUB 61, Channel Level Power Control Interface , which defines the

channel interface for power sequencing of peripheral equipment;

and FIPS PUB 62, Operational Specifications for Magnetic Tape

Subsystems , which defines the use of the channel level interface

for connection of magnetic tape peripheral equipment. The new standards will enable Federal agencies to procure magnetic tape

peripheral equipment in a fully competitive manner. The Government

expects to save $61 million over the next five years through use of these standards.

The Computer Performance Evaluation Users Group (CPEUG), an organization sponsored by NBS to promote the development of standards

and guidelines in the area of automatic data processing resource acquisition and control, held its annual meeting on October 15-19,

1979. The Conference theme was "The Expanding Role of Computer

Performance Evaluation." The conference concentrated on the use of performance evaluation in such areas as installation management,

computer system acquisition, and improved performance tools and

techniques

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In 1979, the Magnetic Media Group continued to support the

national and international activity concerned with standards for

flexible magnetic media for digital data interchange by acting as the sole, worldwide source for signal amplitude response computer

tape, Standard Reference Material (SRM) 3200. Similarly, NBS is

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the sole, worldwide source for SRM 3216, which supports an ANSI

standard for digital cartridge and SRM 1600, supporting an ANSI

standard for digital cassette. A new high-density reference computer

tape, SRM 6250, is under development. NBS has sent a sample tape

to both ISO and ANSI X3, Computers and Information Processing,

Subcommittee Bl , participants for use in round robin testing to allow

both ANSI and ISO to agree on signal amplitude interchange levels

for common, worldwide data interchange for this type of data.

Center for Programming Science and Technology

The Federal Data Encryption Standard developed and published

as FIPS PUB 46, was adopted in 1979 by the American National Standards

Institute as an industry standard. FIPS 46 describes a cryptographic

algorithm which can be used in many applications for the protection

of digital data. The algorithm, created by IBM Corporation, was submitted to NBS during the standard's development process. Nine different

devices implementing the algorithm have been validated by NBS as complying with the standard. The devices are presently being used

to protect information in computer networks, on satellite data channels,

in telephone circuits, and in facsimile applications.

NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY

Center for Electronics and Electrical Engineering

In 1979, the Center for Electronics and Electrical Engineering

(CEEE) continued to provide the liaison officer between the West

German standards organization, Deutsches Institut fur Normung (DIN),

Committee NMP 221 (Normenausschuss Material prufung) on Testing of

Materials for Semiconductor Technology and ASTM Committee Fl on Electronics. Concerns of NMP 221 of interest to ASTM Fl include

particulate contamination in process chemicals used in semiconductor

industry and definitions relating to semiconductor process technology.

Robert Scace serves as liaison between ASTM Fl and DIN and also between ASTM Fl and the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute

(SEMI). The liaison function with SEMI is valuable as it provides

a mechanism through which test methods of importance to the semiconductor industry can be identified to the committee, thus enhancing

the effectiveness of the committee by providing a measure of assurance

that committee output is needed and will be used. The liaison function

with DIN provides a mechanism for assuring that standards concerned

with the same or very similar test methods have the same technical base.

In cooperation with ASTM Fl , Electronics, CEEE conducted round

robin evaluations of the following test methods: Methods of Measurement of Common-Emitter D-C Current Gain of Junction Transistors;

Standard Test Methods for Transistor Collector-Emitter Saturation

Voltage; Standard Method for Measuring MOSFET Linear Threshold

Voltage; and Standard Method for Measuring MOSFET Saturated Threshold

Vol tage.

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The Center participated in the following activities in connection

with the Electronic Industries Association, Solid State Products

Division, Joint Electron Device Engineering Council Committees:

• under JC-13.1 on Government Liaison for Discrete Semiconductor

Devices, CEEE staff prepared drafts of the following documentsProposed MIL-STD-750, Test Method 4081.2, Thermal Resistance

of Lead-Mounted Diodes and MIL-STD-750, Test Method XXXX

(undesignated), Thermal Response Measurements for Die

Attachment Evaluation;

• under JC-13.2 on Government Liaison for Microelectronic

Devices, a draft was prepared of MIL-STD-883, Proposed

Revision of Method 1012, Thermal Characteristics;

• under JC-22 on Rectifier Diodes and Thyristor, CEEE is

conducting round-robin evaluation of the Turn-Off Time

Measurements of High-Power Thyristors test method and

organizing the round-robin evaluation of the Reverse

Recovery Time of Rectifier Diodes test method;

• under JC-25 on Low Frequency Power Transistors, CEEE is

conducting round-robin evaluations of Transistor GainBandwidth Product, Temperature Measurement of Power MOSFETS,

and Thermal Resistance of Darlington Power Transistors test

methods

Center for Mechanical Engineering and Process Technology

A significant part of the Center for Mechanical Engineering and

Process Technology's (CMEPT) research results are used in writing

and updating documentary standards. This is particularly true of

Standard Recommended Practice of ASTM in the area of ultrasonic and

acoustic emission nondestructive testing. ASTM Document El 27. 5 on aluminum ultrasonic reference blocks is being revised, based in

substantial part on technical data from research conducted by NBS.

In addition, CMEPT participated in three round robins on aspects of

this document.

ASTM Document E664 on ultrasonic measurement of apparent attenuation

benefited from technical data supplied by NBS and was partly authored

by NBS staff. The document received final ASTM approval in 1979. In

addition to coauthoring the ASTM document on ultrasonic attenuation,

Dan Chwirut authored the ASTM Proposal Document, "Recommended Practice

for the Detection and Evaluation of Discontinuities by the Immersed

Pulse-Echo Ultrasonic Method Using Longitudinal Waves." The Center is

participating in four ASTM round robins dealing with ultrasonic testing

and is the pilot lab in an international intercomparison of ultrasonic

power measurements, an effort organized through International

Electrotechnical Commission meetings.

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On December 6-7, 1979, CMEPT hosted the 1979 Meeting of ANSI

Committee B46, Surface Texture, where NBS presented a proposal for

restructuring the B46 standard so that it couples more naturally with

the corresponding international standard.

On September 17-21, 1979, CMEPT hosted the 53rd meeting of ANSI

Subcommittee X3J7, a group that is involved with the standardization

of the APT (Automatically Programmed Tools) computer language used

for the numerical control of machine tools. The committee has begun

identifying new APT language that will be required for the use of

APT with two new technologies: design graphics systems and industrial

robot manipulators. Recent new work in Subcommittee X3J7 involves

language extensions for sensory based control of automation equipment

where exact data values are not known until the time of manufacturing.

The September meeting made clear the similarities of interest of the

machine tool and robot communities in APT language to handle what can

be called "realtime" data.

Joseph Richmond coauthored NASA Technical Memorandum 79682,

Spectral Distribution of Solar Energy at Ground Level , which includes

tables of terrestrial solar spectral irradiance for seven air mass values and four levels of atmospheric contamination. This will

contribute to the development of a Standard Terrestrial Solar Spectral

Irradiance, which is badly needed for use in computing values of solar

properties of materials used as absorbers, concentrating mirrors and cover plates in solar energy systems. Three groups are now working

on the development of such a standard: ASTM Committee E44, Solar

Energy Conversion, a group at the Solar Energy Research Institute

sponsored by the Department of Energy, and a committee of the International Commission on Illumination. Richmond is actively participating

in the work of each of these groups and is providing liaison between

them.

Center for Building Technology

The Center for Building Technology (CBT) holds the Secretariat

of the ANSI Committee A58, Building Code Requirements for Minimum

Design Loads in Building and Other Structures. Dr. Bruce Ellingwood

serves as secretary for this committee. Activities of the committee

involve revising the current version of the A58 standard to incorporate new information on building technology and loads research.

Some of the revisions are based on live and wind loads research

conducted at or funded by NBS. The A58 Committee is working to

develop general loading criteria suitable for use with different

construction technologies using the concept of probabilistic limit

states design. A group of experts met at NBS for two months in the summer of 1979 as part of an NBS project to prepare draft load

criteria. The criteria are currently under review by A58 personnel,

and, if adopted, will do much to harmonize the design process in the U.S.

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On April 26, 1979, CBT hosted the 4th meeting of Subcommittee 2

of the Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction.

The subcommittee is charged with developing seismic design standards

for Federal building construction and is responsible for preparing

the draft standard for consideration by the committee. The subcommittee will also be developing a procedure for periodically

reviewing the standard for the purpose of improvement.

In support of ASTM Subcommittee E6.23, Durability Performance

of Honeycomb Sandwich Panels for Tactical Shelters, CBT is conducting

research to evaluate a new brittleness tester for honeycomb panels.

Dr. Geoffrey Frohnsdorff chairs this committee and several Center

staff members provided input into four draft standards currently

under review.

Douglas Burch serves on ASHRAE Standards Committee SPC 1 01 P, which

wrote a draft standard entitled "Application of Infrared Sensing

Devices to the Assessment of Building Heat Loss Characteristics."

Burch developed much of the technical rationale used to develop the

requirements and guidelines included in the standard. The purpose

of this standard is to provide instrument requirements and guidelines

for carrying out infrared measurements which will insure the detection

of thermal defects in the envelopes of buildings. The standard includes four types of survey: interior and exterior imaging; aerial

line scanning; spot radiometers; and interior line scanning.

ASTM Subcommittee E6.41, Infiltration Performances, completed its

first recommended practice on air infiltration measurement using the

tracer-gas method in response to a need raised by development of

building energy performance standards. Since early in the inception

of the SFg tracer-gas method for measuring building air leakage rates,

Dr. C. Max Hunt has pioneered in the development of application

techniques. Dr. Hunt also prepared the second draft of the ASTM

standard.

The Center has been instrumental in organizing new ASTM Subcommittee

E6.81, Building Economics, established in April 1979, as part of ASTM

Committee E6, Performance of Building Constructions. The subcommittee

is developing standards that will serve as guidelines for making

building-related decisions based on economic analysis. It is developing

standard definitions of economic evaluation techniques and terms, rec- ommending techniques for economic evaluation, and providing standard

approaches for those techniques. Three CBT economists, Dr. Harold

Marshall (subcommittee chair), Rosalie Ruegg, and Stephen Petersen,

are playing leading roles in advising the various task groups of the

subcommittee on technical issues. These CBT staff members are drafting

a report describing how to measure life-cycle costs of buildings for

the subcommittee's use in developing the first building economics

standard.

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The Center is involved in the activities of both ANSI Committees

SI, Acoustics, and S3, Bioacoustics . Contributions to these groups

include preparation, in cooperation with CMERT, of a proposed standard

for measuring and rating steady-state noise in rooms. This standard

will be considered for adoption as a national standard by both

committees. The document is the first of its kind in spite of an attempt by ANSI to stimulate the preparation of such a standard for

roughly 20-25 years.

Active participation in the planning of a major round-robin on sound absorption measurements in reverberation chambers under the

auspices of ASTM E33, Environmental Acoustics, is currently underway.

This round robin is designed to identify and account for major

sources of error that result in significant inter-laboratory discrepancies in reported sound absorption coefficients of acoustical

materials. The planning is almost completed and CBT staff will be

involved in the implementation of the program.

In 1979, CBT was instrumental in organizing a new ANSI committee

in the area of visual communications for safety. Committee Z535,

Safety Signs and Colors, represents an expansion of ANSI activity

in the field of visual alerting and establishes as subcommittees

previous committees dealing with safety colors (Z53) and safety

signs (Z35). New functions have been added to Z535 to deal with

the proliferation of safety symbols and to improve the quality of

product alerting. Brian Pierman serves as secretary of this main

committee.

NBS furnishes the Secretariat for ANSI Committee Z53, Safety

Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards. CBT's Ken Kelly provided

the technical leadership for the Secretariat in the revision of ANSI

Safety Color Code Marking Physical Hazards (ANSI Z53. 1-1979). One

of the principal aims of the revised standard includes improving

safety by providing for increases in the color codes used to mark

physical hazards. The 1979 edition combined the Safety Color Codes

used in previous editions with those used by the Federal Highway

Administration

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On April 4-5, 1979, John Stroik chaired the first Symposium on Building Security held at NBS. The Symposium, co-sponsored by ASTM

Committee F12, Security Systems and Equipment, consisted of four

paper sessions and a special panel on environmental design for urban

industrial security. Topics of the conference included building

security, planning and design; crime prevention analysis, security

in codes and standards; and security equipment and services. Participants included representatives from law enforcement and Federal

agencies, research centers and universities, State and local governments, manufacturers and individual consultants. The proceedings

are to be published by ASTM.

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CBT was very active in 1979 carrying out activities relating to

the development of standards and performance criteria for solar heating and cooling applications. Many of NBS solar projects result in

proposed standards which are submitted to standards-writing organizations such as ASTM and ASHRAE for consideration and processing into

national consensus standards. As part of CBT's solar energy program,

research to develop draft standards for materials used in solar

energy systems is being performed. Standards have been drafted and

submitted to ASTM Committee E44, Solar Energy Conversion, which

address cover plates, absorptive coatings, insulation, metallic con- tainment materials and non-metallic containment materials. CBT is

also coordinating a round robin of a test method for determining the

effects of outgassing on solar cover plate transmi ttance. The test

method and draft standard for outgassing were developed by NBS, based

on CBT's solar materials research projects. In addition, draft

standards for seals/gaskets and rubber hoses have been developed based

on NBS research and submitted to ASTM Committee Dll, Rubberlike

Materials. The benefits of these standards are that they provide

measurement procedures to assess the performance of materials used

in solar energy systems and that they will aid the Department of

Energy and the solar industry.

Three ASTM Standards, originally drafted by NBS staff, are being

considered by ASTM Committee E44, Cover Plate Task Group. The first,

Standard Practice for the Evaluation of Cover Materials for Flat

Plate Solar Collectors, based on NBS research, addresses the testing

and durability of cover plate materials. The second standard,

Standard Practice for Exposure of Cover Materials for Solar Collectors

to Natural Weathering Under Conditions Simulating Operational Mode,

describes an exposure box and procedure for exposing cover materials

to outdoor weathering while keeping the temperature elevated as it

would be in a solar collector. This standard was also based on work

initiated by NBS. The third standard, Standard Practice for Determining Resistance of Solar Collector Covers to Impact by Hail,

describes a method for performing a hail impact test. These standards

will benefit the solar industry by providing test methods and procedures which uniformly compare materials.

Two ASTM standards were approved in 1979 based on CBT drafts:

ASTM D 3771-79, Specification for Rubber Seals Used in Concentrating

Solar Collectors and ASTM D 3832-79, Specification for Rubber Seals

Contacting Liquids in Solar Energy Systems. Robert Stiehler participated in the development of these standards.

CBT supported the development of ASHRAE Standards 95P, Method

of Testing to Determine Thermal Performance of Packaged Residential

Solar Water Heaters, and 96, Method of Testing to Determine Thermal

Performance of Unglazed Flate Plate Liquid Type Solar Collectors,

and the refinement of ASHRAE Standard 93-77, Methods of Testing to

Determine the Thermal Performance of Solar Collectors. Dr. James Hill

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participated on the ASHRAE working project committees responsible for

the standards. Experimental work sponsored by the Department of

Energy, was completed at the NBS Nike site aimed at experimental

validation of the standards.

During 1979, a major study was completed showing that a different

testing technique for flat plate water heating collectors, recently

adopted in several European countries, gave results comparable to

those given by the existing Standard 93-77. The technique requires

a combination of outdoor testing to determine the optical-heat-loss

characteristics. This information will be used for revising the

standard in 1980/81. ASHRAE Standard 96 was completed in 1979 and

adopted for the testing features that enable the unique characteristics

of unglazed collectors to be determined, such as testing under extremely

low wind speeds and at operating temperatures less than ambient air

temperature. A test loop was designed and built at the Nike site in

accordance with this standard and validation experiments were initiated.

In support of ASHRAE Standard 95 for solar domestic hot water systems,

CBT constructed a test loop in accordance with the standard and

completed validation experiments for a single-tank system with a two

collector panel array.

At the request of the Department of Energy, three CBT staff members,

Dr. James Hill, Elmer Streed, and William May, provided technical support to the ANSI ad hoc committee on Thermal Performance Rating of

Solar Collectors. These researchers analyzed current proposed rating

methods and assessed their suitability for different types of solar

collectors and solar applications (hot water, heating, cooling) in

various climates. The objective of the ad hoc committee is to bring

together concerned parties so as to gain voluntary acceptance of an uniform method for establishing and reporting voluntary consensus

standards for thermal performance rating of solar collectors.

The development of interim and definitive performance criteria

for solar heating and cooling systems was mandated in the Solar

Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act of 1974. The various performance

criteria and intermediate standards developed by CBT for the Departments

of Energy and of Housing and Urban Development have been used as a technical base for evaluating systems in the residential and commercial

demonstration programs. Definitive performance criteria documents

for residential and commercial solar systems were completed in 1979.

Center for Fire Research

The Center for Fire Research (CFR) contributed to national and

international standards for detectors and sprinkler systems: NFPA 13D,

Sprinklers for Dwellings - CFR assisted in preparing a draft standard

and an extensive full-scale verification program; NFPA 72E, Detectors - requirements for detector spacing were revised based on CFR-sponsored

research; NFPA 74, Household Fire Warning Equipment - draft revisions

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dealing with detector location and response based on CFR research;

and ISO TC 21, Fire Fighting - CFR testing supported a draft protocol

for full-scale testing of detectors. CFR also drafted test methods

and product standards for elastomeric seals used in sprinkler alarm

check valves and dry pipe valves.

In 1979, the Flooring Radiant Panel Test, developed by CFR

and adopted as Federal Test Method Standard 372, MFPA 253 and ASTM

E648-78, was incorporated into the Standard Building Code and Basic

Building Code (pending) and is now being used by the Departments of

Health, Education and Welfare and Department of Housing and Urban

Development in setting flammability requirements for carpeting in

corridors and exitways. It has also been referenced in the German

Standard, DIN 4102.

'

The Attic Flooring Radiant Panel Test and the Cigarette Smoldering

Combustion Test, previously included in Federal Specification HH-I-515D,

were adopted in the Consumer Product Safety Commission Interim Safety

Standard for cellulose loose fill insulation. CFR conducted round

robin testing in support of these tests.

The Smoke Density Chamber Test developed by CFR and previously

adopted as NFPA 285, was adopted by ASTM as E662-79, under the title

Specific Optical Density of Smoke Generated by Solid Materials. The

test is under consideration by ISO Technical Committee 92, Fire Tests,

as draft proposal DP 5659.

The Fire Safety Evaluation System for Health Care Facilities,

previously developed by CFR and described in a CFR report, was proposed

for use by HEW. This system provides a means for establishing equivalency with the requirements of Chapter 10 of the NFPA Life Safety Code

(NFPA 101), and has been proposed for official adoption and incorporation

into NFPA 101.

Several CFR-developed test methods have been prepared in draft form

and proposed for adoption by ASTM Committee E5, Fire Standards. These

methods are: 1) Room Fire Test of Wall and Ceiling Interior Finish

(under Subcommittee E5.13, Large Scale Tests); 2) Assessing the Resistance of Upholstered Furniture to Continuing Combustion After Exposure

to a Smoldering Cigarette (under Subcommittee E5.15, Building Content);

and 3) Time of Ignition of Interior Finish Materials by Flame Impingement

(under Subcommittee E5.23, Combustion).

Center for Consumer Product Technology

Center for Consumer Product Technology (CCPT) staff participated

in a joint committee of the System Safety Society and the Human Factors

Society to develop guidelines and ultimately standards for human factors

performance criteria for commercial non-military products and equipment.

Dr. Harold Van Cott and Walter Leight were selected chair and vice chair,

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respectively, of this joint committee. The scope of the committee

will be non-Department of Defense specifications and standards for

products and systems not already covered by an existing human

factors standard, guideline or development guidelines.

The Department of Energy published a standard procedure for

measuring "First Hour Rating of Water Heaters" based on CCPT research

recommendations. The Center is working on energy test procedure

modifications for DoE for room air conditioners, water heaters,

TVs, refrigerators, freezers, home heating equipment (other than

furnaces), humidifiers and ranges and ovens.

The Center's Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory (LESL)

completed the development of a draft performance standard for speed

measuring radar units. The final standard will be promulgated by

the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the

Federal Register. The standard will be used to evaluate commercial

speed measuring radar units to establish a qualified products list.

Federally funded State and local law enforcement agencies' projects

will be authorized to purchase only those radar units included on the qualified products list. LESL also completed the development

of a performance standard for breath sample collection/storage

devices. This standard will be promulgated by the NHTSA in the

Federal Register for use in the establishment of a qualified list

for such devices. These devices are widely used by State and local

police in rural locations to collect breath samples from suspected

drunken drivers for the later analysis of breath alcohol content

in a central laboratory. In addition, some States now require that

a sample of breath from an individual accused of drunken driving

must be retained for use by defense counsel.

Office of Engineering Standards

On October 11-12, 1979, ANSI and the Office of Engineering

Standards (OES) sponsored a symposium on International Standards

and the International Standards Information Network (ISONET) at

NBS. Representatives of the U.S. Trade Representative Office and

the Department of Defense addressed the Multilateral Trade

Negotiations and the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 and the NATO

Objectives for Standards Harmonization, respectively. A session

on Information Services for Exporters covered both private and

government sources. The development of ISONET was discussed

by representatives of the International Organization for Standardization: Poland, Federal Republic of Germany, United Kingdom,

Canada, France and Norway.

In 1979, ISO approved the establishment of an international

network of standards information centers called ISONET. NBS and

ANSI participated jointly in the planning and development phases

of this work and the NBS Standards Information Service was named

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U.S. Member. Dr. Lawrence Eicher, Director of OES, served as U.S.

delegate to the ISO Committee on Scientific and Technical Information

relating to Standardization (INFCO) meetings, which was responsible

for developing ISONET. Charles Phucas, Group Leader for the NBS

Standards Information Service, also participated in this work as a member of the ANSI Advisory Group for INFCO and ISONET and as an U.S. delegate to the 1979 planning session of INFCO.

ISONET provides for the efficient exchange of information about

standards and regulations between countries in order to promote closer

cooperation among ISO members to aid the transfer of technology for

development, to reduce technical barriers to international trade, and

to encourage worldwide cooperation on standardization and implementation.

ISONET currently consists of approximately 25 member countries who

exchange selected information on a regular basis. Operational policies

of ISONET are established by the ISONET Management Board of which Dr.

Eicher is a member.

The Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory, an NBS Research

Associate Program in OES' Office of Testing Laboratory Evaluation

Technology, sponsored by ASTM Committee CI on Cement and C9 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates, celebrated its 50th anniversary

in 1979. A luncheon was held in Philadelphia during the June 1979

ASTM Committee Week. NBS was presented with a commemorative plaque

which reads, "This cooperative project between NBS and ASTM CI on Cement and C9 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates has provided outstanding contributions to the promotion of uniformity and improvement

in testing of cement and concrete."

In 1979, NBS and the Technical Association of the Pulp and

Paper Industry (TAPPI) celebrated ten years of a collaborative

reference program (CRP) to help testing laboratories evaluate and

improve the accuracy and precision of their procedures. In addition

to paper, the program covers container-board, rubber, forensic

materials and, most recently, thermal insulation. Laboratories

voluntarily subscribe to the program and select the tests in which

they wish to participate. NBS' Office of Testing Laboratory Evaluation

Technology (OTLET) periodically prepares two different samples of paper

for each test and sends them to participating laboratories where the

samples are tested in accordance with TAPPI methods and instruction

provided by NBS. A laboratory's values are then forwarded to OTLET

for statistical evaluation and the results are returned to the laboratory

so that the staff can determine the level and uniformity of its test

values in comparison with those of other participants. The TAPPI

program has grown from approximately 100 to 260 participants and from

nine to 25 test methods. Subscribers include both domestic and foreign

paper mill and research laboratories as well as consumer, government,

and commercial testing laboratories.

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Statistics on Standards Committees Memberships

In 1979, 496 (or 29 percent) of NBS ' 1720 professional, scientific

and technical staff participated on 1232 outside standards committees

(1069 national, 163 international). Memberships on these committees

totaled 1664 (1487 national, 177 international). The most memberships,

823, were held in the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).

NBS staff participated in the activities of 121 standards organizations (96 national, 25 international).

The statistics presented here were gathered from responses given

on NBS Form 83, Record of Committee Assignment . Each NBS staff member

is required to fill out this form in order to maintain a complete

computer record of NBS participation.

The following tables are broken down by NBS 1 Major Organizational

Units (MOU):

0D Office of the Director

OADPBF Office of the Associate Director for Programs,

Budget and Finance

DAIS Office of the Director of Administrative and

Information Systems

NML National Measurement Laboratory

ICST Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology

NEL National Engineering Laboratory

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Number of NBS staff participating on

standards committee:

Number of memberships on national and

international committees:

National International

OD 2 2 OADPBF 7 1 DAIS 10 0

NML 652 117

ICST 78 7

NEL 738 50

Total 1,487 177

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Number of memberships by committee position:

Member Chair

Vice

Chair Secretary

Technical

Advisor

Alternate

Representative Delegate Other*

OD 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

OADPBF 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

DAIS 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 0

NML 552 87 9 36 21 11 44 9

ICST 50 10 5 4 3 10 3 0

NEL 594 63 11 32 25 24 24 15

Total 1,212 163 25 72 49 48 71 24

"Other includes: Editor, Director, General Referee, Staff Advisor, Manager, Working Advisor,

Consultant, and Liaison Representative.

33
Number of memberships by committee levels:

34
Number of memberships in selected standards organizations:

CIPM 1%

ASTM ANSI ASHRAE CIPM IEC IEEE ISO IUPAC NFPA Other

OD 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

OADPBF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

DAIS 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NML 411 52 0 15 7 9 28 16 0 232

ICST 1 57 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 19

NEL 405 107 54 1 11 18 34 0 37 121

Total 823 227 54 16 18 29 68 16 37 376

35

Summary of Standards-Related Travel

NBS committee members traveled a total of 3,961 days in 1979 to

attend standard committee meetings and/or conferences. The total

number of trips was 1,098 and the average trip lasted three and

a half days. Standards-related travel made up 15 percent of all NBS

travel costs and 17 percent of all trips.

The Standards Assistance and Management Information (SAMI) project

received copies of all travel orders processed by the NBS Travel Office.

Orders pertaining to standards travel are singled out and statistics

on cost, hours, and number of trips are gathered. Quarterly reports

are distributed to NBS managers to keep them informed on their re- spective units' travel time and cost. The following table describes

this information in detail by MOU.

NOTE: This travel summary does not include NBS' Boulder, Colorado

1 aboratories

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NBS Standards Committee Participants and Their Units

Adams, John W. (723)

Allan, David W. (524)

All red, C. Mckay (724)

Alvarez, R. (503)

Ambler, Ernest (100)

Andrews, James R. (724)

Arens, Edward A. (743)

Armstrong, George T. (543)

Babrauskas, Vytenis (752)

Bagg, Thomas C. (650)

Ballard, David (564)

Barbrow, Louis E. (511)

Barkmeyer, Edward J. (641)

Barnes, I. L. (551)

Barnes, James A. (524)

Barnes, John D. (563)

Baumgarten, George P. (732)

Beausoliel, Robert W. (742)

Becker, Donald A. (506)

Beehler, Roger E. (524)

Beers, John S. (731)

Belanger, Brian C. (512)

Belecki, Norman B. (521)

Bender, Peter L. (525)

Benjamin, Irwin A. (752)

Bennett, Herbert S. (565)

Bennett, Lawrence H. (564)

Berg, John L. (640)

Berger, Harold (501)

Berger, Robert E. (763)

Berke, Joseph G. (506)

Berman, Gerald A. (782)

Bertocci , Ugo (561

)

Bettwy, David S. (352)

Birky, Merritt M. (751)

Blackburn, David L. (721)

Blau, Peter J. (564)

Block, Stanley (565)

Bloss, Roscoe L. (761)

Boettinger, William J. (564)

Booker, Robert L. (534)

Boone, Thomas H. (744)

Bowman, Thomas H. (744)

Boyle, Don R. (713)

Branstad, Dennis K. (640)

Brauer, Gerhard M. (563)

Breckenridge, Franklin R. (731)

Brickenkamp, Carroll S. (511)

Bright, David S. (553)

Bright, Richard G. (752)

Brinckman, F. E. (561)

Brower, William S. (565)

Brown, Paul W. (741)

Bryson, James 0. (782)

Buchbinder, Benjamin (751)

Buehler, Martin G. (721)

Bukowski, Richard W. (752)

Bui lis, W. Murray (721)

Burke, Robert W. (551)

Burnett, Edwin D. (735)

Burns, George W. (522)

Burr, William (652)

Cali, J. P. (503)

Calvano, Nicholas J. (763)

Campbell, Paul G. (741)

Carino, Nicholas J. (741)

Carlson, Allan D. (532)

Carroll , William L. (742)

Carter, Robert S. (566)

Cassel , James M. (563)

Caswell, Randall S. (532)

Cattaneo, Louis E. (741

)

Cavallo, Lucy M. (532)

Cellarosi, Mario J. (565)

Cezairliyan, Ared (544)

Chaikin, Neal S. (782)

Chappel 1 , Samuel E. (513)

Chelton, D. B. (736)

Christ, Bruce W. (562)

Chwirut, Daniel J. (731)

Clark, Alan F. (736)

Clark, Elizabeth J. (741)

Clark, George E. (650)

Clarke, Frederic B. (750)

Clifton, James R. (741)

Clough, Roger B. (731)

Collard, Javed J. (760)

Comeford, J.J. (506)

Corliss, Charles H. (531)

Corliss, Edith L. R. (735)

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Costrel 1

, Louis (535)

Cotton, Ira W. (650)

Coursey, Bert M. (532)

Coxon, Bruce (552)

Coyle, Thomas D. (561)

Coyne, J. Joseph (532)

Cramp, A. Phillip (741)

Crawford, Myron L. (723)

Cronin, David (565)

Cugini, John (641)

Cullen, William C. (780)

Culver, Charles G. (741)

Cummings, Arthur L. (552)

Custer, Richard L . P. (752)

Cuthill , John R. (564)

Cutkosky, Robert D. (521)

Davis, Richard S. (523)

Davis, Sanford (752)

Deutsch, Donald R. (640)

Devereux, Charles W. (781)

Dewit, Roland (562)

Dickson, Robert W. (782)

Didion, David A. (742)

Dikkers, Robert D. (744)

Dise, John R. (782)

Ditmars, David A. (543)

Dobbyn, Ronald C. (562)

Domalski, Eugene S. (543)

Early, James G. (562)

Eby, Ronald K. (563)

Edgerly, David E. (513)

Ehrlich, Margarette (533)

Ehrstein, James R. (721)

Eicher, Lawrence D. (780)

Eicke, Woodward G. (521)

Eisenhart, Churchill (710)

Eisenhower, Elmer H. (530)

Eitzen, Donald G. (731)

Eliason, Lawrence K. (760)

Ellingwood, Bruce R. (741)

Epstein, Michael S. (551)

Erickson, Nils E. (541)

Escalante, Edward (561)

Etz, Edgar S. (553)

Faison, Thomas K. (744)

Fattal, S. George (741)

Federman, Charles (731)

Feldman, Albert (565)

Fickett, Fred R. (736)

Fields, Richard J. (562)

Fine, Joseph (541)

Fletcher, Donald G. (560)

Flynn, Daniel R. (735)

Flynn, Joseph H. (563)

Fong, Elizabeth N. (650)

Fong, Jeffrey T. (711

)

Fowell , Andrew J. (762)

Fraker, Anna C. (564)

Frank, Daniel E. (760)

Franklin, A. D. (561)

Free, George M. (521

)

Freiman, Stephen W. (562)

French, James E. (781)

French, Judson C. (720)

Frohnsdorff , Geoffrey (741)

Fuller, Edwin R., Jr. (562)

Furukawa, George T. (522)

Gallagher, William H. (731)

Galowin, Lawrence S. (742)

Gann, Richard G. (751)

Garrett, Donald A. (566)

Garvin, David (543)

Gass, Saul I. (712)

Geist, Jon (534)

Gerhold, William F. (561)

Gerner, Stanley W. (352)

Gevantman, Lewis H. (504)

Glass, Robert A. (743)

Godette, McClure (741)

Goldberg, Robert N. (543)

Goldman, Alan J. (712)

Goldman, David T. (500)

Gross, Daniel (752)

Gross, James G. (744)

Grubb, Dana S. (650)

Grundl, James A. (532)

Guildner, Leslie A. (522)

Guttman, Charles M. (500)

Haar, Lester (544)

Hahn, Thomas A. (565)

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Haight, William C. (731)

Haines, Ruth A. (Ill)

Hall, John L. (525)

Hall, Wiley (760)

Haller, Wolfgang K. (565)

Hampson, Robert F., Jr. (542)

Harman, George G. (721)

Harris, William P. (563)

Hasegawa, Saburo (733)

Hasko, Stephen (511)

Hastings, S. Robert (743)

Haverfield, John W. (782)

Heaton, H. Thompson, II (530)

Heldenbrand, Jim L. (742)

Hermsen, Kenneth F. (560)

Herron, John F. (542)

Hertz, Harry S. (552)

Heydemann, Peter L. M. (Ill)

Hicho, George E. (562)

Hill, James E. (742)

Hi! ten, John S. (722

Hobbs, Thomas G. (354)

Hocken, Robert J. (731)

Hockman, Arthur (741)

Hogan, Michael D. (650)

Holberton, Frances E. (640)

Horowitz, Emanuel (500)

Horton, William S. (561)

Hougen, Jon T. (545)

Howell , Barbara F. (552)

Howett, Gerald L. (743)

Hsia, Jack J. (534)

Hsu, Nelson M. (564)

Hsu, Stephen (506)

Hubbard, Camden R. (565)

Hubbell, John H. (533)

Hudson, Ralph P. (523)

Huggett, Clayton M. (750)

Hughes, Ernest E. (553)

Humphreys, Jimmy C. (533)

Hunt, Charles M. (742)

Hurst, Jerome G. (736)

Hurst, Wilbur S. (522)

Hust, Jerome G. (736)

Hutchinson, J. M. Robin (532)

Hyland, Richard W. (544)

Interrante, Charles G. (562)

Issen, Lionel A. (752)

Iverson, Warren P. (561)

Ives, Lewis K. (564)

Jeffrey, Seymour (640)

Jerke, John M. (721)

Jesch, Ramon L. (723)

Joel, Lambert S. (712)

Johannesen, Rolf B. (561)

Johnson, Donald R. (500)

Jones, Robert R. (742)

Kao, James Y. (742)

Kasen, Maurice B. (736)

Kearsley, Elliot A. (563)

Kelley, Richard D. (541)

Kelly, George E. (742)

Kelly, Kenneth L. (743)

Kessler, Karl G. (520)

Keysar, Blayne C. (511)

Kieffer, Lee J. (512)

Kimbleton, Stephen R. (650)

Kirby, R. Keith (503)

Kirchhoff, William H. (540)

Kirk! in, Duane R. (543)

Kirkpatrick, Diana M. (782)

Kleimann, Robert E. (521)

Klein, Max (544)

Klein, Robert J. (760)

Knab, Lawrence I. (741)

Koch, William F. (551)

Koskowski, Henry J. (534)

Kramer, Samuel (700)

Krasny, John F. (752)

Krause, Ralph F., Jr. (562)

Kreider, Kenneth G. (733)

Kruger, Jerome (561

)

Ku, Chia-Soon (561)

Ku, Harry H. (714)

Kuklewicz, Mark E. (742)

Kulin, Gershon (732)

Kurylo, Michael J. , III (542)

Kusuda, Tamami (742)

Kweller, Esher R. (762)

Lafferty, Walter J. (545)

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Lashmore, David S. (561)

Lashof, Theodore, W. (782)

Lawson, James R. (752)

Lechner, James A. (714)

Lederer, Paul S. (722)

Leight, Walter G. (763)

Leong-Hong, Belkis W. (640)

Lew, Hai S. (741)

Leyendecker, Edgar V. (741)

Lide, David R., Jr. (504)

Linsky, Jeffrey L. (525)

Little, John L. (650)

Loevinger, Robert (533)

Loftus, Joseph J. (752)

Loftus, Thomas P. (533)

Lyons, John W. (700)

Machlan, Lawrence A. (551)

Madey, Theodore E. (541)

Magrab, Edward B. (735)

Mahaffey, Charles T. (744)

Mahajan, Bal M. (742)

Maienthal , E. June (551

)

Mandel, John (500)

Mangum, B. W. (522)

Mann, Douglas B. (736)

Mann, Wilfrid B. (532)

Manning, John R. (564)

Marinenko, George (551)

Marshall, Harold F. (744)

Marshall, Richard D. (741)

Martin, Jonathon W. (741)

Martinez, Ileana M. (750)

Masters , Larry W. (741

)

Mathey, Robert G. (741)

Mattingly, George E. (732)

Mauer, Floyd A. (565)

Mayo-Wells, John F. (722)

McAlister, Archie J. (564)

McCoubrey, Arthur 0. (510)

McDowell, Eugene C. (763)

McGarry, Emmert D. (532)

McHenry, Harry I. (736)

McKenna, Gregory B. (563)

McKneely, Thomas B., Jr. (351)

McLaughlin, William L. (533)

McNall, Preston E. (742)

McSparron, Donald A. (534)

Mease, Norman E. (732)

Meese, William J. (742)

Mehrabian, Robert (564)

Meissner, Paul (650)

Michael is, Robert E. (503)

Mielenz, Klaus D. (551)

Mills, Robert (761)

Mitchell, David J. (733)

Molino, John A. (743)

Moody, John R. (551)

Moore, R. T. (650)

Mordfin, Leonard (501)

Morrissey, Bruce W. (502)

Mul lis, William F. (762)

Mulroy, William J. (742)

Mundy, Robert E. (565)

Myklebust, Robert L. (553)

Nahman, Norris S. (724)

Natrella, Mary G. (714)

Nedzelni tsky, Victor (735)

Nelson, Harold E. (752)

Neumann, Albrecht J. (640)

Newbury, Dale E. (553)

Newell, Karl G. , Jr. (781)

Nicodemus, Fred E. (534)

Norris , John A. (551

)

Novotny, Donald B. (721)

Noyce, James R. (532)

O'Neill, John G. (752)

Oettinger, Frank F. (721)

Ogburn, Fielding (561)

Oppermann, Henry V. (511)

Pallett, David S. (735)

Parker, Harry S. (565)

Parker, Robert L. (564)

Parker, Vivian B. (543)

Parker, William J. (752)

Passaglia, El i o (560)

Paule, Robert C. (500)

Peacock, Richard D. (752)

Peavy, Bradley A. (742)

Pel la, Peter A. (553)

Persensky, Julius J. (761)

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Petersons, Oskars (722)

Pfrang, Edward 0. (741)

Phillips, Willie E. (721)

Phucas, Charles B. (782)

Pidgeon, John R. (352)

Pielert, James H. (744)

Pierman, Brian C. (743)

Placious, Robert C. (533)

Plumb, H. (522)

Post, Mildred A. (741)

Powell , Cedric J. (541

)

Powell , Frank J. (742)

Proctor, Thomas M. (731)

Pugh, Edison N. (561)

Raby, Tawfik M. (566)

Radebaugh, Ray (736)

Rains, Theodore C. (551)

Randall , Edwin B. , Jr. (782)

Reader, Joseph (531)

Recicar, Steve A. (650)

Reed, William P. (503)

Reeder, Dennis J. (552)

Reneker, Darrell H. (563)

Richmond, Joseph C. (733)

Robbins, Carl R. (565)

Robertson, Alexander F. (750)

Rook, Harry L. (553)

Rosenblatt, Joan R. (710)

Rosenstock, Henry M. (543)

Rosenthal , Lynne S. (641

)

Rosenthal , Robert (650)

Rossiter, Walter J., Jr. (741)

Rountree, Robert E. , Jr. (600)

Rubin, Arthur I. (743)

Rubin, Sherwin (721)

Ruegg, Rosalie T. (744)

Ruff, Arthur W. (564)

Ruthberg, Stanley (721)

Sanders, Aaron A. (724)

Saunders, Robert D. , Jr. (534)

Scace, Eric L. (650)

Scace, Robert I. (721)

Schaffer, Robert (552)

Schafft, Harry A. (721)

Schneider, Samuel J., Jr. (560)

Schooley, James F. (522)

Schoonover, Randall M. (523)

Schwartz, Robert B. (532)

Schwarz, Frederick P. (543)

Schwebel , Abraham (354)

Sengers, Jan V. (544)

Sengers, Johanna M. H. (544)

Serbyn, Myroslav R. (735)

Seward, Richard W. (503)

Shih, James Y. (742)

Shumaker, John B. (534)

Simmons , John A. (564)

Siu, Chock (742)

Slattery, William J. (781

)

Sleater, Gerald A. (741)

Smith, Bradford M. (731)

Smith, John H. (562)

Sockut, Gary H. (640)

Soulen, Robert J. , Jr. (522)

Sparks, Larry L. (736)

Spencer, Lewis V. (533)

Stanley, John T. (524)

Stiehler, Robert D. (741)

Streed, Elmer R. (742)

Stroik, John S. (743)

Sushinsky, George F. (762)

Swartzendruber, Lydon J. (564)

Swyt, Dennis A. (731)

Taggart, Harold E. (723)

Taylor, Barry N. (521)

Taylor, John K. (550)

Teague, E. Clayton (731)

Tech, Jack L. (534)

Tholen, Albert D. (511)

Thomas, Douglas B. (782)

Thomson, Robb M. (560)

Thurber, W. Robert (721)

Til ford, Charles R. (544)

Tilley, W. Reeves (344)

Tobler, Ralph L. (736)

Toner, Samuel D. (763)

Treado, Marshall J. (760)

Trechsel , Heinz R. (743)

Tucker, Jane C. (342)

Turgel, Raymond S. (722)

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Unterweger, Michael P. (532)

Uriano, George A. (503)

Vadelund, Eric A. (760)

Van Cott, Harold P. (761)

Vanderburg, Gordon J. (731)

Veale, Ralph C. (731)

Velapoldi, Ranee A. (552)

Vickers, Mabel V. (640)

Vogel , Bertram M. (752)

Vogt, Jackie L. (512)

Wagman, Donald D. (543)

Wagner, Herman L. (563)

Waksman, David (744)

Walkowicz, Josephine L. (640)

Wan, Chiaan A. (762)

Warnlof, Otto K. (511)

Warshaw, Stanley I. (760)

Watkins, Shirley W. (650)

Weeks, Stephan J. (561)

Weiss, Andrew W. (531

)

Wells, Thomas E. (521)

Wharton, Kathryn M. (560)

White, Harry S. , Jr. (600)

White, Howard J., Jr. (504)

Whittaker, Julian K. (535)

Wiederhorn, Sheldon M. (562)

Williams, Edwin R. (521)

Winger, James H. (752)

Wise, Jacquelyn A. (522)

Wol 1 in, Harold F. (511)

Wood, Helen M. (650)

Woolf, Alan R. (782)

Wright, James R. (700)

Wright, Richard N. (740)

Wu, Yung Chi (763)

Yakowitz, Harvey (506)

Yancey, Charles (741)

Yavin, Simone L. (743)

Yates, John T. , Jr. (541)

Yee, Kenneth W. (762)

Yokel, Felix Y. (741)

Yolken, H . T. (505)

Yonemura, Gary T. (743)

Young, Russell D. (731)

Zalewski, Edward F. (534)

Zapas, Louis J. (563)
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Selected Bibliography

These publications may be obtained from one of the following sources,

as indicated in the citation: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government

Printing Office (GPO), Washington, D.C. 20402; National Technical

Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161; and the SAMI Office,

Office of Engineering Standards; NBS, Technology, B-166, Washington, D.C.

20234. When ordering from GPO or NTIS, please use order number.

1. Publications of the National Bureau of Standards , B. Burris and

R. Morehouse, Editors, NBS Special Publication 305 and its

supplements (Supplement 10 - 1978) Available from the GPO as SN 003-003-02069-9.

This 10th supplement to Special Publication 305 of the

National Bureau of Standrds lists the publications of the

Bureau issued between January 1 - December 31, 1978. It

includes an abstract of each publication (plus some earlier

papers omitted from Special Publication 305 Supplement 9),

key-word and author indexes; and general information and

instructions about NBS publications.

2. An Index of U.S. Voluntary Engineering Standards , W. Slattery,

Editor, NBS Special Publication 329, Supplement 2 (May 1975).

Available from GPO as SN 003-003-01362-5.

This supplement contains the permuted titles of more

than 5,700 voluntary engineering standards; specifications,

test methods, codes and recommended practices published by

164 U.S. technical societies, professional organizations

and trade associations. Each title can be found under all the

significant key words which it contains. These key words are arranged alphabetically down the center of each page together

with their surrounding context. The date of publication or last revision, the standard number and an acronym designating

the standards-issuing organization appear as part of each entry.

3. Directory of U.S. Standardization Activities , S. Chumas, Editor,

NBS Special Publication 417 (Nov. 1975). Available from GPO

as SN-003-003-01 395-1

This Directory serves as a guide to standardization activities

in the United States. Included in the Directory are summaries of

the standardization activities of trade associations, technical

and other professional societies representing industry and commerce,

and state and Federal governments. For the first time this

Directory covers current descriptive summaries of more than 580

organizations.

Organizations having standardization activities such as standards-writing, assisting in the development of standards,

issuing standards or disseminating standards information are

incl uded.

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The standardization activities summaries are grouped into

three sections: associations , States , and agencies. In each

section, the summaries are arranged alphabetically by organization.

Two types of indexes are included to assist the reader in identifying an activity: 1) a subject index of key words taken from

the summaries; and 2) a listing of organizations classified into

24 subject heading areas.

4. Tabulation of Voluntary Standards and Certification Programs for

Consumer Products , W. Slattery, NBS Technical Note 948 (June 1977).

Available from GPO as SN 003-003-01779-5.

The document lists over 1000 product areas and over 2000

standards titles covering products found in and around the home.

(The major consumer product areas not included are foods, beverages, and drugs). The tabulation also indicates the applicable

national, industrial, and international standards which deal

primarily with either safety or performance or both aspects

of the products listed. For some of the product areas there

are no applicable standards. Available information on certification programs and standards under development and the Standard

Industrial Classification (SIC) numbers for the products are also

provided.

5. Index of U.S. Nuclear Standards , W. Slattery, NBS Special

Publication 483 (August 1977). Available from GPO as SN 003-003-01822-8.

This index contains the permuted titles of more than 1,200

nuclear and nuclear-related standards, specifications, test

methods, codes and recommended practices published by 34 U.S.

Government agencies, technical societies, professional organizations, and trade associations. Each title can be found under

all the significant key words which it contains. These key

words are arranged alphabetically down the center of each page

together with their surrounding context. Each entry includes

the date of publication or last revision, the standard number,

an acronym designating the standards-issuing organization,

any cross reference standard number, and price.

6. Standards Systems in Canada, the U.K., West Germany and Denmark:

An Overview , D. Hemenway, NBS Government Contract Report 79-172

(April 1979). Available from NTIS as PB 296-912.

This report provides an overview of the voluntary standards

systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, West Germany and Denmark. The

immediate purpose is to identify areas where further research

might be useful. Ultimately, the aim is to gain a better understanding of national standards systems in other highly industrialized countries. Based on interviews and other research, the

author discusses these aspects of the four standards systems:

1) history; 2) organization and finances; 3) standards development; 4) certification and accreditation; 5) international

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standards work; 6) consumer and labor participation; 7) metric

conversion; 8) antitrust aspects; 9) research into economic

impacts; 10) the Government's use of standards and its role

in standards work; and 11) other activities. The author con- cludes that further research is needed into standards systems

of these and additional countries -- for example, Australia,

Japan, and Sweden.

Bibliography on the Voluntary Standards Systems and Product

Certification , C. Chapman, NBS Interagency Report 79-1900

(Oct. 1979). Available from NTIS as PB 80-117922.

This bibliography lists references accumulated by the

NBS Office of Engineering Standards in the course of its

research into the workings of the voluntary standards

system and the economic and legal effects of standards.

The first portion of the bibliography lists references

alphabetically by author. The second portion groups

references by subject. Subject categories include:

standards system reform, regulatory use of standards

(building, safety, environment), certification and laboratory accreditation, solar heating and cooling, product

liability, and international and foreign.

Regulatory Use of Standards: The Implications for Standards

Writers , P. Harter, NBS Government Contract Report 79-171

(Nov. 1979). Available from NTIS as PB 80-120579.

The purposes of this report are: 1) to help standardswriting organizations prepare standards that are acceptable

to regulatory agencies for use in regulations or as an alternative to regulation; and 2) to suggest how regulatory

agencies might improve their relationships with private

sector standards organizations. The report describes how

standards are used in regulatory programs and discusses the

requirements imposed on agencies by administrative law. From

this analysis it is possible to make some general suggestions - for example: organizations writing standards for possible

regulatory use should prepare an accompanying rationale and

procedural history. The report summarizes complaints of standards

organizations about regulatory agencies, and suggests how agencies

might improve their relationships with standards organizations.

NEL Staff Participation in U.S. and International Standards

Development Activities (June 1979)

NML Staff Participation in U.S. and International Standards

Development Activities, 1978 (April 1979)

ICST Staff Participation in U.S. and International Standards

Development Activities, 1978 (Nov. 1978). All three reports

are available from the SAMI Office.

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These internal reports, prepared within the Standards

Assistance and Management Information (SAMI) project, summarize

the standardization committee activities for NBS' three major

organizational units: National Engineering Laboratory (NEL);

National Measurement Laboratory (NML); and Institute for Computer

Sciences and Technology (ICST). Statistical profiles are given

in such areas as: 1) number of participants; 2) organizations

served; 3) committee structure and position; 4) initial

involvement and committee tenure; and 5) participation funding.

The purpose of these reports is to increase the effectiveness

of NBS staff participation on standards committees as well as to assist NBS managers in the efficient allocation of resources

for these activities.

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Acronyms

AA Aluminum Association

AAAS American Association for Advanced Science

AACC American Association of Clinical Chemistry

AAMA Architectural Aluminum Manufacturers

Association

AAMVA American Association of Motor Vehicle

Administrators

AAPM American Association of Physicists in Medicine

AASHTO American Association of State Highway and

Transportation Officials AATCC American Association of Textile Chemists

and Colorists ^BA American Bankers Association

*\CI American Concrete Institute ACIL American Council of Independent

Laboratories

<VCS American Ceramic Society

^CS* American Chemical Society

^DISP Automated Data Interchange Systems Panel ^ECL Atomic Energy of Canada, Limited

<\F Air Force, U.S. AFML Air Force Materials Laboratory

AFNOR French Association of Standardization ^FOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research

^GA American Gas Association

^GS American Gem Society

^HEA American Home Economics Association

\\ Asphalt Institute ^IA American Insurance Association

^IA* American Institute of Architects MCHE American Institute of Chemical Engineers

\\F Atomic Industrial Forum

\IIE American Institute of Industrial Engineers XIME American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical,

and Petroleum Engineers

XNMC American National Metric Council XNS American Nuclear Society

XNSI American National Standards Institute \OAC Association of Official Analytical Chemists

\PHA American Public Health Association, Inc.

\P\ American Petroleum Institute

^Pl* American Paper Institute ^PS American Physical Society

\RBA American Road Builders Association

\RMA Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association

^RPA Advanced Research Projects Agency

^SA Acoustical Society of America

<SCE American Society of Civil Engineers

^SEE American Society for Engineering Education

kSHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating,

and Air-Conditioning Engineers

''SIS American Society of Industrial Security

vSLE American Society of Lubrication Engineers

ASM American Society for Metals

ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASNT American Society for Nondestructive

Testing

ASQC American Society for Quality Control ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials AVS MAmoriran \/an mm ^r»r"iot\/ 1 1 Icl iLdll VaLUUIll JUL I cr I y BIPM International Bureau of Weights and Measures BMD Ballistic Missile Defense

BMDATC Ballistic Missile Defense Advanced

Technology Concerns BRH Bureau of Radiological Health, FDA

BRL Bendix Research Laboratory BSI British Standards Institution CAC Center for Analytical Chemistry, NBS

CAP College of American Pathologists

CAPQ Center for Absolute Physical Quantities,

NBS

CAS Chemical Abstracts Service

CBEMA Computers and Business Equipment

Manufacturers Association

CCIR International Radio Consultative Committee

CCITT International Telephone and Telegraph

Consultative Committee

CEQ Council on Environmental Quality

CGA Compressed Gas Association, Inc. CIE International Committee on Illumination CIPM International Committee on Weights and

Measures

CMG Color Marketing Group

CMS Center for Materials Science, NBS

CNLA Council of National Library Associations

CODASYL Conference on Data Systems Languages

CODATA Committee on Data for Science and

Technology

CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission

CRR Center for Radiation Research, NBS

CS Coblenz Society

CTMS Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular

Science, NBS

CTS Collaborative Testing Services, Inc. DBMS Data Base Management Standards DIN German Institute for Standardization DNA Defense Nuclear Agency

DOC Department of Commerce, U.S. DOD Department of Defense, U.S. DOE Department of Energy, U.S. DOI Department of the Interior, U.S. DOJ Department of Justice, U.S. DOL Department of Labor, U.S. DOT Department of Transportation, U.S.

Denotes duplicate acronym for a different organization.

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EIA Electronic Industries Association

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EPRI Electric Power Research Institute FAA Federal Aviation Administration

FCC* Federal Construction Council

FCST Federal Council on Science and Technology

FDA Food and Drug Administration

FHWA Federal Highway Administration FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards

FPA Federal Preparedness Agency

FRA Federal Railroad Administration

GIDEP Government-Industry Data Exchange

Program

GSA General Services Administration

HEW Department of Health, Education, and

Welfare, U.S. HIMA Health Industry Manufacturers Association

HPS Health Physics Society

HUD Department of Housing and Urban

Development, U.S. IABSE International Association for Bridge and

Structural Engineers

IACCD Interagency Advisory Committee on Center

Data IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency IAHPR International Association on High Pressure Research

IAPS International Association for the Properties

of Steam

IAU International Astronomical Union

ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization ICG International Commission on Glass

ICNW Interagency Committee on Net Weights

ICRU International Commission on Radiation

Units and Measurements

ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions

ICTA International Confederation for Thermal

Analysis

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. IERI Illumination Engineering Research Institute IES Illuminating Engineering Society IFCC International Federation of Clinical Chemists

HA Institute of Internal Auditors IIW International Institute of Welding

IMEKO International Measurement Commission

IMPI International Microwave Power Institute INMM Institute for Nuclear Materials Managers

ISA Instrument Society of America

ISCC Inter-Society Color Council

ISO International Organization for Standardization ISONET International Organization for Standardization Information Network

ISR International Society of Radiology

ITU International Telecommunications Unio IUB International Union of Biochemistry

IUCR International Union of Crystallography

IUPAB International Union of Pure and Appliec

Biophysics

IUPAC International Union of Pure and Appliec

Chemistry

JCP Joint Committee on Printing

JEDEC Joint Electron Devices Engineering Cou LEAA Law Enforcement Assistance

Administration MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MOAA Mail Order Association of America

MPC Metals Properties Council

NACE National Association of Corrosion Engir

NAPM National Association of Photographic

Manufacturers

NAS National Academy of Sciences

NAS/NRC National Academy of Sciences/Nationa

Research Council

NASA National Aeronautics and Space

Administration

NBS National Bureau of Standards

NCCLS National Committee for Clinical Laborat Standards

NCI National Cancer Institute NCRP National Council on Radiation Protectio and Measurements

NCS National Communications Systems

NCSL National Conference of Standards

Laboratories NCWM National Conference on Weights and

Measures

NFPA National Fire Protection Association

NFPCA National Fire Prevention & Control Administration NIH National Institute of Health NMA National Micrographics Association NMAB National Materials Advisory Board

NNDC National Nuclear Data Center NOFI National Oil Fuel Institute NPCA National Paint and Coating Association NPS National Park Service NRAO National Radio Astronomy Observatory

NRC National Research Council NRCA National Roofing Contractors Associatic NSC National Safety Council NSF National Science Foundation

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OWM

PCI PHS

PSI SAE

SAMA

SAMI

SEMI

SERI SESA

SFPE

SIS

j SME

SNM

SPARC

SSPC

TAPPI

TCA

TRB

ULUN

URSI usee USCG

, USFG

USGS

USNC/CIE

National Standards Reference Data System

Office of the Director, NBS

Office of Environmental Measurements,

NBS

Office of Hazardous Materials Operations,

DOT

International Organization of Legal

Metrology

Operations, Research, & Administration

Optical Society of America

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Office of Standard Reference Materials,

NBS

Office of Weights and Measures, NBS

Prestressed Concrete Institute Public Health Service

Polish Standards Institute Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. Scientific Apparatus Manufacturing

Association

Standards Assistance and Management

Information Semiconductor Equipment and Materials

Institute Solar Energy Research Institute Society of Experimental Stress Analysis

Society of Fire Protection Engineers

Swedish Standardization Commission

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Society of Nuclear Medicine

Standards Planning and Requirements

Committee

Steel Structures Painting Council

Technical Association of the Pulp and

Paper Industry

Tile Council of America, Inc. Transportation Research Board

Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. United Nations

International Scientific Radio Union

U.S. Calorimetry Conference

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Forest Service

U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. National Committee/International

Committee on Illumination

U.S. National Committee/International

Commission on Illumination

U.S. National Committee/International

Electrotechnical Commission

USNC/IIR

VA

WHO

WRC

U.S. National Committee/International

Institute of Refrigeration Veterans Administration

World Health Organization

Welding Research Council

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Abbreviations

A Annuitant APPT. DATE Appointment Date C Parent Committee

CC Committee that is subordinate to a Parent Committee

CHAIR Chairperson DIV Division EMP. STATUS Employment Status ENCR Encryption EXPIR. DATE Expiration Date FTP Full-time Permanent employment status FT TEMP Full-time Temporary employment status INTL Denotes an activity under the auspices of a international organization

NATL Denotes an activity under the auspices of a U.S. organization

NATL/I Denotes an activity under the auspices of a U.S. organization which also has major

international responsibilities

NBS.OA Combination of NBS and Other Agency

funding

NON-V Non-voting status NO. Number

N/A Not Applicable

OA Other Agency

PARNT ORG Parent Organization

PROF Professional PT PERM Part-time Permanent employment status RA Research Associate

SC Subcommittee

SSC Subcommittee that is subordinate to another Subcommittee

TC Technical Committee

USNC U.S. National Committee

USNWG U.S. National Work Group

US/TAG U.S. Technical Advisory Group

WG Work Group

WG2 Work Group of a Parent Committee

WG4 Work Group of a SSC

-000 Committee number assigned by SAMI office

for record purposes

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List of Organizations Sponsoring Standards-Writing Committees

National

Acoustical Society of America

American Association of Clinical Chemistry

American Association of Physicists in Medicine

American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists American Bankers Association

American Ceramic Society

American Chemical Society

American Concrete Institute American Institute of Architects American Institute of Chemical Engineers

American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and

Petroleum Engineers

American National Metric Council American National Standards Institute American Nuclear Society

American Paper Institute American Petroleum Institute American Physical Society

American Society of Civil Engineers

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and

Air-Conditioning Engineers

American Society of Industrial Security

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

American Society for Metals

American Society for Nondestructive Testing

American Society for Testing and Materials American Vacuum Society

Army, U.S. Association of Official Analytical Chemists

Atomic Industrial Forum

Chemical Abstracts Service

Coblentz Society

College of American Pathologists

Color Marketing Group

Compressed Gas Association, Inc. Conference on Data Systems Langauge

Congress, U.S. Council on Environmental Quality

Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S.

Electric Power Research Institute Electronic Industries Association

Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Council on Science and Technology

Federal Preparedness Agency

Food and Drug Administration General Services Administration

Health Physics Society

Illuminating Engineering Society

Illumination Engineering Research Institute

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc. Institute of Internal Auditors Instrument Society of America

Interagency Committee on Net Weights

Inter-Society Color Council

Joint Electron Devices Engineering Councils

Mail Order Association of America

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Metals Properties Council

National Academy of Sciences

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Association of Corrosion Engineers

National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards

National Conference of Standards Laboratories

National Conference on Weights and Measures

National Council on Radiation Protection and

Measurements

National Fire Prevention & Control Administration

National Fire Protection Association

National Institute of Health

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

National Research Council

National Safety Council

National Science Foundation

Optical Society of America

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1. PUBLICATION OR REPORT NO. NBS SP 573

2. Gov't Accession No. 3 Recipient's Accession No.

TITLE AND SUBTITLE

NBS Staff Participation in Outside Standards

Activities, 1979 Highlights

5. Publication Date March 1980

6. Performing Organization Code

AUTHORS

JoAnne R0 Debelius

8. Performing Organ. Report No.

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NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

WASHINGTON, DC 20234

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ABSTRACT (A 700-word or les s factual summary of most significant information . If document includes a s i £)ni ficant bibliography nr

literature survey, mention it here.)

NBS uses a decentralized system for managing the participation of NBS representatives in outside standards committees activities. This type of management

is governed by NBS policy; coordinated through standards offices in each NBS

Major Organizational Unit; and monitored and supported by the Office of Standards

Information, Analysis and Development (OSIAD)

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This report summarizes NBS' standards activities during calender year 1979«

It contains information on NBS staff participation on standards committees, highlights of significant technical and individual contributions made by NBS staff,

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participating on committees.

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