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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/National Bureau of Standards

Standards Committee

Activities of the

National Bureau of Standards - 1982 Highlights
NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS

The National Bureau of Standards' was established by an act of Congress on March 3, 1901. The Bureau's overall goal is to strengthen and advance the Nation's science and technology

and facilitate their effective application for public benefit. To this end, the Bureau conducts

research and provides: (1) a basis for the Nation's physical measurement system, (2) scientific and technological services for industry and government, (3) a technical basis for equity in trade, and (4) technical services to promote public safety. The Bureau's technical work is per- formed by the National Measurement Laboratory, the National Engineering Laboratory, and

the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology.

THE NATIONAL MEASUREMENT LABORATORY provides the national system of

physical and chemical and materials measurement; coordinates the system with measurement

systems of other nations and furnishes essential services leading to accurate and uniform

physical and chemical measurement throughout the Nation's scientific community, industry,

and commerce; conducts materials research leading to improved methods of measurement,

standards, and data on the properties of materials needed by industry, commerce, educational

institutions, and Government; provides advisory and research services to other Government

agencies; develops, produces, and distributes Standard Reference Materials; and provides

calibration services. The Laboratory consists of the following centers:

Absolute Physical Quantities2 — Radiation Research — Chemical Physics —

Analytical Chemistry — Materials Science

THE NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY provides technology and technical ser- vices to the public and private sectors to address national needs and to solve national problems; conducts research in engineering and applied science in support of these efforts; builds and maintains competence in the necessary disciplines required to carry out this research and technical service; develops engineering data and measurement capabilities;

provides engineering measurement traceability services; develops test methods and proposes

engineering standards and code changes; develops and proposes new engineering practices;

and develops and improves mechanisms to transfer results of its research to the ultimate user. The Laboratory consists of the following centers:

Applied Mathematics — Electronics and Electrical Engineering2 — Manufacturing

Engineering — Building Technology — Fire Research — Chemical Engineering2

THE INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY conducts

research and provides scientific and technical services to aid Federal agencies in the selection, acquisition, application, and use of computer technology to improve effectiveness and

economy in Government operations in accordance with Public Law 89-306 (40 U.S.C. 759), relevant Executive Orders, and other directives; carries out this mission by managing the Federal Information Processing Standards Program, developing Federal ADP standards

guidelines, and managing Federal participation in ADP voluntary standardization activities; provides scientific and technological advisory services and assistance to Federal agencies; and

provides the technical foundation for computer-related policies of the Federal Government. The Institute consists of the following centers:

Programming Science and Technology — Computer Systems Engineering.

'Headquarters and Laboratories at Gaithersburg, M D, unless otherwise noted; mailing address Washington, DC 20234. 'Some divisions within the center are located at Boulder, CO 80303.
Standards Committee Activities of the

National Bureau of Standards —

1982 Highlights

Karl G. Newell, Jr.

Office of Product Standards Policy

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, DC 20234

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, Ernest Ambler, Director

Issued March 1983
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 83-600514

National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 650

Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 650, 52 pages (Mar. 1983)

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FOREWORD

The year 1982 brought significant changes that affected National Bureau of

Standards' (NBS) responsibilities in the area of Voluntary Standards

activities: 1) in May, the Department of Commerce officially transferred its

Office of Product Standards Policy to NBS, and NBS reorganized its standards

management activities into the new Office of Product Standards Policy (OPSP)

reporting to the Director, 2) in October, the Office of Management and Budget

(0MB) published a revised 0MB Circular No. A-119 entitled "Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Standards," 3) the Secretary of

Commerce reconstituted the Interagency Committee on Standards Policy (ICSP) in

September to consist of senior policy officials with responsibilities for

standards-related programs.

This report describes the impact of the events mentioned above on NBS and

characterizes NBS staff participation in standards activities during the year.

The report recognizes the accomplishments of Bureau staff in standards activities in carrying out the mission of the Bureau. Both NBS and the voluntary

standards system are enhanced by participation of NBS staff in the development

of standards, and the public interest is thereby served. Our objective is to

strengthen the voluntary standards system to ensure that it continues to

develop high quality standards and maintains its position of leadership in the

international standards community.

Stanley I. Warshaw, Director

Office of Product Standards Policy
ABSTRACT

This report summarizes NBS standards committee activities and accomplishments

during calendar year 1982. It describes the management of standards

activities at NBS, profiles NBS staff participation on outside standards

committees, and highlights significant technical and individual contributions

made by NBS staff. In 1982, 457 staff members (or 29% of NBS' professional,

scientific, and technical staff) participated in 1,046 outside standards

committees of 97 national and international standards organizations.

Key Words: annual report; committee participation; standards committees;

voluntary standards.

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CONTENTS

Page

Foreword iii

Abstract iv

Introduction 1 NBS Standards Management 2 Overview of Participation in Standards Activities 3

Organizational Highlights 10

Awards 34

Appendix I - The Office of Product Standards Policy — - 35

Appendix II - The NBS Standardization Advisory and Coordination

Committee 38

Appendix III - NBS Form 83 41

Appendix IV - List of Acronyms /Abbreviations 44

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INTRODUCTION

This report summarizes NBS standards participation and contributions during

calendar year 1982. The report contains three major sections: 1) a description of how NBS manages its standards activities, 2) an overview of NBS

participation on standards committees, and 3) highlights of significant

technical and individual contributions and accomplishments made by NBS staff.

Resources available for participation in standards activities were again

restricted in 1982, which may explain the slight decrease in participation

statistics compared to 1981. It is significant, however, that the percentage

of NBS technical staff involved in standardization activities remained

essentially the same {29%). A slight increase over 1981 was recorded for

participation in international standards activities.

Memberships in standards-writing activities totaled 1,454 (1,297 national and

157 international) during 1982 compared to 1,481 (1,327 national and 154

international) in 1981. NBS staff participated in activities of such

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

American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the International Organization

for Standardization (ISO), and the National Fire Protection Association

(NFPA). The most memberships are held in ASTM (729). Committee members

devoted an equivalent of 2,876 days in 1982 to attending committee meetings

and/or conferences (compared to an equivalent of 2,842 days in 1981).

Specific details on participation and travel are discussed on page 9.

NBS staff participation in standards development activities is important to

NBS because it provides an effective opportunity to disseminate, in a timely

manner, the results of the research NBS conducts in its role as the Federal

measurement laboratory in engineering and the physical sciences. In turn,

involvement of NBS personnel in standards committee activities provides NBS

with vital information on the Nation's measurement needs in such areas as environmental protection, public health and safety, and energy conservation.

Standards activities provide not only an outreach program, but also afford NBS

scientists and engineers with an effective mechanism for interacting with

their counterparts in industry and academia.

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NBS STANDARDS MANAGEMENT

NBS uses a decentralized system for managing the participation of NBS staff in

outside standards committee activities. Thus, Center Directors and Division

Chiefs have primary responsibility for determining that: 1) standards

activities are directly related to the authorized functions of NBS, 2) NBS

committee participants are qualified and can devote sufficient time and effort

to serve creditably, and 3) adequate resources are available to support

meaningful participation. Division and Office Chiefs are also responsible for

periodically reviewing committee assignments to determine if NBS participation

is still necessary and for ensuring that their staff members meet the reporting

needs and other requirements of committee participation.

The Office of Product Standards Policy (OPSP), established in May 1982, serves

as the focal point for NBS standardization activities. OPSP, through its

Standards Assistance and Management Information (SAMI) project, collects and

disseminates information on Bureau-wide participation in outside standards

activities and maintains a computerized data base on these activities. SAMI

also maintains information on the estimated cost of NBS participation in

standards activities. SAMI staff review all NBS travel orders and keep

records on travel associated with standards committee activities.

This information is disseminated by various means, including publication of

semiannual directories of NBS participants on standards committees, an annual

report on the highlights of NBS participation, a series of special reports for

NBS managers and participants, and quarterly reports on the costs of

standards-related travel.

The purpose of collecting and disseminating this information is to provide

NBS managers with data that can be used to plan programs and allocate resources and to encourage cooperation among NBS committee participants and

other staff. Additionally, this information provides the basis for

recognizing the contributions and accomplishments of NBS committee

participants. (Appendix I describes in more detail the functions and

organization of the OPSP.)

Another major element in the management of the NBS standards program is the

NBS Standardization Advisory and Coordination Committee (SACC), a standing

committee of the Bureau reporting to the NBS Executive Board. The Committee

consists of the Associate Director for International Affairs and the Director

of the Office of Product Standards Policy, both of the NBS Director's Office,

and representatives of the National Measurement Laboratory (NML), the National

Engineering Laboratory (NEL), and the Institute for Computer Sciences and

Technology (ICST). The Associate Director for International Affairs Chairs

the Committee. SACC coordinates the development or interpretation of

standards-related policy within NBS, and advises the NBS Director and MOU

Directors on Bureau-wide issues relative to standardization activities.

(Appendix II further describes the purpose and functions of SACC.)

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OVERVIEW OF PARTICIPATION

In 1982, 457 (or 29%) of NBS 1 1,565 professional, scientific, and technical

staff participated on 1,046 outside standards conmittees (903 national, 143

international). Memberships on these committees totaled 1,454 (1,297

national, 157 international). As in past years, the most memberships were held in committees of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 729 and 223

respectively. NBS staff participated in the activities of 97 standards

organizations (68 national, 29 international). Both the number of staff

participating on outside standards committees (457) and the number of total

memberships on those committees (1,454) decreased only slightly in 1982 (1981

figures - 471 and 1,481, respectively) It is interesting to note that, while

the total number of organizations in which NBS staff participated decreased

from 101 in 1981 to 97 in 1982, the number of international organizations

increased by one. The only significant decrease in participation data

recorded in 1982 was a 13 percent reduction in the total number of outside

committees in which NBS staff participated: (1,046 in 1982 and 1,199 in 1981).

The statistics presented here were compiled from responses given on the NBS

Form 83, "Record of Committee Assignment" (see Appendix III). This form,

which is completed for each committee activity by NBS staff members, enables

NBS to maintain a complete record of staff participation on standards

committee participation.

Key to abbreviations used in the following charts:

NML - National Measurement Laboratory

Hq - Headquarters

CAPQ - Center for Absolute Physical Quantities

CRR - Center for Radiation Research

CCP - Center for Chemical Physics

CAC - Center for Analytical Chemistry

CMS - Center for Materials Science

ICST - Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology

NEL - National Engineering Laboratory

Hq - Headquarters

CAM - Center for Applied Mathematics

CEEE - Center for Electronics and Electrical Engineering

CME - Center for Manufacturing Engineering

CBT - Center for Building Technology

CFR - Center for Fire Research

CCE - Center for Chemical Engineering

Other - Office of the NBS Director; Office of the Associate Director for

Program, Budget, and Finance; Office of the Director NBS/Boulder

Laboratories; and Office of Director of Administration

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Number of NBS staff participating on standards committees

Organization Total Staff*

Number of

Participants % Participating

NML 696 217 31

ICST 95 35 37

NEL 658 175 27

Other 116 30 26

TOTAL 1,565 457 29

NML 217 NEL 175

Hq 23 Hq 6

CAPQ 22 CAM 10 CRR 34 CEEE 43

CCP 20 CME 25

CAC 33 CBT 53

CMS 85 CFR 23

CCE 15

* Professional, scientific, and technical staff.

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Number of memberships on national and international committees

CY 1982 CY 1981

Organization National International National International

NML 636 89 738 96

ICST 82 19 95 16

NEL 500 38 485 42

OTHER* 79 11 9 0

TOTAL 1297 157 1327 154

NML 636 89 738 96

Hq 88 12 145 16

CAPO 57 12 58 9

CRR 88 20 99 22

CCO 38 5 53 9

CAC 100 22 104 23

CMS 265 18 279 17

NEL 500 38 485 42

Hq 7 1 26 3

CAM 19 0 22 0

CEEE 96 10 91 10

CME 55 2 51 3

CBT 191 5 193 6

CFR 103 14 72 14

CCE 29 6 30 6

During 1982. the Office of Product Standards Policy was established in the Office of the NBS Director, which accounts for the

significant increase in 1982 figures over 1981 figures. Since some standards-related activities from NEL and NML were transferred

to OPSP, statistics for these groups were also affected by the change.

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Number of memberships in selected organizations

(with 15 or more memberships)

ASTM 50%

ASTM ANSI ASHRAE AS ME IEC IEEE ISO NFPA USNC/CIE OTHER

NML 433 62 0 4 8 7 34 0 8 169

ICST 1 65 0 0 0 5 14 0 0 16

NEL 263 78 26 10 9 22 20 47 7 56

OTHER 32 18 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 34

TOTAL 729 223 26 16 17 34 72 47 15 275

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Number of memberships by committee levels

Main Committee Subcommittee Work/Task Group

NML 298 328 99

ICST 23 47 31

NEL 232 228 78

OTHER 55 21 14

TOTAL 608 624 222

NML 298 328 99

Hq 45 45 10

CAPQ 27 30 12 CRR 49 35 24

CCD 18 20 5 CAC 46 56 20

CMS 113 142 28

NEL 232 228 78

Hq 4 4 0 CAM 6 9 4 CEEE 44 45 17 CME 23 17 17 CBT 100 82 14 CFR 41 52 24 CCE 14 19 2

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Number of memberships by committee position

2% Technical Advisor

3% Alternate Rep.

1% Vice Chair

3% Other

Vice Tech. Alt. Member Chair Chair Sec. Adv. Rep. Delegate Other

NML 535 80 9 36 8 3 39 15

ICST 42 8 3 3 1 23 10 11 NEL 397 61 14 12 20 19 9

Other 58 14 0 5 3 5 3 2

TOTAL 1032 163 18 58 24 51 71 37

NML 535 80 9 36 8 3 39 15

Hq 72 8 3 7 1 0 4 5 CAPQ 47 7 1 7 3 0 3 1 CRR 72 14 0 9 3 3 5 2 CCP 35 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 CAC 91 7 1 4 1 0 14 4 CMS 218 39 4 7 0 0 13 2 NEL 397 61 6 14 12 20 19 9

Hq 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CAM 12 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 CEEE 69 20 2 2 6 1 3 3 CME 42 6 1 2 3 2 0 1 CBT 157 21 2 8 1 3 4 0 CFR 80 8 0 1 1 14 12 1 CCE 30 3 1 0 1 0 0 0

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SUMMARY OF STANDARDS-RELATED TRAVEL

This summary illustrates the resources expended by NBS to support and

strengthen the voluntary standards system by encouraging NBS staff to

attend meetings to continue developing high quality standards.

NBS committee participants traveled an equivalent of 2,876 days in 1982

to attend standards committee meetings and/or conferences. This is an increase of 34 days from the 1981 total. The total number of trips was

810, up from 802 in 1981. The average domestic trip lasted three days,

a foreign trip lasted six days (both identical with 1981), while the

average costs were $443 and $1258 respectively. Standards-related

travel made up 17 percent of NBS travel costs (compared to 18 percent

in 1981).

Total # of

Trips Travel Hours Travel Costs

D F T D F T D F T

NML 239 40 279 5,864 1,920 7,784 92,457 44.037 136,494

ICST 130 31 161 4,184 1,544 5,728 - 73,963 49,084 123,047

NEL 281 56 337 6,448 2,200 8,648 124,399 67,054 191,453

Other 20 13 33 280 568 848 5,713 15,946 21,659

Total 670 140 810 16,776 6,232 23,008 296,532 176,121 472,653

The cost includes transportation, per diem, and special expenses (excludes labor).

KEY:

D - Domestic

F - Foreign

T -Total

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ORGANIZATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

In 1982, NBS staff participated in the activities of 97 national and

international standards-writing organizations. This participation has resulted

in many significant contributions to the standards system and to the Bureau.

The following description of NBS participation in standards activities is

provided to highlight 1982 technical and individual accomplishments. These

highlights were selected by NBS center managers as representative of their

various research areas and are only a part of all of NBS' standards activities.

These highlights are not just limited to standards committee participation,

but include highlights of significant contributions made by NBS staff to

standards development in general.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

Office of Product Standards Policy (OPSP)

John L. Donaldson served as U.S. representative to INFCO, the Information

Committee of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). He was

a member of and was reelected to the Management Board for ISONET, the

International Standards Information Network of ISO. He attended the 14th

meeting of INFCO and the 10th and 11th meetings of the ISONET Management

Board. Mr. Donaldson suggested to ISONET members that certification

information be introduced into ISONET, which was limited to standards

information.

He also visited the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality

Control (EOS) to assess the status of their standards information capability

and to provide a basis for determining whether a related development project

should be included as part of U.S. and Egyptian cooperative agreements in

scientific and technical undertakings.

Walter Leight was appointed by the ASTM Chairman of the Board to the

subcommittee on the International Use of Standards of the Board's Committee on

the Voluntary Use of Standards. The subcommittee is concerned with the impact

of ASTM and other voluntary standards on international trade and the

interrelationship with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (Standards Code). Mr. Leight was

also elected Vice Chair of ASTM Committee F-15, Consumer Products.

John Locke was the U.S. Delegate to meetings of Task Force C of the

International Laboratory Accreditation Conference in Australia. The following

Working Group Reports were prepared with input from Mr. Locke: "Report on the

Selection and Training of Assessors for Testing Laboratory Assessment,"

"Report on Evaluating Testing Laboratories," and "Suggested Procedures for the

Operation of Proficiency Testing Programs by Laboratory Accreditation Systems."

Donald R. Mackay was appointed to a 3-year term as a member of the ASTM

Standing Committee on Technical Committee Operations. This committee is

responsible for reviewing and revising the regulations governing ASTM

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technical committees and overseeing the operations and structure of the

technical committees to achieve the most efficient operation and coverage of

ASTM standards development activities.

Dr. Stanley I. Warshaw was the U.S. representative at the 7th meeting of the

Government Officials Responsible for Standardization Policies of the United

Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and was the U.S. representative

at the 10th session of the ECE Group of Experts on Standardization Policies.

Dr. Warshaw also headed the U.S. Delegation to the 1982 International

Laboratory Accreditation Conference (ILAC) in Tokyo, Japan. The primary

purpose of the conference was to review the work of various working parties,

committees, and task forces, to concur or suggest changes to the work of these

groups; and to continue efforts to provide a technical basis for the

development of a system of mutual recognition of testing facilities accredited

in the various countries.

OPSP staff participated actively in meetings of the Trade Policy Staff

Committee (TPSC) subcommittee on standards. This subcommittee is comprised of

representatives of key Government agencies and is chaired by the Office of the

U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). It prepares for bilateral standards-related

trade disscussions with other countries, provides technical and policy input

for multi-nation activities under the GATT Standards Code, and assists in the

implementation of the Code in the United States.

The International Legal Metrology Program of OPSP manages U.S. participation

in the International Organization of Legal Metrology (0IML). During 1982, as

in previous years, U.S. participation in the 0IML was active and strong. The

following are notable highlights of 0IML activities for the year:

o Joint OIML, ISO, I EC , BIPM Program for an International Vocabulary of

Metrology . In 1980, ISO, OIML, and the International Electrotechnical

Commission, (IEC), agreed to collaborate on the development of an international

vocabulary of metrology that was to include some 200 basic and general terms

and definitions. The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM)

accepted an invitation to participate in this effort and the work has proceeded

rapidly under the direction of a joint task group. Five task group meetings

were held in 1982, and it is anticipated that a final draft of the new vocabulary will be completed in early 1983. At that time the draft will be

sent to OIML, ISO, IEC and BIPM for final review and adoption in accordance

with the working procedures of each organization. The adoption process is

expected to take about a year. NBS actively participated in four of the five

task group meetings held in 1982.

o OIML Certification System . The OIML ad hoc task group considering the

development of an international certification system in the legal metrology

field met October 5-8 in Paris. The U.S. delegation included Eric Vadelund.

At the meeting, the U.S. proposed an approach to certification that received

serious consideration. The plan provides a mechanism by which OIML nations

may enter into agreements to accept each other's certifications for

instruments and goods subject to legal controls in each country. The system

can be applied to those products that are already covered by established

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International Recommendations issued by OIML. The scheme can be implemented

by two or more of the 47 nations who are signatories to the Treaty, and would

be open to all members who could demonstrate competence to evaluate and test

measuring instruments. Once agreements have been developed, the participating

nations would be authorized to apply the OIML mark to instruments complying

with the requirements. The U.S. proposal will be presented to the next

meeting of the International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML) in May 1983.

o OIML PS4 - Measurement of Lengths, Surfaces, Angles . A meeting of the

International Working Group of Pilot Secretariat (PS)4 was held October 12-15

in Paris. The U.S. was represented by David Edgerly. Of the eight nations

comprising the working group, six were represented at the meeting. OIML draft

Recommendations covering fabric, wire, and cordage measuring devices, and

covering rigid and flexible (tapes) rules were finalized at the meeting.

These devices are of considerable interest to American companies who export to

Western Europe and other parts of the world. New areas of work were proposed

covering area measuring devices, three-coordinate machines and line width

standards, but no specific work assignments were made pending further

discussions within the working group.

o OIML PS5 - Measurement of Liquid Volumes . Joint 0IML/IS0 meetings on static

liquid measurement were held September 20-28 in Romania. Eleven nations

participated in the meetings. The U.S. was represented by Eric Vadelund. The

two meetings were coordinated in order to harmonize OIML and ISO efforts in

developing standards relating to storage tanks; calibration methods such as strapping, optical reference line or plane techniques; triangulation;

photogrammetry ; and laser ranging. While ISO is primarily concerned with

petroleum measurement, much of their output is transferable to other fields

such as chemicals and wire, which, in addition to petroleum, are of interest

to OIML governments. The meetings resulted in OIML's adoption by reference of

several existing ISO standards that will be used as the legal basis for the

calibration of storage tanks in those OIML nations where such measurements are carried out by government officials. The meetings are good examples of the

close coordination between OIML and ISO to prevent duplication of work.

o OIML PS6 - Measurement of Gas Volumes . A meeting of the International

Working Group of PSb was held October 19-21 in Paris. David Edgerly of OPSP

was a member of the U.S. delegation. Recommendations concerning diaphragm and

piston meters were reviewed, and the working group established a future program

of work (3 to 5 years) involving the development of OIML Recommendations in

the following areas: differential pressure (orifice) meters, calibration of

meters, calculation of compressibility factors of gases, performance of gas

volume correction devices, calculation devices incorporated in a gas measuring

system, and gas calorimeters. The United States will be responsible for the

work concerning the calibration of meters and calculation incorporated in gas

measurement systems.

o OIML PS7 - Measurement of Mass . Two important international meetings

relating to mass were held in 1982. The first covering electronic weighing

instruments was held in Paris, May 17-19. The United States, as responsible

secretariat, hosted the meeting attended by 13 nations. The U.S. delegation

included David Edgerly and Otto Warnlof. A second draft OIML Recommendation

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on electronic weighing instruments was presented and discussed at length.

Major agreement was reached on important portions of the draft, but there were considerable technical problems raised concerning design proving tests

(thermal shock, mechanical shock and vibration) and operational tests (static

discharge, and radiated electromagnetic energy). As a result, a third draft

Recommendation will be prepared by the United States and another meeting has

been scheduled for September 1983 in Washington. In the meantime, the United

States is cooperating with the IEC and the Netherlands to resolve the testing

issues.

The second important meeting dealing with mass was held September 13-17 in

Munich. The United States and the Federal Republic of Germany co-hosted the

meeting attended by 14 nations. The U.S. delegation included David Edgerly

and Otto Warnlof. As a result of the meeting, the following OIML

Recommendations or revisions thereof were adopted at committee level and sent

to OIML for final balloting:

1) Metrological Regulations for Non-Automatic Weighing Machines

2) Metrological Regulations for Load Cells and

3) Gravimetric Filling Machines

o OIML PS17 - Measurement of Pollution . This is an important new area of

activity within OIML. The United States has the secretariat responsibility

for PS17. The Environmental Protection Agency, in cooperation with OPSP/NBS,

administers the work. In 1982, the U.S. National Working Group (USNWG) for

PS17 was formally organized. The activities of PS17 will be developed through

this group. Over 30 persons expressed interest in participating in this work,

which will involve the development of International Recommendations covering

performance requirements for pollution monitoring instrumentation. Included

in the USNWG are representatives from Federal agencies professional organizations and trade associations and instrument manufacturers. Under PS17, the

United States is considering chairmanship of two subcommittees, Reporting

Secretariat RS2 on water and RS4 on pesticides. Proposals for accepting these

responsibilities are being coordinated by the National Sanitation Foundation

(NSF) and the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC), respectively.

o OIML PS19 - Measurement of the Characteristics of Materials . A meeting on materials testing equipment was held May 11-15 in Paris. The United States

hosted the meeting. David Edgerly attended as part of the U.S. delegation.

Three draft OIML International Recommendations prepared by the United States

were presented during the meeting:

1) General Specifications for Materials Testing Machines

2) Specifications for Machines for Tension and Compression Testing

of Materials

3) Specifications for Force Measuring Instruments for Verifying the

Force Indication of Materials Testing Machines.

As a result of the meeting, substantial international agreement was reached on documents 1 and 2, and they have since been balloted for committee acceptance.

Another international level meeting will be necessary for document 3 dealing

with proving devices.

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o OIML PS26 - Medical Instrumentation . During 1982, the ASTM Committee E-41

on Laboratory Apparatus expressed its interest in serving as the US Technical

Advisory Group, (TAG), for OIML PS26/RS2 and RS3 dealing with pipettes for

mixing blood and for determining blood sedimentation rates. Also, a U.S.

delegation consisting of Helmut Altschuler (NBS Consultant), Alan Berson,

National Institutes of Health, ( N I H ) , and Peter Seaba (University of Iowa

Hospitals and Clinics) participated in the meeting of PS26/RS4 on Bioelectrical Measuring Instruments in Rostov-on-Don, USSR in May 1982. The

delegation provided substantial input on draft OIML International

Recommendations covering electroencephalographs and electrocardiographs that were prepared by the USSR. Improvements were made to the drafts and they will

be circulated for comment to OIML member nations in early 1983.

OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR PROGRAM, BUDGET, AND FINANCE

Planning Office

Impacts of Voluntary Standards on Industrial Innovation and Growth , is the

title of a study conducted for the NBS Planning Office by Putnam, Hays &

Bartlett, Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The study, completed in 1982,

developed a conceptual framework to explain the roles played by voluntary

standards in the industrial growth process.

A paper developed by NBS Planning Office staff, "The Role of Government in

Supporting Voluntary Measurement Standards for High-Technology Industries,"

was published in Research Policy . The paper discussed the role of voluntary

standards in industrial growth by characterizing standards as a public good

and identifying the consequent detriments of underinvestment by the private

sector.

NATIONAL MEASUREMENT LABORATORY

Office of Nondestructive Evaluation (ONDE)

During 1982, the Office of Nondestructive Evaluation (ONDE) was able to

intensify its efforts to encourage the adoption of international standards for

nondestructive testing (NDT) that are largely consistent with American

standards. Most of these efforts have been funnel ed through ASTM Subcommittee

E7.91, which serves as the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO Technical

Committee 135 on NDT. ONDE provided support to the TAG and Dr. Leonard

Mordfin, Deputy Chief of ONDE, was appointed its vice chairman.

In a paper presented at the 10th World Conference on NDT (Moscow, Aug. 23-38),

Dr. George Birnbaum, described the NDT standards most recently developed at

NBS. Dr. Donald Eitzen of the Center for Manufacturing Engineering, (CME),

and Harold Berger, ONDE, were co-authors of the paper. Later, Franklin

Breckenri dge, CME, presented a paper at the sixth International Acoustic

Emission Symposium (Tokyo, Oct. 31-Nov. 3), which verified the compatabi lity

of the NBS method for calibrating acoustic emission transducers with that used

in Japan. Two Japanese scientists co-authored Mr. Breckenridge's paper.

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The Bureau's Nondestructive Evaluation Program has also been playing a major

role since 1980 in the Defense Department's concerted effort to upgrade its

standards relating to nondestructive testing and inspection. With support

from the Army Materials & Mechanics Research Center, NBS scientists and

engineers recorded several noteworthy achievements during 1982. Dr. Lydon

Swartzendruber of the Center for Materials Science, (CMS), completely revised

and upgraded the military standard for magnetic particle testing and added a new glossary of terms relevant to this nondestructive test method. Dr. Gary

Yonemura of the Center for Building Technology, (CBT), formulated a standardized test for verifying the visual acuity of radiographic interpreters;

Dr. Robert Placious, of the Center for Radiation Research (CRR), is developing

master artifacts that will be needed to implement Dr. Yonemura 's approach.

Dr. Donald Eitzen, CME, assembled a carefully evaluated glossary of general

terms pertaining to nondestructive evaluation and is now expanding the

glossary to include terms relating to acoustic emission testing. Dr. Gerald

Blessing, CME, developed a technical plan for a calibration procedure that

would reduce the uncertainties in the aluminum standard reference blocks that

are used in ultrasonic testing.

The Bureau-wide program on NDT is lead by Dr. Leonard Mordfin who serves as a member of the Standards and Specifications Subgroup of the Joint Services

Technical Coordinating Group on Nondestructive Inspection. The Group sponsors

the Defense Conference on Nondestructive Testing. This year's Conference

(Nov. 2-4, Seattle) featured a presentation by Dr. James Clifton, CBT, on "Methods for Acceptance of Building Materials."

Center for Absolute Physical Quantities (CAPQ)

Study Group 7 of the Consultative Committee on International Radio (CCIR)

provides international recommendations and operating constraints for standard

time and frequency broadcasts. In addition, this organization recommends

forms of expression for time and frequency measurement results, definition of

terms, and . appropriate performance measures for time and frequency measurement

results, definition of terms, and appropriate performance measures for time

and frequency devices. In 1982, CAPQ personnel, a) contributed information to

meetings of U. S. Study Group 7 preparing for the 1983 International CCIR

Interim Meetings, b) served in a liaison role between Study Group 7 and

current preparatory efforts in the U. S. for the 1985/1987 World Administrative

Radio Conference (WARC) on the use of the geostationary orbit by various CCIR

space-based services, and c) chaired an international working group studying

alternatives for improved time and frequency dissemination/coordination via

satellite methods.

Center for Radiation Research (CRR)

Louis Costrell has served as project manager for the Nuclear Instrument Module

(NIM) standard that is used worldwide and for the U.S. activity involving the

international Computer Automated Measurement and Control (CAMAC) standards.

The seven CAMAC standards processed as standards of the Institute of

Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and of ANSI were updated in 1982

and combined into a single volume (IEEE SH08482, Library of Congress Catalog

No. 8185060) together with a tutorial introduction and a glossary. These

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standards were processed through ANSI Comnittee N42, Nuclear Instruments, and

the IEEE Nuclear Instruments and Detectors Committee of which Mr. Costrell is

Chair and Secretary, respectively. NBS was responsible for the coordination

and direction of this activity through the interl aboratory NIM Committee

chaired by Mr. Costrell.

Center for Chemical Physics (CCP)

Two staff members of the Surface Science Division became officers in ASTM

Committee E-42, Surface Analysis in 1982. Dr. Cedric Powell was elected chair

of the main Committee, and Dr. Joseph Fine was appointed Chair of the

Subcommittee on Standard Reference Materials.

During 1982, ASTM Committee E-47, Biological Effects and Environmental Fate,

chaired by Dr. William Kirchhoff, adopted its by-laws and published its first

standard on avain toxicity. Also, on October 20, a new subcommittee dealing

with in vitro test methods for environmental mutageniacy was established. In

vitro test methods for the evaluation of the mutagenic properties of chemicals

and materials are becoming increasingly popular for assessing the hazard

potential of substances. This popularity is due in large measure to the speed

with which test results are obtained in comparison with whole animal tests,

the low costs associated with such tests, and the high degree of correlation

between the results of some of these tests and known human carcinogens. The

tests involved the determination of the extent of mutations observed in

cultures of bacteria and mammalian cells when they are exposed to test

substances in the presence of metabolism activators. If the efforts of this

subcommittee are successful, the standards developed will be extensively used

by the chemical and drug industries in the evaluation of chemical hazards.

CCP staff hosted a meeting of ASTM Committee D-32, Catalysts, May 17-19 at

NBS. The activities of D-32 are focused on developing standard test methods

and standard materials for catalysts used in commerce. The manufacture and

the use of catalysts is a multi-billion dollar enterprise in the petroleum

industry, the chemical industry, and the automotive industry. The tests and

methods with which the committee is currently involved are the routine

physical and chemical tests conducted by all users and producers of

catalysts. These include such measurements as bulk density, crush strength,

pore size, surface area, elemental chemical analysis, and tests of catalytic

activity. In spite of the frequent use of such tests over a long period of

time, standardization has proceeded slowly, requiring many revisions of test

procedures in order to produce acceptable results in round-robin testing. One

of these physical tests of single particle crush strength--a simple, quick

test commonly used as a measure of the catalyst's resistance to abrasion and

wear--proved to be especially difficult to standardize. The meeting at NBS

offered the opportunity for some comnittee members to conduct a round-robin

test in one laboratory with each participant observing one another's

procedure. This 5-hour laboratory test uncovered one aspect of the test

procedure that had not been adequately specified. The participants feel that

this observation has broken a 4-year and 6-round-robin log jam.

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Three staff members of the Surface Science Division have completed a surface-analysis round-robin conducted under the auspices of ASTM Committee

E-42, Surface Analysis. The round-robin involved measurements of kinetic

energy and relative intensity on high-purity samples of copper and gold by

Auger electron spectroscopy. These measurements were made using 28 different

instruments manufactured by four companies. Significant variations in kinetic

energies and relative intensities were found that were much greater than the

precision of each measurement. The round-robin clearly demonstrated the need

for calibration methods and standards for operating procedures and data

analysis. A report of the round robin test was published in the Journal of

Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 25 , ( 1 982 )

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Center for Analytical Chemistry (CAC)

Dr. Robert Schaffer, a member of the Council of the National Reference System,

in Clinical Chemistry (NRSCC), revised two proposed NRSCC Guidelines that are presently undergoing consensus evaluation. They are "Guidelines for the

Development of Definitive Methods for Use in Clinical Chemistry" (NRSCC-1T)

and "Guidelines for the Development of Certified Reference Materials for Use

in Clinical Chemistry" (NRSCC-3T). The NRSCC is an extension of the National

Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) and employs the consensus

approval process of the NCCLS.

Center for Materials Science (CMS)

Mario J. Cellarosi, Physicist, was elected chair of ASTM Committee C-14, Glass

and Glass Products. ASTM Committee C-14 has jurisdiction over the maintenance

and update of some 50 test methods, specifications, and nomenclature standards

related to flat glass, containers, and technical glass products. The

committee also has major responsibilities in the maintenance and development

of NBS Standard Reference Materials (SRM) and related methodology.

NBS SRMs and ASTM C-14 standards are widely used by industry and cormierce in

research and development and productivity efforts, quality control, for the

evaluation of product performance and the meeting of trade specifications.

Industry projections for the next decade point to increased demand for NBS

glass SRMs and related measurement practices. To meet this demand, Committee

C-14, which includes over 90 industrial members, has endorsed a strengthening

of ASTM/NBS/industry cooperative efforts on glass standardization. To show

this support, the Committee established an industry sponsored Research

Associate Program at NBS. The Committee's current list of industrial

priorities on which cooperative efforts are in progress comprises 10 glass

SRMs and related measurement methods.

Dr. Ronald K. Eby was elected chairman of ASTM Committee D-20, Plastics, a 695-member committee responsible for the development of standards relating to

plastics and their raw materials, components, and compounding ingredients; and

to finished products made from plastics such as sheets, rods, tubes, pipe,

cellular materials, and molded or fabricated articles. Dr. Eby was selected

to the 2-year term of office in January.

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Dr. Joseph H. Flynn was appointed chair of newly reconstituted Subcommittee

Section, .3007, Fundamental Thermal Properties, of ASTM E-20, Plastics, which

is currently involved in the development and revision of a dozen standards and

test methods. Dr. Flynn also chairs the Nomenclature Subcommittee of E-37,

Thermal Measurements.

Dr. Authur Ruff became chair of ASTM Committee G-2, Erosion and Wear, in

January for a 2-year term.

Dr. Leslie E. Smith was named chair of Working Group 13, Reference Materials,

of Subcommittee 5 of ISO Technical Committee (TC) 61, Plastics. In order to

qualify materials as certified international standards, this working group is

coordinating several international round-robins involving laboratories from

Japan, Federal Republic of Germany, Spain, United States, United Kingdom, and

other countries. The round robins will determine intral aboratory precision of

molecular weight and photochemical aging measurement methods on reference

materials that have already been characterized by laboratories in the

sponsoring countries.

Four staff members participated in a workshop on Dry Sand Abrasive Wear

Testing, organized by ASTM Committee G-2, Erosion and Wear, held in St. Louis,

Missouri on June 9. A technical paper was presented by Lewis Ives describing

his studies of the effects of temperature, humidity, and sand flow rate on wear. A description was presented of the new SRM for abrasive wear testing

provided by NBS in late 1982. There was considerable interest expressed by

the industrial representatives present in this new capability for improved,

standardized abrasive wear testing.

A new standard for solid particle impingement erosion testing received final

approval in ASTM Committee G-2, Erosion and Wear. The standard, developed

with NBS leadership, will become the first U.S. standard for measuring erosive

wear in the laboratory, and will permit meaningful comparisons between

materials and coatings in terms of their erosion resistance. Four

interl aboratory test comparisons were carried out over a period of 3 years

during the development of the standard. A paper was presented by Authur Ruff

describing these efforts at a workshop on Erosion Testing at the December 1 meeting of committee G-2 at Williamsburg, Virginia.

The first recommended corrosion test procedure, ASTM F746, for surgical

implant metals, developed by ASTM Committee F-4, Medical and Surgical

Materials and Devices, was approved in 1981 and went in the 1982 ASTM Book of

Standards. The Metallurgy Division participated in numerous round-robin tests

over a 4-year period and provided information for a number of drafts which led

to the procedure which was adopted. The test will be useful in determining

pitting and crevice corrosion behavior of implant metals, and can be used in

developing performance standards for metal medical devices. In conjunction

with the approval of this test, Anna Fraker and A. C. Van Orden in the

Metallurgy Division have prepared a SRM which can be used with the adopted

procedu re.

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Dr. Wolfgang Haller, serving as a task force chair on inter laboratory testing,

played a key role in the development and October 1982 certification of NBS

Glass SRM 774 for Dielectric Constant and Loss Characteristics. Development

of SRM 774 and improved methodology was carried out by NBS in collaboration

with ASTM Committee C-14, Glass and Glass Products, and industrial/academic

laboratories. The new standard will provide support to the expanding role of

glass in electrical/electronic applications, energy conservation efforts, and

evaluation of material properties.

Under the leadership of Dr. Bruce W. Christ, ASTM Task Group 28.04.03 wrote a draft standard, "Verification of Alignment Under Tensile Loading," which was successfully balloted at the subcommittee level during the summer of 1982.

Development of this method was requested by the ASTM-Metal Properties Council

Subcommittee on Test Methods under the Joint Committee on the Effect of

Temperature on the Properties of Metals. This method is useful in at least

nine existing ASTM test methods dealing with tensile testing, stress rupture

testing, and uniaxial fatigue testing that refer to the need for verification

of alignment. This draft standard is scheduled to undergo an ASTM E28,

Mechanical Testing, Main Committee ballot in the spring of 1983.

A Task Group on the Properties of Materials at Cryogenic Temperatures has been

organized under the auspices of CMS and the Metal Properties Council to

develop standards for fusion magnet applications. These standards are of

interest to the evolving energy technologies in the United States that require

the use of superconducting magnets. The Task Group held two organizing

meetings in 1982: one at the General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York,

and one at NBS/Boulder.

A revision of the ANSI/American Dental Association (ADA) Specification No. 17

"Denture Base Temporary Relining Resins" has been accepted by ANSI/ADA

Specification Corrmittee, subject to approval by ANSI. This document is the

first revision of the specification that was adopted ' or iginal ly in 1961. The

revised specification is now completely independent of other specifications

dealing with relining resins. The draft was written by Gehard Brauer, Dental

and Medical Materials Group, Polymer Science and Standards Division.

An addendum to an existing ASTM method for the determination of molecular

weight and molecular weight distribution by size exclusion chromatograph was written by Herman Wagner of the Polymer Science and Standards Division. The

addendum falls under the jurisdiction of ASTM Sub corrmittee D-20.70, Analytical

Methods of D-20 Committee, Plastics, and is expected to be adopted after a few

modifications are made.

INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY (ICST)

In 1982, the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology continued to

develop Federal Automatic Data Processing (ADP) standards and guidelines.

Significant accomplishments during 1982 included the issuance of the following

Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUB), and other

standards-related publications:

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FIPS PUBs

FIPS PUB 91, Magnetic Tape Cassette for Information Interchange, Dual Track

Complementary Return - To Bias (CRB) Four-States Recording on 3.81 mm"

(0.50 in) Tape; adopts ANS 3.59 (1981)

FIPS PUB 93, Parallel Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information

Interchange, 4-Track, 6.30 mn (1/4 in), 63 bpm (1600 bp i

) Phase Encoded ; adopts ANS X3. 72-1981

Standards Related Publications

NBS Special Publication 500-85, Executive Guide to ADP Contingency Planning

NBS Special Publication 500-86, An Architecture for Database Management

Standards

NBS Special Publication 500-87, Management Guide for Software Documentation

NBS Special Publication 500-88, Software Development Tools

NBS Special Publication 500-90, The Introduction of Software Tools

NBS Special Publication 500-91, Guide to Contracting for Software Conversion

Services

NBSIR 82-2482, A Survey of Software Validation, Verification, and Testing

Standards and Practices at Selected Sites

NBSIR 82-2573, An Annotated Bibliography of Introductory Articles to Aid in

the Selection of Small Computer Systems

Center for Progranming Science and Technology (CPST)

Dr. Leonard J. Gallagher was appointed as the International Representative for

Subcommittee H-2, Database, of ANSI Technical Committee X3. This conmittee is

nearing completion of a draft standard for database management systems based

on the network data model and has recently begun work on a new project for

relational systems. The key aspect of both projects is definition of abstract

database syntax accessible from multiple programming languages or other

application systems.

Mark Skall was invited to attend a Workshop on Certification and Validation of

Graphics Standards sponsored by the European Economic Community (EEC). The

workshop was held in Brussels, Belgium on October 25-29. Approximately

25 experts from seven different countries were invited to the Workshop.

James V. Upperman was appointed chair of ANSI subcommittee X3L5, Labels and

File Structure. Present activities of this committee include revision of the

Magnetic Tape Label Standard and development of a Data Descriptive File for

Information Interchange.

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Draft functional specifications for data dictionary systems (DDS) have been

developed under contract for the ICST Data Management and Programming

Languages Division, Data Administration Group. These draft specifications

have been contributed to American National Standards Corrmittee X3H4, which is

working in this area. A DDS is a key computer software component that

provides for recording, storing, and processing information about data and its

usage. Use of a DDS provides benefits such as reduced duplication of data

collections; better documentation of databases, files, programs and systems;

improved software development and maintenance; and increased opportunities for

data sharing.

Also during 1982, three highly successful technical workshops were held at NBS

to address issues that were identified as fundamental to the development of

the Federal DDS functional specifications. Invitations to the workshops were extended on a selective basis to Federal representatives well versed in the

use of data dictionary software.

The Database Systems Study Group, the database planning and coordination

committee of ANSI X3 under the chairmanship of Dr. Walter Hardgrave, has

issued a report entitled, An Architectural Framework for Database

Standardization , which was strongly influenced by NBS Special Publication

500-86, An Architecture for Database Management Standards . The framework

supports the concept of a family of database management standards including

integration of multiple data models, query languages, programming language

interfaces, data dictionaries, and distributed databases. In progress under

this framework are standards development projects for X3H2 (Database) to

develop programming language independent database facilities for the network

and relational data models and for X3H4 to develop an information resource

dictionary system.

Center for Computer Systems Engineering (CCSE)

Specifications for the class 4 transport protocol were approved as a draft

proposal in June by TC97/SC16 of the International Organization for

Standardization. Developed principally by Center staff in cooperation with

industry and government organizations, the specifications will become the

basis of a future international network standard. ICST is also completing

specifications for the class 2 transport protocol, another component in the

5-part class structure for the transport protocol as defined by ISO. These

international network standards will enable computer users to develop networks

from off-the-shelf products that are supported by different vendors.

Three computer input/output standards, co-authored by William Burr, CCSE, are being processed as draft proposed American National Standards. Developed by

ANSI Committee X3T9, the standards are "Physical and Data Link Protocols,"

"Physical Interface," and "Local Distributed Data Interface (LDDI )." The

latter, for use in connecting high performance computer systems to each other

and to their peripheral devices, is also being proposed as a Federal

Information Processing Standard (FIPS). Robert J. Carpenter and others in the

Center have supported this effort through their activities in the high speed

interface laboratory.

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A Standards Working Group established by the Speech Processing Technical

Committee of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Society met at NBS in June 1982. The

group was organized to address needs for standards and guidelines for assessing

the performance of speech recognition systems. These needs were identified at

the Workshop on Standardization for Speech Input/Output Technology organized

by the Center and held at NBS in March 1982.

Dennis Branstad and Miles Smid made major technical contributions to the

development of computer security standards for the financial community.

Mr. Smid was the primary government representative to ANS Committee X9E8 during

the development of the Financial Institution Message Authentication Standard

(ANS X9. 9-1 982). Dr. Branstad was the technical co-chair of ANS Committee X9A3

during the development of the American National Standard for Personal Identification Number (PIN) Management and Security (ANS X9. 8-1982). Two other

security standards, currently undergoing final review prior to adoption by

ANSI, are based on technical work done by the Center staff. These standards,

"Modes of Operation of the Data Encryption Algorithm" and "Encryption at the

Physical and Link Layers of Data Communication," are also under consideration

by the International Organization of Standardization.

NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY

Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory (LESL)

In 1982, the Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory completed the development of

the following performance standards that will be issued by the National

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

Technology Assessment Program:

o NIJ Standard-0109.00, 38/357 "Caliber Revolvers"

o NIJ Standard-0220.00, "Continuous-Recording Voice-Logging Tape

Recorders"

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

The National Institute of Justice published six voluntary national standards

that were developed by LESL:

NIJ Standard-0108.00, "Ballistic Resistant Protective Materials"

NIJ Standard-0216.00,

FM Transceivers"

NIJ Standard-0204.01,

NIJ Standard-0307.01,

NIJ Standard-0106.01,

NIJ Standard-0501 .00,

"Control Heads and Cable Assemblies for Mobile

"Fixed and Base Station Antennas"

"Metal lie Handcuffs"

"Ballistic Helmets"

"Emergency Vehicle Sirens"

LESL also completed the development of a standard for breath alcohol sample

collection/storage devices, which will be issued by the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In addition, NHTSA has issued a model

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specification for speed measuring radar devices based on a performance

standard developed by LESL for use by State and local law enforcement agencies

and manufacturers.

Center for Applied Math (CAM)

Three CAM staff members, Dr. Harold Marshall, Rosalie Ruegg, and Stephen

Petersen, were instrumental in the development of a "Recommended Practice for

Measuring Life-Cycle Costs of Buildings and Building Systems." The

recommended practice was approved by ASTM's E.6 Committee on Building

Performance and Constructions in 1982, and it will become an official ASTM

standard as soon as it passes the Society ballot.

ASTM Standard G-970-82, "Standard Practice for Sampling Special Nuclear

Materials in Multi -container Lots," will appear in the next issue of Part 45

of the ASTM Book of Standards. It was developed by the Subcommittee on Statistics of Committee G-26 CAM Nuclear Fuel Cycle, chaired by Dr. James A.

Lechner of the Statistical Engineering Division. The Standard Practice deals

with the choice of sampling plans for minimizing cost for a given precision,

or maximizing precision for a given cost, when seeking to estimate the total

amount of nuclear material in a lot consisting of many separate containers.

Special Committee 150 of the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics was formed in 1982 to evaluate the possibility of decreasing the standard vertical

separation for aircraft above 29,000 ft. from the current 2,000 ft. to 1,000

ft. (it is already 1,000 ft. for lower altitudes). Several groups have been

investigating this problem for many years, and it is hoped that the current

effort will settle the matter. One group has produced a full-scale risk

analysis model adapted from an earlier model applied to transatlantic flights.

Center for Electronic and Electrical Engineering (CEEE)

James R. Ehrstein was appointed vice chair of Subcommittee 6, Electrical and

Optical Measurements, of ASTM Committee F-l, Electronics. The subcommittee is

concerned with development of test methods and measurement practice standards

for determining such properties of semiconductor materials as resistivity,

carrier mobility and lifetime, and thickness of films. Such measurements are required for materials acceptance and for manufacturing process control

purposes. Dr. Ehrstein has been a member and significant contributor to the

work of Committee F-l and Subcommittee 6 since 1969.

R. A. Lawton was elected chair of the Measurement and Analysis Technical

Committee, TC-10, of the Instrumentation and Measurement Society of the IEEE.

The first task of this comnittee is to develop a generic performance standard

for waveform recorders. This committee, organized in February 1982, is the

result of a seminar on waveform recorders held in October 1981, which was

organized by Mr. Lawton and Norres Nahman both of the NBS/Boulder Laboratories.

Dr. Martin Misakian was selected to serve as secretary to the newly formed

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Working Group No. 6 established

by IEC TC 42 in June 1982. This Working Group is given the responsibility of

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rewriting an existing draft standard for measurement of power frequency

electric fields so that it may be considered for adoption by the parent

technical committee in 1985. The revisions of the draft will be made at NBS

in consultation with Working Group members. Dr. Misakian was requested to

provide direction in formulating the international electric field measurement

standard because of his earlier experience in drafting the U.S. (IEEE) standard

for performing measurements of electric and magnetic fields in the vicinity of

high-voltage ac transmission lines. The involvement in developing the U.S.

standard was an outgrowth of Dr. Misakian' s studies at NBS on the instrumentation, calibration and measurement techniques for transmission line field

measurements.

Under the chairmanship of Dr. Raymond S. Turgel, ANSI Committee C-12,

Electricity Metering, completed a revision and update of the "American

National Standard Code for Electricity Metering," which serves as the

principal guideline for revenue metering of electricity throughout the power

industry. The new edition includes recently developed 320 ampere meters as well as solid-state instruments used for meter calibration.

Two staff members, Douglas Franzen and E. M. Kim, sponsored a measurement

round-robin on the core diameter of optical fibers. Participants included NBS

and three manufacturing members of the Electronic Industries Association (EIA)

Working Group P6.6. Tested were six, 50 micrometer diameter core, graded

index fibers used for telecommunication purposes. Results from the comparison

are being applied to the drafting of standard EIA test procedures for core

diameter. A complete description of the comparisons appears in the October

1982 issue of Applied Optics .

Drs. Douglas Franzen and Gordon Day, program co-chairs, and R. L. Gallawa

(General Chair) provided the technical and organizational guidance for a Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements held October 13-14 in Boulder. The

Symposium was sponsored by NBS in cooperation with the IEEE and the Optical

Society of America. The Symposium was devoted exclusively to fiber

measurements and consisted of invited papers, contributed papers, and

workshops led by invited panelists. The Technical Digest of papers is

available as NBS Special Publication 641 (October 1982).

Drs. R. L. Gallawa (Editor), Gordon Day and M. Young were instrumental in the

development of a glossary of terms pertaining to the new technology of optical

fiber communications. The work is published as NBS Handbook 140, Optical

Waveguide Communications Glossary . The document has been accepted by the IEEE

as IEEE Standard 812-1982, "Terms and Definitions," and by the Electronics

Industries Association (EIA) as RS440, "Standard Definitions and Terms."

Several staff members of CEEE have successfully guided the first standards

concerning superconductors through adoption by ASTM. Two draft standards

based on research performed at NBS have unanimously passed the ASTM B-l

Committee on Conductors. The first standard is "Standard Definitions of Terms

Relating to Superconductors" and is derived from several publications of the

CEEE staff on accurate and meaningful definitions developed for this new

field. The second is "Standard Test Method for Critical Current in Composite

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Superconductors" and is the first standard method ever developed for a superconducting critical parameter. This method is based on 3 years of research by

the CEEE staff co-sponsored by the Deparment of Energy (DoE), under the

direction of Alan Clark. Adoption by ASTM is expected soon. Work leading to

these standards is reported in NBSIR 82-1678 " Development of Standards for

Superconductors , " by Alan Clark, Loren Goodrich, Fred Fickett, and

J. V. Minervini.

CEEE staff arranged a meeting of the ASTM E01.08 Subconmittee on Superconductors to discuss measurements on large superconductors that carry from

600 to 6000 amperes. Alan Clark, chairman of the subconmittee, organized the

meeting, held in conjunction with the Applied Superconductivity Conference in

Knoxville, Tennessee on November 29. Presentations on large conductor critical

current measurements and other measurement problems were presented by many of

the national laboratories as well as by NBS. Discussion of the problems

leading to an ASTM standard test method will guide future NBS research.

Dr. Alan Baghdadi was appointed chairman of an ASTM F-l task force on the

automatic determination of carbon and oxygen in silicon by infrared

absorption. The task force had its first meeting on September 20 in Boston.

This meeting was coordinated with the Standards Office of the Semiconductor

Equipment and Materials Institute. All the important aspects of IR measurements of silicon wafers were thoroughly discussed. Agreement was reached in the following important areas:

1. the need for a set of standard reference materials that could be used

as part of an instrument verification procedure, as zero-reference

standards, and as a calibration check on the accuracy of measurements.

2. the extension of the IR technique in order to make it applicable to

typical semiconductor wafers that may be as thin as 300 m, have a resistivity as low as 0.5 cm and include a- variety of back surface

conditions; and

3. a statistical method for determining the random error in the

measurement.

Further development of the procedure awaits the results of certain

metrological steps that are at present being tested by various members of the

task force.

James Ehrstein and James Lechner, of the Center for Applied Mathematics

completed analysis of a round-robin in support of ASTM F-525, "Measuring

Wafers of Silicon Wafers Using a Spreading Resistance Probe." The round-robin

was conducted by NBS.

James Ehrstein, chaired a session on In-Process Measurements at a Symposium on Silicon Processing jointly sponsored by ASTM Committee F-l, Electronics, NBS,

and Stanford University, held in San Jose, California, January 19-22.

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The precision and accuracy statements, developed by Donald Novotny, from an analysis of round robin results on ASTM Standard F-66, "Standard Methods for

Testing Photoresists used in Microelectronic Fabrication," and F-583,

"Standard Test Method for Photoresist CI eanness -Fi lterabi lity, " were approved

by ASTM Committee F-l, Electronics. These precision and accuracy statements

appeared in the 1982 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Part 43.

Three draft standards were completed by Stanley Ruthberg on the hermetic

testing of sealed devices by radioisotope procedures for the ASTM Committee

F-l on Electronics. This effort was based on a round-robin with 10

participating laboratories which was carried out in 1975 and 1976. An

analysis of the results was published in 1977 with the NBS staff member

serving as co-sponsor and participant as well as being responsible for

analysis. The "Standard Method for Determining Hermeticity of Sealed Devices

by a Radioisotope Test" is in publication as ASTM Standard F-785-82. The

"Standard Method for Calibration of Radioisotope Hermetic Test Apparatus" is

in conmittee ballot and the "Standard Method for Measuring the Package

Attenuation Coefficient of a Sealed Device for Radioisotope Hermetic Test" has

been sent to the sub conmittee for balloting.

A meeting in Tokyo was held (December 1981) at the initiative of Robert Scace,

to open discussions on technical interactions and possible standards

rationalization work between the Japan Electronics Industry Development

Association (JEIDA) on the one hand and ASTM Committee F-l on Electronics and

the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute (SEMI) on the other. The

counterpart DIN comnittee on Materials for Semiconductor Technology, which has

had an excellent technical relationship with ASTM and SEMI for a number of

years, was also represented. As a result of this meeting copies of existing

standards were exchanged and analyzed for technical differences during 1982.

JEIDA representatives attended meetings of both ASTM F-l and SEMI, and

presented data on current Japanese standards development work. A second

meeting was held December 6 in Tokyo to discuss the agenda of differences and

to find ways in which these might be resolved.

An analysis of an NBS -organized i n te rl abor a to ry experiment (for the ASTM

Subcommittee F-l. 11 on Quality and Hardness Assurance) revealed several

deficiencies in ASTM Standard Test Methods F-617 and F-618 for measuring the

threshold voltage of metal -oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors

(MOSFETs) under linear and saturated operating conditions. The ability to

precisely measure threshold voltage is important because it is a basic

parameter for: a) designing and applying MOSFET devices and MOS integrated

circuits; b) for determining peformance attributes such as speed, power, and

noise margin of digital and analog circuitry, and c) determining device damage

caused by ionizing radiation. This analysis will result in a revision of ASTM

and military standards for threshold voltage measurement. Harry A. Schafft of

CEEE Semiconductor Devices and Circuits Division is conducting this work at

the request of the Defense Nuclear Agency.

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Center for Manufacturing Engineering (CME)

On September 28-30, CME hosted, at NBS, its second Workshop on Robotics

Interface Standards. Attendees from government, industry, and academia met to

identify areas in need of standardization activity as well as those where it

would be premature. The session identified standardization opportunities in

possible areas of mechanical systems, external control data, sensory

interaction, safety, and communications. In the first three areas, specific

robot interfaces were targeted as timely and needed. The safety group agreed

that a comprehensive set of guidelines should be developed as it would more

immediately address the problem. The comnuni cat ions group underscored the

need for good quality network links to robotic systems and pointed out that

much effort was already underway in the more general field. A general

consensus of the workshop was that quality interface standards will help both users and vendors integrate robotics more easily into their plans for

developing advanced manufacturing systems.

Center for Building Technology (CBT)

Elizabeth J. Clark received the ASTM Award of Merit for "significant

contributions to the development of standards for materials used in solar

energy systems."

James G. Gross was awarded the National Conference of States on Building Codes

and Standards' (NCSBCS) "Conference of States Award" in recognition of his

outstanding contributions to the conference and to the building codes and

standards profession. NCSBCS is an organization of delegates, with major

building codes and standards responsibilities, appointed by the Governors of

each of the States and U.S. territories. Mr. Gross was also named chair of

the Research Subconmittee of ASTM E-6, Performance of Building Constructions,

effective October. This new subcommittee is charged with the functions of

encouraging building research and the dissemination of research results. It

will represent E-6 in cooperative research related activities with other

national and international organizations.

Dr. H. S. Lew has been named Chair of Committee 228 of the American Concrete

Institute. The conmittee develops standards of practice for the application

of non-destructive test methods in concrete construction.

James H. Pielert was appointed Chair of the newly formed American Society of

Civil Engineers (ASCE) Standards Committee on Structural Condition Assessment

of Existing Buildings. This standards activity was established at the request

of NBS as a result of the CBT Building Rehabilitation Technology Program.

This is one of five ASCE standards comnittees currently operating under the

auspices of ANSI.

Elmer Streed, a retired member of CBT, received ASTM's Award of Merit at the

May meeting of ASTM Committee E-44, Solar Energy Conversion. This award was given for Mr. Streed 's leadership during the early days when Committee E-44

was formed and for his contributions to the development of several ASTM

standards on solar energy.

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Dr. Richard N. Wright served as secretary to the Technical Council on Codes

and Standards of the American Society of Civil Engineers during 1982. This

Council is responsible for planning and providing oversight for all of ASCE's

standards development activities. In addition, Dr. Wright has been named

chair of the Council's Committee on Standards Procedures for 1983.

A draft ASTM standard on the use of the maturity method for estimating the

in-place strength of concrete, based on research conducted by Drs. Hai Lew and

Nicholas Carino, has been prepared for Subcommittee C. 09. 02. 05 (Non

Destructive Testing) of ASTM Committee C-9 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates.

The American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

approved Standard 103-1982, "Methods of Testing for Heating Seasonal Efficiency

of Central Furnaces and Boilers" which is based substantially on the research

of CBT's Building Equipment Division. This research is described in the

following two reports: (1) NBSIR 78-1543, Recomnended Testing and Calculation

Procedures for Determining the Seasonal Performance of Residential Central

Furnaces and Boilers , October 1978; (2) NBSIR 80-2110, Recomnended Testing and

Calculation Procedures for Estimating the Seasonal Performance of Residential

Condensing Furnaces and Boilers , April 1981. These procedures were developed

for the Department of Energy for use in the mandatory Appliance Labeling

Program. In February, the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA)

organized and began their efficiency certification program for oil and gas

furnaces. They are using these same testing procedures.

ASHRAE recently formed Standard Project Committee 115P to develop a standard

method of testing dedicated water heating heat pumps. The testing procedure

developed at NBS will be a significant factor in the development of this

standard

The National Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act of 1974 required the

National Bureau of Standards to develop interim performance criteria for solar

heating and cooling systems within 90 days of the enactment of the law. It

also required NBS to develop definitive performance criteria at the completion

of the demonstration program. During 1982, the latter requirement was met by

the publication of NBS Building Science Series 147, Performance Criteria for

Solar Heating and Cooling Systems in Residential Buildings^ This report is

expected to be a primary basis for building codes and standards covering

residential solar heating and cooling systems.

In February 1982, NBS Building Science Series 140, Analytical and Experimental

Analysis of Procedures for Testing Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems was

publ ished. This report describes more than three years of research which was the basis for ASHRAE Standard 95-1981, "Methods of Testing to Determine the

Thermal Performance of Solar Domestic Water Heating Systems." It is the first

solar energy standard adopted that requires the testing of a complete solar

system rather than individual components.

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CBT research on materials for use in solar energy systems provided the

technical bases for two new ASTM standards:

1) E861-82, "Practice for Evaluating Thermal Insulation Materials for

Use in Solar Collectors" and,

2) E862-82, "Practice for Screening Polymeric Containment Materials for

the Effects of Heat Transfer Fluids in Solar Heating and Cooling

Systems .

These standards were developed under the auspices of ASTM Cormn'ttee E-44,

Solar Energy Conversion. The research leading to the standards' development

was supported by the Office of Solar Heat Technologies of the Department of

Energy.

Dr. William Kovacs from the Geotechnical Engineering Group of CBT conducted

research on the Standard Penetration Test (SPT). The research has been used

to update the current ASTM standard for performing a soil boring investigation

test which is used in about 90 percent of all foundation engineering

investigations in the United States. In addition, a new companion standard

for energy measurement of the SPT hammer has been proposed based on NBS work.

Articles on the most recent work were published in the ASCE Journal of the

Geotechncal Engineering Division (April 1982) and in the ASTM Geotechnical

Testing Journal (May 1982).

Drs. Felix Yokel and Riley Chung developed criteria for shallow soil anchors

used in foundations for manufactured homes. The work was published as NBS

Building Science Series 142 and has been widely distributed throughout the

manufactured home industry as well as to regulatory agencies. At present, NBS

is working on a task group appointed by the chairman of ANSI Comnittee A225,

Manufactured Home Installations, to refine and revise the provisions of

Chapter 3 of the ANSI "Standard for Manufactured Home Installations," which

deals with foundations.

American National Standard A-58, "Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other

Structures," was published in September by the American National Standards

Institute. The A58 Committee represents a broad spectrum of interests in

building construction. CBT serves as the Secretariat to the A58 Committee, and

is responsible for managing and coordinating A58 standard revisions. The new

A58 standard incorporates many findings of CBT research programs on structural

loads and several staff members have made significant contributions to it.

The revised A-58 standard is used as a basic resource by model building codes

and is an example of the cooperation that can be achieved among the many

parties having interest in building technology in the public and private

sectors.

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Center for Fire Research (CFR)

Dan Gross received the S.H. Ingberg Award from ASTM Comnittee E-5, Fire

Standards, at the Committee's June meeting in Toronto. The award, established

in 1969, recognizes achievements in fire research including the development of

standards relating to fire tests. It is named for Simon H. Ingberg, the

pioneering engineer who helped develop and establish many of the basic fire

test methods during a distinguished NBS career which started prior to World

War I. Mr. Gross was also named Recording Secretary of ASTM E-5 on Fire

Standards.

As part of a project sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services,

the Fire Safety Evaluation System (FSES) for Board and Care Homes was completed, field tested, and submitted to NFPA for inclusion in the Life Safety

Code, NFPA 101. This system provides a method for assessing the capability of

residents and staff to evacuate the home, for determining the minimum level of

safety required for a particular occupancy, and for evaluating and equivalency

of design features in terms of minimum requirements. Dr. Bernard Levin was

awarded the 1982 Martin Van Hook Service Award of the National Association of

Private Residential Facilities for the Mentally Retarded in recognition of his

work on the preparation of this system.

An evaluation system for prisons, based on an approach similar to that

followed in the Fire Safety Evaluation System for Board and Care Homes, has

also been developed. The 1982 Life Safety Code has adopted "A Reconmended

Method of Calculating Expected Level of Smoke in a Smoke Removal Equipped Cell

Block," developed jointly by Leonard Y. Cooper and Harold E. Nelson. Dr.

Nelson and Mr. Cooper were also participants in the development of the 1982

NFPA 204M "Guide for Smoke and Heat Venting" which was prepared by the NFPA

Committee on Building Construction.

Dr. Barbara C. Levin was appointed as a member of the U.S. Technical Advisory

Group (TAG) to Subcommittee 3 (Toxic Hazards in Fire) of ISO TC 92, Fire

Tests. The TAG is responsible for establishing a U.S. consensus position on proposed ISO TC 92 standards actions including fire modeling, analytical

methods, biological assay test methods and guidance documents.

At a meeting of the NFPA Committee on Heat Producing Appliances, changes to the

model code relating to clearances and methods of protection of surfaces for

reduced clearances were agreed upon. The proposed changes based on DOE/CPSC

sponsored research conducted by Richard Peacock and Joseph Loftus (NBSIR

82-2506) broadened the allowable alternatives for wall and ceiling protection

systems. The proposed changes to the code will be printed by NFPA for public

comment prior to final adoption which is anticipated in the fall of 1983.

Strengthening the cooperative efforts between CFR and NFPA was the subject of

meetings held at NBS and NFPA during the year. The President and principal

Vice-Presidents of NFPA were briefed on the CFR programs and discussed future

applications of FSES, coordination of CFR projects with the newly-formed NFPA

Research Foundation, and continuation of a NBS contract with NFPA on fire

i nvesti gat ions.

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Dr. Clayton Huggett, a member of the NFPA Standards Council, served on a subcommittee of the Council charged with developing guidance for NFPA Technical

Committees on means of considering the threat due to the toxicity of combustion

products in NFPA fire safety codes and standards. The report of the subcomnittee was submitted to the NFPA Board of Directors in December 1982. Dr. Huggett

served on a similar Task Force established by the National Institute of

Building Sciences to consider methods of dealing with combustion product

toxicity in the building codes.

CFR staff members were very active at Task Group, Subcommittee, and the

twice-yearly Main Committee meetings of ASTM Committee E-5, Fire Standards.

The proposed standard test method for a full-scale room fire test of wall and

ceiling materials and assemblies, based in large part on research conducted by

William J. Parker, is scheduled to be printed as a proposal in Part 18 of the

1982 Annual Book of ASTM Standards. The CFR work was supplemented by a grant

to the University of California (Berkeley), which provided a report on the

evaluation of the test method. As part of CFR's study of room fire testing, a quarter-scale room fire test has been developed as an alternative when

full-scale testing is impractical. Using the quarter-scale test, finalized by

Billy Lee, the set-up time and cost associated with fire testing in a full-size

room may be reduced considerably.

J. Randall Lawson and William J. Parker recently published a report describing

an ease-of-ignition test based on direct flame impingement which may be used

to measure the time to ignition of interior finish materials. This test,

which is currently being considered in ASTM Committee E-5. 12, Openings, and

has undergone preliminary round-robin testing, may also be used to provide

data for computer modeling of fire growth in compartments.

Vytenis Babrauskas completed a report, describing the development of a bench-scale rate-of -heat-release apparatus ("Cone Calorimeter") suitable for

testing furnishing and construction materials in the vertical and horizontal

orientations. Based on the simple oxygen consumption principle originated in

CFR, this test was described at the December 1982 Research Review Session of

ASTM E-5, Fire Standards, and subsequently submitted for E-5 consideration.

Other presentations at the Research Review Session were by Margaret Harkleroad

on a new conept in flame spread testing and by William J. Parker on a review

of ASTM E-84.

A final report was prepared by Barbara C. Levin, et al, summarizing the

development of a screening test procedure for assessing acute inhalation

toxicity of combustion products. This test provides determination of "LC50"

concentrations and analytical and physiological measurements based on the

burning of a small quantity of material in a furnace under specified

conditions. Such data may subsequently be combined with information on actual

product use (quantity, configuration, ignition and burning characteristics,

building design and occupancy) to evaluate potential toxic hazard. This

screening test protocol is being prepared in ASTM format for consideration by

ASTM E-5. 21, "Smoke and Combustion Products." Dr. Clayton Huggett serves as the principal member of this Subcommittee.

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The CFR-developed Flooring Radiant Panel Test (ASTM E-648) will form the basis

for a working draft of an ISO Draft International Standard for f lammabi 1 ity

testing of textile floor coverings. ISO TC 38 on Textiles has an interest in

the method which is referenced in the NFPA Life Safety Code and in U.S. model

building codes, and is used widely by government and industry.

The United States hosted a meeting of ISO TC 92, Fire Tests, and TC 92 SC 1,

Reaction to Fire, during the week of October 4-8, at the Factory Mutual

Conference Center in Norwood, Massachusetts. A total of 47 delegates

representing 13 countries attended these meetings and reached conclusions on international standards and draft proposals including those dealing with

ignitabi lity, flame spread, smoke generation, and fire doors. Daniel Gross,

chair of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group, helped arrange the meetings and

served as leader of the U.S. delegation to TC 92; other CFR personnel

attending were Dr. Alexander Robertson and William Parker.

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

TC 92 SC 2 at the Fire Research Station, England, in May. At these meetings,

test methods and research projects were discussed dealing with fire

resistance, calculation methods, fire and smoke control doors, and ventilation

ducts-subject areas that relate directly to research and standardization

activities in the U.S.

Dr. Alexander Robertson participated as a technical expert in Working Group

meetings of ISO TC 92 SC 1 at DANTE ST in Copenhagen in May. These Working

Groups are actively processing test standards and draft proposals dealing with

ignitabi 1 ity, flame spread, rate of heat release, smoke generation and

noncombust ibi lity; these topics parallel similar research and standardization

activities in the United States. Dr. Robertson was also active in his role as consultant to the U.S. Coast Guard which participates in the International

Maritime Organization (IMO). IMO, which adopts fire test methods for

qualifying marine materials for merchant vessels, is considering the new

radiant panel test method developed by Dr. Robertson for testing and

qualifying interior finish materials for surface flame spread.

Center for Chemical Engineering (CCE)

Dr. Ared Cezairliyan was the recipient of the 1981 Heat Transfer Memorial Award

of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The award was given for

Dr. Cezairliyan's sustained record achievement in the experimental

determination of thermophysical properties of materials at very high

temperatures, for his development of unique and very fast measuring techniques

at high temperatures and for his leadership in the international thermophysical

properties research community.

Dwain E. Diller was appointed to the American Gas Association (AGA) Special

Committee to update AGA-3, the U.S. National Standard for the custody transfer

of natural gas.

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The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) has issued "Methane

Thermophysical Property Tables" as ASTM Standard D-3956. The standard is

based entirely on NBS Technical Note 653 by Robert D. Goodwin of the

Thermophysical Properties Division. NBS data for propane, normal butane, and

isobutane have been submitted to ASTM Committee D-3 for standardization.

The U.S. gas industry has undertaken a major research program to significantly

upgrade the U.S. standard for custody transfer of natural gas, known as AGA-3

(ANSI/API 2530). The measurements on which AGA-3 is based were taken in the

1920's and 1 9 30 ' s , in addition, the price of gas has increased by a factor of

10 or more in the intervening years putting a higher premium on accuracy. The

Gas Research Institute is funding a project in CCE which uses a mass-based gas

flow measurement system to test the accuracy and reproducibility of results

from a series of orifice meter components specially made for this and related

projects. Thus far over 1000 data points have been taken in the range of

800,000 to 4,000,000 bore Reynolds number. These data increase greatly the

experimental orifice discharge coefficients available for developing a new

flow measurement standard.

The Center has completed the initial phase of a program to develop an extensive database of orifice meter parameters in water flows. These data

will allow calculation of the values of orifice meter discharge coefficients

which are expected to form the basis for revision of current ANSI and ISO

standards. The program is sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute.

CCE, with assistance from the Center for Chemical Physics, is preparing a series of measurement standards for custody transfer of liquefied natural gas

(LNG). The work is sponsored by the Groupe International des Importaturs de

Gaz Natural Liquefie (GIIGNL). The standards will be published in the form of

a series of Measurement Handbooks covering such topics as: heating values of

natural gas and its components; density of LNG based on composition,

temperature, and pressure; flow measurement of LNG; liquid level determination

in tanks in ships and on shore; direct reading LNG densimeters; etc. The

first of the series will be ready for publication in the fall of 1983.

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AWARDS

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

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

received silver medal awards in 1982 for standards related activities:

Dr. Harold E. Nelson , CFR, (NEL), for the development of an innovative fire

safety evaluation system that provides a means of evaluating alternative

arrangements to achieve compliance with the provisions of the Life Safety Code

for hospitals, nursing homes and intermediate care facilities.

Dr. Geoffrey J. C. Frohnsdorff , CBT, (NEL), for the formation of a building

materials program that has provided the technical basis for eight ASTM

standards covering the use of new materials in solar energy systems. These

standards led to significant improvement in the reliability of solar energy

systems

.

The Edward Bennett Rosa Award recognizes outstanding achievements in the

development of meaningful and significant standards of practice in the

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

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

Bureau.

In 1982, the Rosa Award was presented to Elmer H. Eisenhower , (NML) for

significant contributions to the development of standards and measurement

quality assurance programs designed to assure the accuracy of ionizing

radiation measurements that are relied upon to protect workers and the general

public from exposure to ionizing radiation.

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APPENDIX I

THE OFFICE OF PRODUCT STANDARDS POLICY

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OFFICE OF PRODUCT STANDARDS POLICY

In May 1982, OPSP was transferred within the Department of Commerce to the

Office of the Director, NBS. At the same time, the scope and responsibilities

of OPSP were broadened to encompass the formulation and implementation of

policy on national and international legal metrology in addition to similar

responsibilities in the areas of standards and laboratory accreditation. As a result of this consolidation of standards-related functions, OPSP is in a position to provide leadership in the development and implementation of

unified coherent Federal standardization policies. Internally, OPSP is

organized into four programs. The programs and their major responsibilities

are described below.

Standards Code and Information Program

o Fulfills assigned responsibilities under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Standards Code and the U.S. T^ade Agreements

Act of 1979, including the following:

- Maintaining U.S. "Inquiry Point"

- Providing information on proposed foreign regulations, including a 24-hour announcement service 301-921-3200

- Distributing copies of regulations on request

- Identifying proposed U.S. regulations that affect trade and

sending them to the GATT Secretariat in Geneva

- Assisting U.S. interests in preparing comments on foreign

regulations

o Operates the National Center for Standards and Certification

Information and maintains a reference collection of standards,

purchasing specifications, regulations, and other standards-related

information.

o Exchanges standards-related information with National and

international organizations.

Standards Management Program

o Manages U.S. participation in the International Organization of Legal

Metrology (0IML), an intergovernmental body whose aim is to harmonize

national legal requirements covering measurements in commerce,

industry and public health.

o Administers the DOC Voluntary Product Standards Program.

o Supports OPSP federal standards policy and coordination

responsibilities providing the secretariat for the Interagency

Committee on Standards Policy (ICSP) and assisting agencies in

developing their standards programs.

o Supports OPSP responsibility concerned with liaison with U.S.,

foreign national, and international standards bodies.

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o Collects and disseminates information on NBS staff participation in

outside standards organizations.

Laboratory Accreditation Program

o Operates the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program

which provides national recognition of competent testing laboratories

o Coordinates with U.S. certification systems on matters related to

competence of testing laboratories.

o Develops proficiency testing programs to evaluate laboratory

competence.

o Conducts public workshops on testing methods that will serve as the

basis for recognizing competence.

o Represents the United States at meetings of the International

Laboratory Accreditation Conference.

Weights and Measures Program

o Sponsors the National Conference on Weights and Measures as a national forum for the promotion of uniformity and effectiveness in

state and local weights and measures programs.

o Supports the system of state weights and measures laboratories in

order to provide traceability to National standards.

o Develops performance requirements for laboratory and field weighing

and measuring devices.

o Develops test procedures for use by weights and measures officials.

o Designs, develops, and coordinates technical training programs for

state and local officials and laboratory metrologists.

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APPENDIX II

THE NBS STANDARDIZATION ADVISORY AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE

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THE NBS STANDARDIZATION ADVISORY AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE (SACC)

This NBS Standing Committee was established in February 1978 by the NBS

Director to provide continuing guidance and surveillance of the Bureau's

standardization activities. Because of the reorganization of OPSP with its

broad responsibilities for standards policy development and implementation,

SACC revised its charter in May 1932, to recognize the role of OPSP. The

revised purposes and functions of SACC are given below.

Purposes

(1) To advise the Director and MOU Directors on Bureau-wide issues relating

to NBS participation in standardization activities.

(2) To provide Bureau-wide representation in the development of

recommendations for NBS standards policies and procedures.

(3) To assist the Director and MOU Directors to ensure that NBS standards

participation is effective and efficient.

(4) To provide a mechanism for Bureau-wide input into analysis of

standards-related developments outside the Bureau that have implications

for NBS.

(5) To encourage cooperation and the exchange of information among MOU's

concerning standards-related activities.

Functions

(1) To evaluate the services of the Bureau-wide management information system

on NBS participation in standards activities and to ensure that MOU

requirements for information are met.

(2) To provide a forum for bringing generic issues arising from NBS

participation in standards activities to the appropriate level of NBS

management for consideration.

(3) To participate in the development of guidelines for NBS participation in

domestic and international standards activities and recommend them to the

Director and the MOU Directors.

(4) To serve as a mechanism through which the NBS Director and MOU Directors

can maintain a comprehensive oversight of NBS participation in the

standards activities of private sector organizations and an awareness of

the effects of these activities on NBS and the outside organizations

i nv o 1 v ed

.

(5) To provide a forum to assess the effectiveness of policies and practices

followed by NBS participants in standards activities.

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To provide a mechanism for evaluating the effects of 0MB and other

Administration directives on standards activities, and for advising the

Director on the nature of any NBS response to such directives.

To alert the Director and the MOU Directors to standards activities

outside NBS that may have implications for NBS.

To provide, when appropriate and timely, a coordinate NBS response to

proposed standards policy initiatives and policy revisions developed in

the public and private sectors.

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President or for one or more Federal Government agencies. The term does not include any committee which is composed wholly

of employees of the Federal Government.

Block 14 - Indicate your current position on the activity listed in Block 8A. If you serve in more than one capacity, check only the highest

position held.

Block 16 - Indicate the organization which pays for your time, travel, or other expenses when you are involved in committee work.

Block 17 - DO NOT FILL OUT. FOR COMMITTEE MONITORING OFFICE USE ONLY. APPROVALS (For further explanation of the types of representation, reference Administrative Manual Subchapter 3.02, Standards and

Professional Committees.)

Block 18 - 1 ) If an NBS technical representative - Send the original and two copies of the NBS-83 to the Division Chief or higher for approval.

Division Chiefs and higher level managers should sign their own forms. After approval is obtained, send the form to the Office of Standards Information, Analysis and Development, which serves as the NBS Committee Monitoring Office, for processing.

2) If an official NBS spokesperson - Send the original and two copies of the NBS-83 with a cover memo explaining the assignment

through the Division/Center office to the MOU Director for approval. After approval, the MOU Director forwards the material to the Office of Standards Information, Analysis and Development, which serves as the NBS Committee Monitoring Office, for review and forwarding to the Director.

NOTE TO SIGNERS: Your signature indicates that:

1) the activity is directly related to the authorized functions of NBS,

2) the appointee is qualified and can devote enough time and effort to serve creditably; and

3) there are adequate resources available or in prospect to support meaningful participation.

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APPENDIX IV

LIST OF ACRONYM S/ABBRE VI AT IONS

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LIST Of ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS

ADA American Dental Association

AGA American Gas Association

ANSI American National Standards Institute

AOAC Association of Official Analytical Chemists

ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air

Conditioning Engineers

AS ME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

BIPM International Bureau of Weights and Measures

CAMA Computer Automated Measurement and Control

CCIR Consultative Committee on International Radio

CIML International Committee of Legal Metrology

CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission

DDS Data Dictionary Systems

DIN German Institute for Standardization

DOA Department of Agriculture

DOE Department of Energy

ECE Economic Commission for Europe

EEC European Economic Community

EIA Electronics Industries Association

EOS Egyptian Organization for Standardization

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

FDA Food and Drug Administration

FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards

FSES Fire Safety Evaluation System

GAMA Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

ICSP Interagency Committee on Standards Policy

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

ILAC International Laboratory Accreditation Conference

IMO International Maritime Organization

INFCO International Standards Information Committtee

ISO International Organization for Standardization

ISONET International Standards Information Network

JEIDA Japan Electronics Industry Development Association

NBS National 3ureau of Standards

NCCLS National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards

NCSBCS National Conference of States on Building Codes and

Standards

NDT Non-Destructive Testing

NFPA National Fire Protection Association

NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NIH National Institutes of Health

nij National Institute of Justice

NIM Nuclear Instrument Module

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NRSCC National Reference System in Cinical Chemistry

NSF National Science Foundation

OIML International Organization of Legal Metrology

OMB Office of Management and Budget

PS Pilot Secretariat

RS Reporting Secretariat

SACC Standards Advisory and Coordination Committee

SAMA Scientific Apparatus Makers Association

SAM I Standards Assistance and Management Information

SEMI Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute

SRM Standard Reference Material

TAG Technical Advisory Group

TPSC Trade Policy Staff Committee

USNC/CIE U.S. National Committee/International Commission on

1 1 1 umi nation

USNWG U.S. National Working Group

USTR U.S. Trade Representative

WARC World Administrative Radio Conference

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1. PUBLICATION OR

REPORT NO. NBS SP 650

2. Performing Organ. Report No.) 3. Publication Date

March 1983

4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE

Standards Committee Activities of the National Bureau of Standards1982 Highlights

5. AUTHOR(S)

Karl G. Newell, Jr.

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

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20234

7. Contract/Grant No.

8. Type of Report & Period Covered

Final 1982

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

Same as item 6

10. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 83-600514

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11. ABSTRACT (A 200-word or less factual summary of most significant information. If document includes a significant

bibliography or literature survey, mention it here)

This report summarizes NBS standards committee activities and accomplishments during,

calendar year 1982. It describes the management of standards activities at NBS,

profiles NBS staff participation on outside standards committees, and highlights

significant technical and individual contributions made by NBS staff. In 1982,

457 staff members (or 29% of NBS 1 professional, scientific, and technical staff)

participated in 1,046 outside standards committees of 97 national and international

standards organizations.

12. KEY WORDS (Six to twelve entries; o/phobetico/ order; capitalize only proper nomes; and separate key words by semicolon s)

annual report; committee participation; standards committees ; voluntary standards

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