... some significant differences in national usages for similar concepts (i.e., that in our “common” exchange language of cost per unit area for a building type, neither the costs nor the area were measuring the same thing). This resulted in the CEEC Code of Measurement for Cost Planning, which proposes...

... elements or compounds and particularly from hazardous levels of radioactivity. Typical problems to be faced in the electrical steelmaking industry relevant to radioactivity levels and measurements techniques are discussed in this paper. steelmaking radioactivity measurement Stelvio Buoro t...

... The need for designers and users of pesticide application equipment to balance the risk of off-target contamination with high product efficacies when using the minimum dose of active ingredient has led to the requirement for more data defining the performance of such equipment. Measurements...

... The accuracy of the thermal transmittance, or U-factor, of a fenestration system measured in a building assembly thermal test facility depends upon the test apparatus, test conditions, operating procedure, and the specimen properties. By conducting the uncertainty analysis of a specific thermal...

... A complete calibration on any Guarded or Calibrated Hot Box is critical for improving the accuracy of U -factor measurements of fenestration products. Any heat transfer that does not occur directly through the test specimen should be determined from the results of detailed calibration...

... have been measured relative to the 235 U(n,f) reaction from ∼0.1 eV to 10 keV with energy resolution (FWHM) of about 40%. Each of the measured results has been compared with the evaluated data in ENDF/B-VI, JENDL-3.2 and JEF-2.2, whose data were broadened by the energy resolution of the KULS...

... The capture cross sections of Dy and Hf were measured in the energy region from 0.001 eV to 50 keV by using the neutron time-of-flight method with a 46 MeV electron linear accelerator of the Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University. An assembly of Bi 4 Ge 3 O 12 (BGO) scintillators, which...

... and diisocyanates with possibility to screen for oligomers. diisocyanates measurement sampling analysis LC-MS Anders Ostin, 1Margit Sundgren,L Jenny Ekman,2 Roger Lindahl, i and Jan-Olof Levin3 Analysis of lsocyanates with LC-MS/MS Reference: Ostin, A., Sundgren, M., Ekman, J., Lindahl, R., and Levin...

... A comparison of the various standardized methods of partial discharge detection and measurement on electrical components, apparatus and cables indicates that, for the most part, the methods are more concerned with the detection of the presence of partial discharges rather than the determination...

... The Interim Superfund Method for the Determination of Releasable Asbestos in Soils and Bulk Materials [ 1 ] provides asbestos measurements that can be related directly to risk. Results from a pilot study indicate that target sensitivities of 5 × 10 7 total asb s/g and 3 × 10 6 long asb s/g...

... in a general survey of maintenance workers. passive sampler asbestos fibres measurement comparability membrane filter PCM SEM TEM Garry J. Burdett and Graham Revell STRATEGY, DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORY CALIBRATION OF A PERSONAL PASSIVE SAMPLER FOR MONITORING THE ASBESTOS EXPOSURE...

... they are influenced by each other. The design and construction of a sweating torso are described which allows this simultaneous assessment. The thermal properties of the torso are chosen in such a way that the correspondence to a human body is as close as possible. Measurements of the protection against cold...

... Techniques have been developed by EDF's hot laboratory in Chinon for performing mechanical tests on irradiated materials. Some of these techniques aim to facilitate strain measurements, which are particularly difficult to perform on irradiated specimens at high temperatures or on subsize...

... The corrosion rate of steel in concrete can be significantly underestimated if corrosion is non-uniform, because of short-range uneven distribution of the excitation current during polarization measurements. This effect occurs in addition to large scale current distribution problems originating...

... of various retrofit measures applied, except for one building, the building envelopes are more airtight now than 20 years ago. The improvement in the overall airtightness value at 50 Pa ranges from 0 to 43% of its original value. Details are discussed in the paper. pressurization air leakage...

... ASTM has recently standardized a methodology for measuring the leakage of residential air distribution systems to unconditioned zones [ASTM Test Method for Determining the External Air Leakage of Air Distribution Systems by Fan Pressurization (E 1554-93)]. The standard includes two alternative...

... Fission reaction rates for four nuclides were measured in the leakage spectrum outside spherical water moderators of various radii surrounding a 252 Cf neutron source. Using the MCNP transport code, matching calculations were made with highly detailed modeling of the measurement apparatus...

... Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements of corroding reinforcing steel in concrete are complicated by the formation of corrosion macrocells with associated potential gradients through the electrolyte. The measurements often require placing macroscopic counter electrodes...

... measurements and to control the loading process have improved many fold, and some new measurement devices, such as electronic calipers and optical extensometers, have been introduced. Much progress has been made in algorithms and mathematical models for analysis of the data collected during the test...

... In reviewing the database PHYTOTOX we found 359 unique measurement units for reporting the values of dosage. These included units such as: um/m 3 and g/m 2 , but also some strange mixes, g/ft 3 , mg/gal, and some rather obscure measures such as lb/feddan. It is true that some of those units...