Building materials

News and Updates

A view through a door window of N95 masks being decontaminated.

NIST Tool Could Help Hospitals Repurpose Rooms for Disinfecting N95 Masks

April 16, 2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals across the United States are disinfecting N95 masks by placing them in repurposed rooms or shipping containers

Steel-Reinforced Concrete Building with Severe Corrosion Damage

Move Over, Superman! NIST 'Spectral Fingerprinting' Sees Through Concrete to Detect Early Corrosion

April 26, 2017

When you suffer a fall, an on-the-field collision or some other traumatic blow, the first thing the doctor will do is take an X-ray, CT scan or MRI to determine

Making Sure that Lumber Measures Up

March 1, 2017

For some, it is a shocking revelation. But most Americans eventually come to accept the fact that a “two by four” board is actually 1.5 inches by 3.5 inches (38

Fort Collins, Colorado, Making Community Resilience a Reality Using NIST Guide

July 28, 2016

Guided in part by strategies and procedures developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for creating effective and affordable

Events

2020 Service Life Prediction Meeting

Sun, Mar 7 - Fri, Mar 12 2021

NIST is closely monitoring guidance from Federal, State, and local health authorities on the outbreak of COVID-19. To

Projects and Programs

Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory

The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) project develops and integrates state-of-the-art computational materials science tools into a user

severe surface damage (left), heterogeneous degradation (right), surface accumulation of nanoparticles (bottom), and nanoparticle release (top) in polymer nanocomposites

Surface Damage of Polymer Nanocomposites Project

Surface damage caused by environmental and/or mechanical stresses can lead to the release of nanofillers incorporated within polymer nanocomposites, leading to

Properties of Sustainable Fresh Concrete Project

The construction industry is becoming increasing reliant on pumping for the placement of concrete; thus, implying that a concrete must have the desired early

Assessment of High-Temperature and Innovative Insulation Thermal Performance

The use of thermal insulation is a primary approach to reducing heating and cooling loads in buildings, which account for 42 % and 24 % of energy consumption in

Publications

How Do Specific Surface Area and Particle Size Distribution Change When Granular Media Dissolve?

February 15, 2021

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard, Qingxu Jin, Kenneth A. Snyder

The measured dissolution rate of a granular medium depends on its surface area and how the surface area changes during the course of the measurement. Moreover

Fused Filament Fabrication Printer Modified to Dispense Cement Paste for Concrete Additive Manufacturing Studies

November 24, 2020

Author(s)

Scott Z. Jones

Additive manufacturing (AM) with cement-based materials is an emerging technology that has the potential to revolutionize concrete construction. The placement

EFFECTS OF PRE-STRAIN ON THE NON-LINEAR VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF A MODEL SEALANT

November 18, 2020

Author(s)

Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston, Kar tean Tan

The non-linear viscoelastic properties of a model sealant were measured using stress relaxation tests conducted at different strain levels, x. Some specimens

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Low-Energy Residential Incremental Energy Efficiency Improvements Database Technical Manual: Update

September 22, 2020

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, Eric G. O'Rear, Priya D. Lavappa, Anne L. Greig, Sangwon Suh

Software

Prediction of a Chloride Ion Penetration Profile for a Concrete

January 13, 2017

Prediction is based on a one-dimensional finite difference solution of Fick's second law of diffusion, with a variable external chloride concentration and a two

MicroChar

April 1, 2015

(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) Accurate quantitative data on cement and clinker microstructure images can prove valuable for

VCCTL Software

(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) software provides a virtual

Virtual Rapid Chloride Permeability Test

(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) The purpose of this form is to estimate the results of a rapid chloride permeability test

Building materials

News and Updates

NIST Tool Could Help Hospitals Repurpose Rooms for Disinfecting N95 Masks

Move Over, Superman! NIST 'Spectral Fingerprinting' Sees Through Concrete to Detect Early Corrosion

Making Sure that Lumber Measures Up

Fort Collins, Colorado, Making Community Resilience a Reality Using NIST Guide

Events

2020 Service Life Prediction Meeting

Projects and Programs

Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory

Surface Damage of Polymer Nanocomposites Project

Properties of Sustainable Fresh Concrete Project

Assessment of High-Temperature and Innovative Insulation Thermal Performance

Publications

How Do Specific Surface Area and Particle Size Distribution Change When Granular Media Dissolve?

Fused Filament Fabrication Printer Modified to Dispense Cement Paste for Concrete Additive Manufacturing Studies

EFFECTS OF PRE-STRAIN ON THE NON-LINEAR VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF A MODEL SEALANT

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Low-Energy Residential Incremental Energy Efficiency Improvements Database Technical Manual: Update

Software

Prediction of a Chloride Ion Penetration Profile for a Concrete

MicroChar

VCCTL Software

Virtual Rapid Chloride Permeability Test

Tools and Instruments

Integrating Sphere-based Weathering Device

Large Aperture Scanner

Line Heat-Source Guarded Hot Plate