PREFACE Throughout the history of the National Bureau of Standards, publications have served as the single most effective means for conveying results of Bureau research to the Bureau's diverse audiences. Much of this research has lasting value, and publications reporting Bureau work of many years ago are still consulted by current researchers. Because of these facts, NBS is issuing this catalog of Bureau publications from 1966 through 1976. Each of the two volumes may be used separately, or they may be used to complement each other. Volume 1 consists of abstracts and a full bibliographic citation for each paper. It is an accumulation of the complete citations originally appearing in the NBS annual publications catalogs: NBS SP305 and its Supplements 1 through 8. It also contains availability information not only for currently in-print papers but also for NBS publications series which are no longer in print. Volume 2 consists of a permuted key word index for all papers. See the "Guide to Users of This Publication" for more details on how to most effectively use each volume. The NBS publications series (presently consisting of 11 non-periodicals and 3 periodicals) provides a matrix which makes it possible to issue each NBS paper in a medium best calculated to reach its most interested specific audience. Throughout the years, this matrix has evolved to reflect changing emphases in Bureau work. Some former publications series have been eliminated; some have been modified; new ones have been created. The "Miscellaneous Publications" series, for example, was superseded by "Special Publications" in 1970. The NBS Journal of Research evolved into three publications, each reporting work in a different discipline, and now has further evolved to the present single volume which reports work in all NBS technical areas. NBS publications series, past and present, are listed and described. (Currently active NBS publications series are described more briefly on the inside back cover of this catalog's two volumes.) One final note, as the years pass we have constantly attempted to expand the usefulness and comprehensiveness of our annual publications catalog. To this end, we have utilized new computer technology as it became available for composition as well as for cataloging purposes. In earlier years we were only able to include the overall abstract for a conference or symposium Proceedings. For the past several years we have been able to include, in addition, abstracts for the individual papers presented. Also, for the past several years we have been able to include information on Patents, Grant/Contract Reports, and other items which we had not been able to cover previously -all this toward the end of increasing the catalog's usefulness in communicating NBS work to the public. We hope this summary of former NBS effort will facilitate the work of those who use it. This two-volume catalog of NBS publications covering calendar years 1966 through 1976 will be updated by the annual catalog supplements. The 1977 supplement is currently available as NBS SP305, Supplement 9. (See Section 2.2.) W. R. Tilley, Chief 3. Titles and Abstracts of NBS Publications, 1966 Through 1976 3.1. Journal of Research, Section A (July 1966 Through December 1976) 3.2. Journal of Research, Section B (July 1966 Through December 1976) 3.3. Journal of Research, Section C (July 1966 Through June 1972) A GUIDE TO USERS OF THIS PUBLICATION This 11-year record of NBS publications is available in two volumes, each of which may be used independently. Volume 1, issued in two parts because of its length, consists of abstracts for publications issued by NBS from 1966 through 1976. It also contains general availability information for current and out-of-print NBS publications and a general overview of the NBS publications program. Frequently, the full abstract will satisfy the user's need for information and preclude the need for further research or for acquiring the full paper. Volume 1 reports papers by NBS publications series, as shown in its Table of Contents. If the user does know the NBS publications series involved but does not know the year of publication, this format will be especially useful. Volume 2, also issued in two parts, consists of a permuted key word index. The key words for each publication or paper are arranged by shifting each group of key words so that each key word, in turn, appears alphabetically followed by the other key words in that group. Volume 2, which also contains the availability and overview information for current and outof-print NBS publications, may be used in three ways: (a) as a reference to the abstract given in Volume 1 of this catalog (for papers reported in the annual catalogs, SP305 and Supplements 1 through 8); (b) as a reference to the abstract in the appropriate annual NBS publications catalog (if available to the reader; see list in Section 2.3); (c) as a reference to the paper itself, available in a regional depository library, from the National Technical Information Service, or from the original publisher or publication medium, if the paper is still in print. (See availability information in Section 2.). If the reader does not know the NBS publications series or title of the paper, or is interested in a specific subject matter area, the key word format of Volume 2 will prove useful. Tables of the abbreviations used to identify various NBS publications series are given below. The tables include the Volume 1 page numbers on which the series listings begin. C. Symbols for the Papers Published in Non-NBS Media (1966-1976) FIPS PUBS CS PS TN CIS NBSIR 531 537 537 537 545 645 646 735 SAMPLE 1 AND 2 FOLLOW CATALOG ENTRIES: HOW TO READ THEM A. Sample Entries from Volume 1 NBS publication series and series number (also the index symbol) key words (as indexed in Volume 2) Monogr. 138. MeV total neutron cross sections, R. B. Schwartz, Key words: MeV neutrons; neutron time-of-flight; neutron This report is a compilation of the MeV neutron total cross bibliographic SD/GPO catalog or stock number or NTIS number* abstract •Verify this number in Status List (pages XVIII to XLIII) Example of NBS published paper. (See Section 2 for status and availability.) author(s) title arabic number index symbol key words (as indexed in Volume 2) 14434. Lovas, F. J., Tiemann, E., Johnson, D. R., Spectroscopic Key words: centrifugal distortion; dipole moment; microwave spectrum; molecular structure; sulfur monoxide dimer; rotational spectrum. Microwave spectra assignable to a dimer of SO have been detected in an electric discharge of SO2. A centrifugal distortion analysis has been carried out on the spectra from the ground state and the lowest excited vibrational state of 16032S32S160 and the ground vibrational state of 16O32S34S16O. The molecule was found to have a planar cis configuration with the following geometry: r(SO) = 1.458(2) Å, r,(SS) = 2.0245(6) Å, and SSO = 112.7(5). The observed dipole moment of OSSO is μ= 3.17(10) D. bibliographic citation: publisher or place of publication, Vol./no/pages, date of publication abstract Example of NBS paper published in non-NBS medium |