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Electromagnetic Measurements

Fees for services are located directly below the technical contacts for each service category link.
Links referencing the service id numbers are for detailed descriptions of specific services.

Resistance Measurements

DC Resistance Standards and Measurements
Special Resistance Measurement Services, by Prearrangement (51100S)
Measurement Assurance Program for Resistance (51110M)
Standard Resistors, 1 greek omega (ohm)  and 10 kgreek omega (ohm) (51130C and 51131C)
Standard Resistors 10-4 greek omega (ohm) to 106 greek omega (ohm)  (51132C-51142C)
High-Value Standard Resistors: 10 7 greek omega (ohm)  to 10 12 greek omega (ohm) (51143C-51154C)
High-Current Standard Resistors—Shunts (51160C-51163C)

High-Voltage Standard Resistors
High-Voltage Standard Resistors (51210C)
High-Frequency Standard Resistors
High-Frequency Standard Resistors; Two-Terminal (51310S)

Impedance Measurements (Except Resistors)

Low-Frequency Capacitance and Inductance Measurements and Standards
Special Four Terminal–Pair (4TP) Capacitance and Dissipation Factor Characterization (52100S)
Low-Frequency Capacitance Measurements and Inductance Measurements and Standards (52110S-52181C)
Special LF Impedance Measurements, by Prearrangement (52110S)
Special Measurement Assurance Program for Standard Capacitors (52120S)
Fused-Silica Dielectric Standard Capacitors (52130C-52131C)
Standard Capacitors (52140C-52176C)
Standard Inductors, Self or Mutual (52180C-52181C)

High-Frequency Standard Capacitors and Inductors
High-Frequency Standard Capacitors and Inductors (52210S-52310S)
Two-Terminal Low-Loss Standard Capacitors (52210S-52211S)
Three-Terminal Low-Loss Standard Capacitors (52221C)
Two-Terminal, High-Q Standard Inductors (52310S)
Power-Frequency Capacitors
Power-Frequency Capacitors (52400C)
Q-Standards
Q-Standards (52710C-52711C)

Voltage Measurements

DC Voltage Measurements and Standards
General Information— DC Voltage Measurement Standards
Special DC Voltage Measurements, by Prearrangement (53110S)
Saturated Standard Cells (53130C-53140C)
Unsaturated Standard Cells (53150C)
Solid-State Voltage Reference Standards (53160C-53161C)
AC Voltage Measurements
Digital Multimeters (DMMs) and Multifunction Calibrators (53200S)
Low-Voltage AC-DC Transfer Standards (53201S)
Special 25-Point Test of Digital Multimeters (DMMs), by Prearrangement (53202S-53203S)
AC-DC Thermal Voltage and Current Converters (to 1 MHz)
General Information— Thermal Voltage and Current Converters
Special AC-DC Measurement Services, by Prearrangement (53310S)
AC-DC Difference Calibration of a Standard or Standards Set (Voltage or Current) (53350C-53352C)
RF-DC Thermal Voltage and Current Converters (100 Hz-1 GHz)
General Information—RF-DC Thermal Voltage and Current Converters, 100 Hz to 1 GHz (53405S-53445S)
RF Voltage Comparators (53405S)
Thermal Voltage Converters (TVCs) (53410C-53421C)
Peak-to-Peak Detectors (53430S-53431S)
RF Micropotentiometers (53440S-53445S)

Precision Ratio Measurements

Inductive Dividers
Special Ratio Measurements and Tests of Inductive Voltage Dividers, by Prearrangement (54110S)
Inductive Voltage Dividers (54120C-54131C)
Resistive Dividers
Resistor and Resistive Dividers, DC Measurements (54210C-54211S)
Resistor and Resistive Dividers, 60 Hz Measurements (54212C-54213S)
Resistor and Resistive Dividers, Pulsed High-Voltage Conditions (54214S)
Capacitive Dividers
Capacitive Dividers, 60-Hz Measurements (54310S)
Capacitive Dividers, Pulsed High-Voltage Conditions (54311S)
Mixed Dividers
Mixed Dividers (54410S)
Voltage and Current Transformers
Voltage Transformers (54510C-54513C)
Current Transformers (54520C-54522C)
Special Tests of Dividers and Transformers (54600S)

Phase Meters and Standards and VOR Measurements

Special Tests of Phase Standards and Related Instruments, by Prearrangement (55110S)
Phase Meters (55120C-55141C)

Power and Energy Measurements, Low-Frequency

Special Tests of AC-DC Wattmeters (56110S)
Power and Energy Measurements, Low-Frequency (56200C-56202C)
Measurement Assurance Program for Watthour Meters (56210M)
Fast Turn-Around Energy Measurements, Low-Frequency (56220S)

RF, Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Measurements

Thermistor Detectors
General Information
Commercial Coaxial Thermistor Detectors (61110S-61136S )
NIST Model CN Reference Standard (61137C-61138C)
Waveguide Thermistor Detectors (61144S-61155S)
High-Power Wattmeter (61160S)
Scattering Parameters of Passive Multi-Port Devices
General Information
Coaxial Fixed and Variable Attenuators (61210S-61221S)
Rectangular Waveguide Fixed and Variable Attenuators (61230S-61249S)
Time Delay, Coaxial and Waveguide (61250S)
Coaxial One-Port Devices (61260S-61271S)
Waveguide One-Port Devices (61280S-61294S)
Phase Shifters, RF and Microwave (61295S-61297S)
High-Accuracy Attenuation Measurements
Coaxial Fixed and Variable Attenuators (61310C)
Waveguide-Below-Cutoff (Piston) Attenuator Measurements at 30 MHz (61320S)
Attenuation Measurements at 1.25 MHz (61330S)
Phase Shifters (61350C))
Thermal Noise Measurements
Noise Temperature Measurements (61410S-61465S)
Special Noise Temperature Measurements (61495S)
Dimensional Verification of Coaxial Air Line Standards
Coaxial Air Lines (61510S)
Microwave Dielectric and Magnetic Material Measurements
Special Tests for Dielectric and Magnetic Materials (61620S)
Special Consulting and Advisory Services for Dielectric and Magnetic Materials, by Prearrangement 61640S)

Electromagnetic Field Strength and Antenna Measurements

Microwave Antenna Parameter Measurements
General Information—Antenna Parameter Measurements (Microwave)
Gain and Polarization Calibrations of Standard Antennas Using Extrapolation Range (63100S)
Measurement of Pattern, Gain, and Polarization of Arbitrary Antennas Using Near-Field Scanning Techniques (63200S)
Special Test Service for Calibrating Probes Used with Near-Field Scanning Facilities (63300S)
Special Consulting, Advisory, and Other Services (63400S)
Field Strength Parameter Measurements
Antennas/Field Strength Measurements, Utilizing the Transverse Electromagnetic (TEM) Cell Method (64100S)
Antennas/Field Strength Measurements, Utilizing the Open Area Test Site and Standard Antenna Method (64200S)
Antennas/Field Strength Measurements, Utilizing the Anechoic Chamber and Standard Field Method (64300S)

Pulse Waveform Measurement

General Information—Pulse Waveform Measurements
Impluse Spectrum Amplitude (65100S)
Fast Repetitive Pulse Transition Parameters, 50 greek omega (ohm) (65200S)
Repetitive Pulse Waveform Measurements, Including Settling Parameters (65250S)
Network Impulse Response (65300S)
Pulse Time Delay Interval (65400S)

Calibration Services, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2330, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2330
Telephone: 301-975-2092, Fax: 301-869-3548, E-Mail: calibrations@nist.gov

Date created: 06/30/1999
Last updated: 06/16/2003