TABLE OF CONTENTS | a ( ?) | Amorphous (Example: a-Si) |
| A | Ampere |
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| ngstrom |
| AAS | Atomic adsorption spectroscopy |
| ABS | Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer; Alky-benzene-sulfonate detergent |
| ACGIH | American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists |
| a-C:H | Amorphous hydrogen-containing carbon (one form of DLC) |
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| AEM | Analytical electron microscopy |
| AES | Auger electron spectroscopy |
| AESF | American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers |
| AF | Audio frequency |
| AFM | Atomic force microscopy; Abrasive flow machining |
| AIMCAL | Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators, Inc. |
| AIP | American Institute of Physics |
| AMLCD | Active-matrix liquid crystal display |
| AMR | Anisotropic magnetoresistive |
| amu | Atomic mass unit |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| AO | Atomic oxygen |
| APC | Adaptive process control |
| APCVD | Atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition |
| APGD | Atmospheric pressure glow discharge |
| APIMS | Atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometry |
| APS | American Physical Society |
| AR | Antireflective |
| ARAS | Antireflective/antistatic |
| ARC | Antireflective coating |
| ARE | Activated reactive evaporation |
| ARIP | Activated reactive ion plating |
| ARO | After receipt of order |
| ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers |
| ASIC | Application specific integrated circuit |
| ASM | ASM International (previously American Society for Metals; now ASM International) |
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| ASNT | American Society for Nondestructive Testing |
| ASQC | American Societyfor Quality Control |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| atm | Atmosphere (usually standard atmosphere) |
| at% | Atomic percent |
| AVEM | Association of Vacuum Equipment Manufacturers (more correctly known as AVEM International) |
| AVS | Society that used to be known as the American Vacuum Society |
| B | Magneic field (vector) |
| BAG | Bayard-Alpert gauge |
| BBAR | Broad band antireflection |
| bcc | Body centered cubic (crystallography) |
| BOPP | Biaxially oriented polypropylene |
| bp | Boiling point |
| BP |
