CCP is one of those abbreviations which you might find in an old materials science textbook with absolutely no explanation. The abbreviation used to be very common, although now it’s fallen out of...
Category: Definitions
FCC is one of the first abbreviations you’ll learn in materials science, but if you’re trying to learn materials science on your own, you may not know what FCC means. FCC stands for...
BCC stands for Body-Centered Cubic, which is a type of crystal structure. The BCC unit cell has an atom at each corner of a cube, and another atom at the center of the cube.
HCP stands for Hexagonal Close-Packed, which is a type of crystal structure. The HCP unit cell has an atom at each corner of a hexagonal prism, and three more inside the prism.
What Does SEM Stand For? Scanning Electron Microscope (Microscopy)
SEM is the abbreviation for Scanning Electron Microscope or Scanning Electron Microscopy. Scanning Electron Microscope of UNT's Materials Research Facility Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) is...
EDS vs EDX vs EDXS: Abbreviations for Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy
If you have wondered why EDS, EDX, and EDSX seem to be used interchangeably, that is because there is no difference in these terms. The most popular name for this technique is EDS, followed by EDX....